Gapping up
Stocks seeing modest bid after collapsing to 20-month low on shortened Christmas Eve session:
QQQ +0.6%, SPY +0.3%, IWM +0.2%
SHOP +2.52% TSLA +2.13% AMZN +1.97% FB +1.16% JPM +0.93% NVDA +0.92% MSFT +0.89% MMM +0.88%, BA +0.85%
Select retail stocks trading higher:
GOOS +3.3%, JCP +2.9%, CVS +1.6%
Other news:
CHK +6.9% Director Dunham buys 2.1M shares
GNMK +4.4% Receives FDA 510(k) Market Clearance for its ePlex Blood Culture Identification Fungal Pathogen Panel
JD +3% Announced $1B share repurchase program
AMZN +1.9% Announced record breaking holiday season .
Analyst comments:
ROKU +4.2% (Top Pick for 2019 at Needham), CCL +3.7% (upgraded to Accumulate at Standpoint), HPQ +2.2% (upgraded to Buy at Standpoint), GIS +1.8% (Standpoint initiates Buy), TSLA +1.7% (Wedbush positive), CAT +1.5% (upgraded to Accumulate at Standpoint), C +1.3% (upgraded to Buy at Standpoint), TGT +1.2% (upgraded to Buy at Standpoint), UPS +1.2% (Standpoint initiates Buy)