>>> US Gapping up

Gapping up 

In reaction to earnings/guidance:

  • ORGO +28% (guides Q3 and FY20 revs above consensus), CARS +14.1% (guides Q3 revenue above consensus), SNBR +6.8% (also says it intends to resume share repurchases in Q4), RDFN +2.4% (guidance update), WBA +1.9%, VSH +0.9% (raises guidance for Q3 revenue)

Other news:

  • AVXL +32% (announces "positive" results from proof of concept controlled Phase 2 clinical trial evaluating ANAVEX2-73 (blarcamesine) in Parkinson's disease dementia)
  • ARWR +10.2% (VRTX news seen as positive for ARWR)
  • PGEN +3.6% (announced FDA clearance and successful technology transfer for its UltraPorator system)
  • LIVX +3.1% (stock offering)
  • DTIL +2.5% (announces U.S. Patent Trial and Appeal Board upholds Allogeneic CAR T patents)
  • RDFN +2.4% (convertible notes offering)
  • SAGE +1.7% (announces positive interim, topline zuranolone safety and tolerability data from open-label shoreline study in patients with MDD)
  • VCYT +1.6% (announces two presentations)
  • ACI +1.5% (declares first dividend)
  • AMAG +1.5% (requests hearing to maintain Makena as treatment option; higher after Covis Group confirmed it commenced tender offer for all outstanding shares of AMAG Pharmaceuticals)

Analyst comments:

  • ALKS +3.5% (upgraded to Buy from Neutral at Mizuho)
  • SONO +1.4% (upgraded to Buy from Neutral at BofA Securities)
  • VIAC +1.2% (upgraded to Overweight from Equal Weight at Barclays)
  • USX +0.7% (upgraded to Buy from Hold at Stifel)
  • EAT +0.5% (upgraded to Outperform from Market Perform at BMO Capital Markets)