>>> US Gapping up

Gapping up
In reaction to earnings/guidance
:

  • LOGI +18.1%, CCK +7% (also to initiate a dividend), UBS +6.9%, NGVT +4.9%, ACI +4.2%, IQV +3.6%, CNTG +2.7%, TRV +2.6%, RF +2.5%, PNR +1.8%, CMA +1.6%, CDNS +1.5%, GPK +1.3%, PG +1.3%, BXS +1.2%, MDT +1.1%

Other news:

  • APTX +109% (reports "positive" top-line data from Phase 2 study of NYX-783)
  • CARA +18.1% (Cara Therapeutics and Vifor Pharma sign US license agreement for IV Korsuva)
  • HTZ +10.7% (names new Chief Accounting Officer)
  • OESX +6.1% (secures approx. $41 mln in contract extensions)
  • IVA +5.6% (FDA grants Fast Track designation to odiparcil)
  • ORIC +3.1% (enters into exclusive license agreement with Voronoi)
  • XPEV +3% (completed the production of 10,000 units of the P7 smart EV sedan, its flagship model)
  • WHR +2.8% (increases quarterly dividend by 4%)
  • ACIW +1.9% (Starboard Value discloses 9% stake)
  • LAC +1.8% (provides corporate update; establishes US$100 mln at-the-market equity program)
  • ZEN +1.7% (adds Instragram for businesses to its customer support offering)
  • BLU +1.3% (prices offering of 15,555,556 common shares at $2.25 per common share)
  • MDT +1.1% (announces statistically significant 12-month results from a large, multicenter randomized controlled trial)

Analyst comments:

  • PLAY +7.7% (upgraded to Outperform from Market Perform at BMO Capital Markets)
  • RYAM +4.4% (upgraded to Outperform from Sector Perform at RBC Capital Mkts)
  • IHG +4.3% (upgraded to Buy from Neutral at Goldman)
  • WDAY +2.8% (upgraded to Overweight from Neutral at Piper Sandler)
  • FTNT +2.5% (upgraded to Buy from Neutral at Goldman)
  • BC +1.9% (upgraded to Overweight from Neutral at JP Morgan)
  • OGE +0.9% (upgraded to Neutral from Sell at Goldman)
  • FIZZ +0.7% (upgraded to Hold from Underperform at Jefferies)