>>> US Gapping up

Gapping up
In reaction to earnings/guidance
:

  • MS +2.4%, GS +2.1%, TSM +1.5%, USB +1.3%, STT +1.2%, RAD +0.9%, UNH +0.6%

Other news:

  • VALN +20.6% (receives conditional marketing authorization from UK MHRA for its inactivated COVID-19 vaccine)
  • TWTR +6.8% (confirms receipt of unsolicited non-binding proposal from Elon Musk; will carefully review the proposal)
  • SMPL +4.3% (approves the addition of $50 mln to existing stock repurchase program)
  • AGX +2.7% (increases existing share repurchase program to $75 mln from $50 mln)
  • CWK +2.4% (acquisition of Sheffield Property and Sheffield Asset Management)
  • RYAM +2.4% (comments on letter from Chatham Asset Management)
  • INMB +1.6% (dosed first patient in Phase 2 trial of XPro1595)
  • SVM +1.6% (reports op results; reiterates its Fiscal 2023 production guidance)
  • ANSS +1.4% (agreed to acquire OnScale)
  • ROL +1.1% (acquired Norfolk UK-based NBC Environment)

Analyst comments:

  • CXW +4% (upgraded to Outperform from Neutral at Wedbush)
  • RPRX +1.8% (upgraded to Overweight from Neutral at JP Morgan)
  • DAL +1.2% (upgraded to Overweight from Equal Weight at Barclays)