>>> US Gapping up

Gapping up
In reaction to strong earnings/guidance
:

  • BNED +10.8%, DRI +9%, KR +8.9%, MU +5%, PDCO +2.1%

M&A news:

  • MTCH +1.1% (acquired a 51% ownership stake in Hinge, the NYC-based relationship app; has the right to acquire all the remaining shares of Hinge within the next 12 months)

Argentina-exposed ADRs higher on MSCI reclassification to Emerging Markets status:

  • TGS +20.6%, BFR +12.6%, EDN +11.6%, LOMA +11.3%, GGAL +11.1%, TEO +10.6%, BMA +9.4%, ARGT +8.8%, PAM +7.7%, YPF +6.6%, IRS +4.8%

Other news:

  • CASI +38.2% (announces strategic and long-term manufacturing agreement with Yiling Wanzhou International Pharmaceutical Co., for the manufacturing of entecavir and cilostazol)
  • MESO +7.4% (announces key Day 100 survival outcomes of its Phase 3 trial for remestemcel-L, an allogeneic mesenchymal stem cell product candidate)
  • HPQ +2.6% (authorized an additional $4.0 billion for future repurchases of its outstanding shares of common stock)
  • RYTM +2.2% (prices public offering of 5,732,000 shares of its common stock at a public offering price of $26.42 per share)
  • WDC +2% (following MU results)
  • LGF.A +2% (continued strength)
  • THO +1.7% (announces $250 million share repurchase authorization)
  • INCY +1.5% (announces 'positive' topline results from its ongoing pivotal Phase 2 REACH1 trial)
  • FOXA +1.4% (extending today's move higher)
  • AMD +0.9% (following MU results)
  • SHPG +0.7% (announces FDA approval for label expansion of Cinryze for prevention of attacks in pediatric hereditary angioedema patients)

Analyst comments:

  • LITE +4% (upgraded to Buy at Goldman)
  • BDX +1.7% (upgraded to Overweight from Neutral at JP Morgan)
  • GLW +1.4% (upgraded to Neutral from Sell at Goldman)
  • VZ +1.3% (upgraded to Buy from Neutral at Goldman)
  • CHTR +1.2% (upgraded to Buy from Neutral at Goldman)