>>> US Gapping up


Gapping up
In reaction to strong earnings/guidance
:

  • AUDC +8.4%, CDNS +8.3%, SSNC +7.3% (sees Q3 earnings above estimates), HSTM +3.3%, ARCH +3.3%, CR +2.6%, ALKS +2%, HBAN +1.8%, HLX +1.4%, HOG +1.2%, RF +1%, UTX +0.5%, VZ +0.5%

M&A news:

  • ARNC +2.6% (considering $11 bln offer from Apollo Group (APO), according to Reuters)

Other news:

  • SENS +8.4% (Senseonics announced that Aetna (AET) is providing coverage for Eversense, effective immediately)
  • TTPH +5.3% (presents data from two post-hoc analyses of pooled data from two Phase 3 IGNITE studies of XERAVA in patients with complicated intra-abdominal infections) 

Analyst comments:

  • PVTL +1.4% (initiated with Buy at Needham)
  • ACRX +1.3% (initiated with a Buy at B. Riley FBR)
  • LOW +0.5% (upgraded to Buy from Neutral at Citigroup)