>>> US Gapping up

Gapping up
In reaction to earnings/guidance
:

  • GIII +5.9%

M&A news:

  • USCR +27.8% (U.S. Concrete to be acquired by Vulcan (VMC) for $74.00 per share in cash)
  • MIC +12.8% (MacQuarie Infrastructure announces agreement to sell Atlantic Aviation to (KKR) for $4.475 bln) . 

Other news:

  • ADMP +14% (highlights that the National Institutes of Health has identified its experimental drug, Tempol, as a potentially potent antiviral for COVID-19)
  • CDXC +13% (ChromaDex and Walmart (WMT) launch Tru Niagen in 3,800 Walmart stores across the United States)
  • UIHC +6.3% (files $100 mln mixed securities shelf offering)
  • GLSI +4.8% (publishes additional positive safety data from GP2 phase IIb trial at ASCO 2021)
  • AMYT +3.5% (receives confirmation from FDA that Oleogel-S10 will not require an Advisory Committee Meeting)
  • FLGC +2.5% (expands into EU)
  • AMC +2.2% (continued volatility)
  • IOVA +2% (ASCO presentation)
  • VLDR +1.9% (announced Seabed B.V., which specializes in high quality equipment for offshore surveying and dredging, has selected Puck sensors for its lidar mobile mapping system)
  • DPW +1.5% (to expand the infrastructure of its technology data center in southern Michigan and increase the power capacity to 28MW)
  • TMST +1.1% (will increase base pricing by $50 per ton on all special bar quality products)
  • STMP +1.1% (settles securities class action lawsuit, net cash outflow expected at $66-77 mln)
  • VVNT +1% (appoints David Bywater as CEO)

Analyst comments:

  • NEXT +29.5% (upgraded to Overweight from Equal-Weight at Morgan Stanley)
  • MRUS +5.8% (upgraded to Buy from Neutral at Citigroup)
  • CHRW +2.7% (double-upgraded to Buy from Sell at Goldman)
  • AZUL +2.6% (upgraded to Outperform from Neutral at Bradesco BBI)
  • FATE +1.3% (upgraded to Buy from Neutral at H.C. Wainwright)
  • V +1.2% (upgraded to Overweight from Neutral at Piper Sandler)