Gapping up
Gapping up In reaction to strong earnings/guidance: EDAP +4.2%, SIG +2.7%, VNET +2%, DATE +1.8%, LCI +1.7%, WDAY +1.3%, .
Select metals/mining stocks trading higher: GFI +2.2%, SLV +1.7%, HL +1.6%, GG +1.4%, IAG +1.3%, AEM +1.3%, SLW +1.3%, ABX +1.3%, AUY +1.3%, GOLD +0.8%.
Other news: CREG +24.5% (Chairman Guohua Ku has entered into a share purchase agreement to purchase ~13.83 mln shares at $1.37/share), DGLY +13.8% (receives order from State Police Of Michigan valued at more than $1.1 mln), ETRM +13.1% (announces three year diabetes, hypertension and weight loss data from the Maestro RC system DM2 ENABLE study), RPRX +12.6% (achieves superiority in top line analysis for both co-primary endpoints and various secondary endpoints versus marketed topical gel in first of two identical studies in the treatment of secondary hypogonadism), TKMR +9.4% (story suggesting it is a takeover candidate; lists GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) and Shire (SHPG) as interested parties), SYN +8.1% (Co and FUJIFILM Diosynth Biotechnologies UK announce significant improvement in API manufacturing of SYN-004 for the prevention of C. difficile), SCLN +7.5% (and BTG announce that DC Bead has been approved by China FDA ), MRCY +2% (receives $27 mln order for airborne sensor processing application; follows $39 mln missile defense radar subsystems order received last quarter ), WOOF +1.7% (announces new $1.4 billion credit facility and share repurchase authorization of up to $400 million), AVIV +1.7% (to join the S&P SmallCap 600), CNC +1.5% (to join the S&P MidCap 400)
Analyst comments: FEYE +1.7% (initiated with a Buy at Stifel), CRH +1.5% (upgraded to Outperform from Underperform at Credit Suisse), PANW +0.9% (resumed with a Buy at Stifel), FHN +0.8% (upgraded to Outperform from Mkt Perform at Keefe Bruyette), GOLD +0.8% (upgraded to Neutral from Underweight at HSBC Securities), SMTC +0.8% (resumed with a Buy at Goldman)