>>> US Gapping up

Gapping up
In reaction to strong earnings/guidance
:
  • GBX +2.9%, NG +0.7%
M&A news:
  • LLEX +16.7% (to acquire over 4,000 net contiguous/overlapping acres from a private seller for approximately $45.6MM in cash)
  • BSFT +7% (higher on PE speculation)
  • TWTR +1.7% (Disney (DIS) CEO confirms the company weighed a bid for Twitter, but ultimately moved in another direction by agreeing to acquire majority ownership of BAMTech)
Other news:
  • CATB +52.7% (reports positive results from Phase 2 MoveDMD trial; plans to initiate Phase 3 in 1H18)
  • CTMX +37.4% (CytomX Therapeutics and Amgen announce strategic collaboration in immuno-oncology; Amgen to make upfront payment of $40 mln and purchase $20 mln of common stock)
  • CAPR +25% (reports 'that teens and young men in the advanced stages of Duchenne muscular dystrophy experienced meaningful improvements in cardiac and upper limb function after a single dose of Capricor's lead investigational product, CAP-1002')
  • VKTX +20.7% (announces 'positive' top-line results from a 25-week proof-of-concept study of VK0214)
  • FOLD +16.2% (announces additional 'positive' results from a Phase 1/2 clinical study to investigate ATB200/AT2221)
  • MTBC +15.5% (continued strength)
  • MYL +13.9% (receives FDA approval for generic Copaxone)
  • CLSN +11.6% (continued strength)
  • MTFB +8.3% (reports Topline Results for iclaprim met the primary endpoint )
  • GBT +4% (Point72 Asset Management increases passive stake )
  • I +1.9% (after seeing late move higher after analyst said jointly filed a submission with the FCC proposing the sharing of C-band spectrum for use in 5G)
  • MGI +1.3% (following afternoon weakness on reports that Alibaba's (BABA) Ant Financial deal to acquire MGI might get criticism from Senator Schumer)
Analyst comments:
  • CPST +7.3% (upgraded to Outperform from Perform at Oppenheimer)
  • FCEL +5.8% (initiated with a Outperform at Oppenheimer)
  • VNET +5% (upgraded to Overweight from Equal-Weight at Morgan Stanley)
  • NFLX +1.3% (target raised to $225 from $190 at UBS)
  • SMPL +1.1% (initiated with a Buy at Goldman)
  • TSLA +1% (initiated with a Buy at Instinet)
  • TTWO +0.9% (initiated with an Overweight at Barclays)