>>> US Gapping up

Gapping up
In reaction to strong earnings/guidance: HOME +8%

M&A news:

VTAE +157.8% (to be acquired by Allergan (AGN) for $21.00/share in cash, or approximately $639 mln)
COMM +3.7% (sells fiber access products, technologies, and service relationships to Adtran (ADTN))
GLUU +3.5% (acquires Poke Radar for $500k in cash)

Select metals/mining stocks trading higher:

GFI +2.9%, HMY +2.8%, BBL +2.4%, GOLD +2.1%, BHP +2%, VALE +2%, AU +1.9%, MT +1.4%, AUY +1.4%, X+1.3%, GDX +1.1%, ABX +0.9%

Other news:

SRPT +13.3% (higher in extended trade on chatter that Dr. Ronald Farkas is no longer with the FDA)
AST +10.3% (presents positive interim efficacy data from the 10 mln cell cohort in the Company's ongoing AST-OPC1 SCiSTAR Phase 1/2a multicenter clinical study)
PTX +6.7% (announces the USPTO has issued patents related to dosing patients with Zohydro ER with BeadTek)
PLUG +6.6% (announces that Mitsubishi Nichiyu Forklift is displaying one of the company's GenDrive fuel cell systems in its industrial trucks at Logis Tech Tokyo)
HTBX +6.4% (resumes enrollment in its Phase 1b trial evaluating HS-110 in combination with nivolumab)
ARRY +5.7% (announces Phase 3 Beacon CRC SPA agreement with FDA)
EXEL +4.4% (receives EU approval for CABOMETYX tablets; triggers $60 million milestone payment)
AVGR +4.2% (light volume - receives FSS Contract Award from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs)
HLF +3.3% (following Icahn comments at CNBC Delivering Alpha)
BLDP +2.6% (in sympathy with PLUG)
EQR +2.2% (declares a special cash dividend of $3/share)
SGMS +1.9% (ticking higher, wins lottery technology contract in Germany)

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