>>> US Gapping up

Gapping up
In reaction to strong earnings/guidance
:
  • SJR +1.8%, MON +1%, PKE +0.5%
M&A news:
  • AMCN +23.9% (enters into Amendment No. 3 to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, extends the Termination Date to July 31, 2017 'so as to give the Special Committee sufficient time to consider the Revised Proposal')
  • SPNC +26.3% (to be acquired by Philips (PHG) for $38.50 per share)
Other news:
  • NVIV +14.5% (announced that two patients in the INSPIRE study of the Neuro-Spinal Scaffold have improved from sensory incomplete AIS B spinal cord injury to motor incomplete AIS C SCI in their most recent INSPIRE assessments)
  • ALQA +14.3% (indicated higher after Celgene affirms increased active stake to 18.8% pursuant to June 23 securities purchase agreement)
  • NTNX +8.2% (signed partnership with Google )
  • CRNT +5.2% (Q2 orders update)
  • CBIO +4.3% ( granted orphan medicinal product designation by the European Commission for CB 2679d/ISU304)
  • SGBX +3.3% (signs an agreement with One Earth Recycling)
Analyst comments:
  • CY +3.9% (upgraded to Overweight from Equal Weight at Barclays)
  • HUM +2% (initiated with a Buy at Citigroup)
  • DLTR +1.8% (upgraded to Buy from Hold at Loop Capital)
  • NVDA +1.5% (target raised to $170 from $145 at Susquehanna)
  • EXPE +1.4% (upgraded to Buy from Neutral at Citigroup)
  • GM +0.8% (resumed with a Overweight at Morgan Stanley)