>>> US Gapping up

Gapping up
In reaction to strong earnings/guidance
:

  • RH +20.9%, PLAY +13.8%, LE +10.6%, KMG +5.9%, URBN +3.8%, (discloses that thus far during the Q2, comparable Retail segment net sales are mid teens positive)

M&A news:

  • QCP +1.2% (announces receipt of acquisition proposal that could reasonably be expected to lead to a 'Superior Offer')
  • SGH +1.1% (acquires Penguin Computing for up to $85 million, which includes up to $25 million of performance-based payments)

Other news:

  • GLMD +221.4% (announces top-line, 52-week results from the global Phase 2b ARREST study, says data strongly support advancement of Aramchol 600mg to Phase 3)
  • BLDP +12.2% (signs 3.5-Year extension to long-term program for fuel cell passenger cars with AUDI AG)
  • PSTI +8.6% (positive top-line results from its multinational Phase II clinical study of PLX-PAD cells in the treatment of Intermittent Claudication)
  • TNDM +4.2% (Deerfield Mgmt discloses 5.54% passive stake)
  • SAGE +4% (announces expedited development plan for SAGE-217 following a Breakthrough Therapy meeting with the FDA)
  • PFNX +2.6% (Pfenex and Alvogen enter into agreement granting Alvogen exclusive rights to commercialize Pfenex's lead drug candidate, PF708)
  • I +1.5% (prices concurrent offerings of common shares and convertible notes)

Analyst comments:

  • WTW +3% (initiated with a Overweight at JP Morgan)
  • ENBL +1% (upgraded to Equal Weight from Underweight at Barclays)
  • ALB +0.9% (upgraded to Buy from Hold at Vertical Research)