Gapping up
In reaction to strong earnings/guidance: NNVC +8.4%, RYAAY +6.9%, AU +4.8%, DB +2.1%.
M&A news: VTUS +2.8% (to merge with Assembly Pharma in an all-stock transaction), PFE +1.5% (AZN rejects Pfizer's (PFE) final proposal), DTV +0.1% (AT&T (T) to Acquire DIRECTV for $95 per share).
Select metals/mining stocks trading higher: HMY +2.5%, GFI +2.1%, ABX +1%, SLV +1%, GOLD +0.8%, GDX +0.8%, GLD +0.7%.
Other news: ITMN +5.5% (presents Phase 3 ASCEND study of Pirfenidone in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis), QUIK +3.4% (seeing continued strength, after being +17.5% on Friday), WWE +3.4% (bouncing following Friday's sell-off), STEM +2.9% (provides update on Its Phase I/II study in spinal cord injury; significant sensory gains observed in additional patients), SNMX +1.8% (announces two-year extension of sweet program collaboration with PepsiCo (PEP)), AVP +1.7% (positive Barron's mention).
Analyst comments: EXXI +5.2% (upgraded to Strong Buy from Outperform at Raymond James), GOGO +3.8% (upgraded to Buy from Neutral at UBS), KEYW +1.9% (upgraded to Buy at Chardan Capital Markets), ETFC +1.5% (upgraded to Outperform from Mkt Perform at Raymond James), MU +1.3% (upgraded to Outperform from Sector Perform at RBC Capital Mkts), PRU +0.9% (added to Best Ideas list at Morgan Stanley)
In reaction to strong earnings/guidance: NNVC +8.4%, RYAAY +6.9%, AU +4.8%, DB +2.1%.
M&A news: VTUS +2.8% (to merge with Assembly Pharma in an all-stock transaction), PFE +1.5% (AZN rejects Pfizer's (PFE) final proposal), DTV +0.1% (AT&T (T) to Acquire DIRECTV for $95 per share).
Select metals/mining stocks trading higher: HMY +2.5%, GFI +2.1%, ABX +1%, SLV +1%, GOLD +0.8%, GDX +0.8%, GLD +0.7%.
Other news: ITMN +5.5% (presents Phase 3 ASCEND study of Pirfenidone in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis), QUIK +3.4% (seeing continued strength, after being +17.5% on Friday), WWE +3.4% (bouncing following Friday's sell-off), STEM +2.9% (provides update on Its Phase I/II study in spinal cord injury; significant sensory gains observed in additional patients), SNMX +1.8% (announces two-year extension of sweet program collaboration with PepsiCo (PEP)), AVP +1.7% (positive Barron's mention).
Analyst comments: EXXI +5.2% (upgraded to Strong Buy from Outperform at Raymond James), GOGO +3.8% (upgraded to Buy from Neutral at UBS), KEYW +1.9% (upgraded to Buy at Chardan Capital Markets), ETFC +1.5% (upgraded to Outperform from Mkt Perform at Raymond James), MU +1.3% (upgraded to Outperform from Sector Perform at RBC Capital Mkts), PRU +0.9% (added to Best Ideas list at Morgan Stanley)