>>> US Gapping up

Gapping up
In reaction to strong earnings/guidance
:
  • RAD +11.6% (also announces terms for pharmaceutical distribution with McKesson), MLHR +6.1%, BB +5.4%, RCII+4.3%
M&A news:
  • MO +0.2% (invests $12.8B in Juul)
Select cannabis stocks trading higher:
  • TLRY +12.3% (Ambev's Labatt Brewing partners with Tilray on research for non-alcoholic beverages containing cannabis extracts), APHA +3.7%, NBEV +1.8% (TLRY / ABEV news; Highpark's Marley Brands is partners with NBEV), ACB +1.7%, CGC +1.4%, CRON +1.2%
Other news:
  • AGEN +57.2% (I/O partnership with Gilead, buying 11M shares at $2.70)
  • AIMT +12.4% (higher following DBVT news on peanut drug trial update)
  • SB +8.9% (authorizes common stock repurchase program of up to 3.0 mln shares)
  • XON +8.4% (deal with Merck KGaA for CAR-T)
  • BILI +6.7% (Alibaba partnership)
  • NWL +5.4% (Carl Icahn increases active stake), CE +4.8% (to join S&P 500)
  • ABEV +3.3% (Ambev's Labatt Brewing partners with Tilray on research for non-alcoholic beverages containing cannabis extracts)
  • CNDT +3.1% (Darwin Deason discloses 5.8% stake)
Analyst comments:
  • ZUO +4% (upgraded to Strong Buy at Needham)
  • PSX +0.8% (upgraded to Buy at Jefferies)
  • SNV +0.6% (upgraded to Outperform from Neutral at Robert W. Baird)