>>> US Gapping up

Gapping up
In reaction to earnings/guidance
:

  • SAND +2.6%, BECN +0.8% (guidance update)

Other news:

  • GRRR +78% (signs contract worth more than $270 mln with Government of Egypt)
  • QTRX +8.1% (launches LucentAD)
  • CRON +3.2% (receives unsolicited indications of interest from third parties)
  • RNLX +3.1% (reports late-breaking KidneyIntelX evidence released at 83rd American Diabetes Association Scientific Sessions)
  • EGLE +1.9% (Danos (DAC) affirms 16.7% active stake; intends to engage constructively with the Board and/or management going forward about operational and strategic improvements)
  • MRNS +0.9% (Adage Capital discloses 5.45% stake)
  • AAON +0.8% (announces 3-for-2 stock split)

Analyst comments:

  • ATGE +2.6% (upgraded to Outperform from Market Perform at BMO Capital Markets)
  • PLTK +2.3% (upgraded to Neutral from Underperform at BofA Securities)
  • HBM +2.2% (upgraded to Overweight from Equal Weight at Barclays)
  • JPM +0.8% (upgraded to Outperform from Peer Perform at Wolfe Research)
  • COP +0.5% (upgraded to Outperform from Peer Perform at Wolfe Research)