>>> US Gapping up

Gapping up
In reaction to strong earnings/guidance
: YGE +24.7%

M&A news: NXPI +1.7% (to sell its Standard Products business to Beijing Jianguang Asset Management for ~$2.75 bln)

Other news: EBIO +5% (cont strength), TWTR +1.9% (still checking), BABA +1.9% (Jack Ma at an investor conference detailed that he expects Alibaba to double its transaction volumes by 2020), MRNS +0.8% (modestly rebound following yesterday's decline)

Analyst comments: AKAO +6.1% (upgraded to Outperform from Neutral at Wedbush), VG +5.5% (upgraded to Buy from Neutral at Citigrou), TSCO +0.9% (initiated with a Buy at Guggenheim)