>>> US Gapping up

Gapping up
In reaction to strong earnings/guidance
:

  • SGH +14.5%, EMKR +13.8% (raises Q4 revenue guidance), HIMX +5.9% (Q3 guidance)

M&A news:

  • PDS +0.9% (to acquire all shares of Trinidad Drilling in deal worth $1.028 bln)

Other news:

  • GPRO +6.9% (announces that HERO7 Black has achieved the highest week-one retail unit sell-thru of any new camera in the company's history)
  • PXLW +6.5% (after announcing the new Nokia 7.1 smartphone incorporates Pixelworks' latest Iris PX8418 mobile processing chip)
  • NBEV +6% (preparing CBD-infused beverage launch with pre-order discussions, according to Bloomberg)
  • AKCA +4.9% (Akcea Therapeutics and Ionis Pharmaceuticals (IONS) announce that TEGSEDI has been approved in Canada)
  • TLRY +4.7% (prices an upsized offering of $450 mln aggregate principal amount of Convertible Senior Notes due 2023)
  • SNAP +4.5% (reports that CEO Evan Spiegel emailed employees outlining priorities, discussed flaws of 'rushed redesign', and established goal of profitability in 2019)
  • MNOV +4.4% (confirms being granted FDA orphan-drug designation to MN-166 as adjunctive therapy to temozolomide for the treatment of glioblastoma)
  • VSTM +3.8% (indicated higher following the publication of the Phase 3 DUO study results evaluating COPIKTRA in peer-reviewed journal Blood)
  • PRTK +3.4% (announces acceptance of European Marketing Authorization application for oral and intravenous omadacycline)
  • FOLD +3.1% (announces positive 18-month data in Pompe disease phase 1/2 study)

Analyst comments:

  • BJRI +2% (upgraded to Overweight from Neutral at Piper Jaffray)
  • LLY +1.3% (upgraded to Outperform from Market Perform at BMO Capital Markets)
  • QNST +0.6% (initiated with Outperform at William Blair)