>>> US Gapping up

Gapping up
In reaction to earnings/guidance
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M&A news:
  • HCOM +19.6% (Cincinnati Bell to combine with Hawaiian Telcom and OnX Enterprise Solution)
  • KOOL +13.4% (acquires substantially all of SynGen's operating assets, including its proprietary cell processing platform technology)
  • CETV +7.4% (sells Croatian and Slovenian assets for €230.0 mln)
  • RMBS +2.4% (follow-up to reports the company is weighing a possible sale)
  • CBB +1% (Cincinnati Bell to combine with Hawaiian Telcom (HCOM) and OnX Enterprise Solution)
Other news:
  • MYCC +30.2% (to be acquired by funds affiliated with Apollo Global Management (APO) for $17.12 per share)
  • AVEO +9.7% (continued volatility in pre-mkt)
  • AMD +2% (WSJ's Heard on the Street column discusses valuations and continued demand for semiconductors)
  • VRX +1.7% (announces that following the recent closure of the sale of Dendreon, it has used the net proceeds of the sale to pay down $811 mln of its senior secured term loans)
  • EXEL +1.5% (Exelixis and Bristol Meyers initiate phase 3 CheckMate 9ER trial to evaluate Opdivo in combination with CABOMETYX)
  • TSLA +1.3% (Elon Musk highlights first production Model 3 in series of weekend tweets)
  • JAKK +1.3% (signs a multi-year licensing agreement with Chicco)
  • MU +0.7% (WSJ's Heard on the Street column discusses valuations and continued demand for semiconductors)
Analyst comments:
  • NVDA +2% (target raised to $200 at Needham)
  • XLNX +1.6% (upgraded to Buy from Hold at Jefferies)
  • PYPL +1.5% (upgraded to Outperform from Mkt Perform at Bernstein)
  • BUD +1.3% (added to Conviction Buy List at Goldman)
  • ATNX +1% (initiated with a Buy at Deutsche Bank)
  • BA +0.7% (target raised to $230 from $200 at Jefferies)
  • DEO +0.6% (upgraded to Neutral from Sell at Goldman)