>>> US Gapping up

Gapping up
In reaction to strong earnings/guidance
:

  • CHEK +6.6%, BZUN +4.3%, DDS +1.6%, WMT +1.4%, RIG +1.3%

M&A news:

  • WPZ  +1% (to be acquired by Williams (WMB) in a $10.5 bln all stock transaction)

Other news:

  • LOXO +14.7% (LOXO-292 Phase 1 clinical trial abstract selected for "Best of ASCO")
  • IMMU +7.6% (reports 'positive' data for sacituzumab govitecan, its metastatic breast cancer drug)
  • ESND +6.1% (confirms receipt of merger proposal from Staples and Genuine Parts Company )
  • NERV +5.4% (announces publication of results demonstrating cognitive improvements in patients with schizophrenia treated with roluperidone in The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry)
  • CURO +4.2% (prices 5 mln shares of common stock by selling shareholders at $23.00 per share)
  • EXEL +2.6% (partner Ipsen (IPSEY) receives approval from the European Commission for CABOMETYX 20 mg, 40 mg and 60 mg for the first-line treatment of adults with intermediate- or poor-risk advanced renal cell carcinoma)
  • XNET +1.5% (launched StellarCloud and ThunderChain Open Platform to build a blockchain ecosystem)

Analyst comments:

  • NI +1.7% (upgraded to Overweight from Neutral at JP Morgan )
  • MANT +1.6% (upgraded to Outperform from Market Perform at Wells Fargo)
  • VLO +1.3% (upgraded to Overweight from Equal-Weight at Morgan Stanley)
  • KO +1% (upgraded to Overweight from Equal Weight at Barclays)
  • AIG +0.9% (upgraded to Buy from Neutral at UBS)
  • CE +0.9% (upgraded to Buy from Neutral at UBS )
  • NUE +0.5% (upgraded to Outperform from Neutral at Macquarie)