>>> US Gapping up

Gapping up
In reaction to strong earnings/guidance
:

  • DCIX +46.3%, ALEX +20.7%, TRIP +19.6%, ZAGG +18.3%, CDEV +11.3%, AAXN +11.3%, TTOO +9.8%, PLUG +8.2%, ADT +7.9%, ICHR +7.8%, ODP +7.6%, VDSI +7.2%, DRYS +6.6%, OPK +6.5%, COTY +6.3%, PEN +6%, INSY +5.5%, MTCH +5.5%, PUMP +5.3%, DIOD +5.3%, SSTI +5.1%, GPOR +5%, NEWR +5%, TWLO +4.8%, AMBC +4.6%, SMI +4.5%, ESIO +4.2%, QDEL +3.8%, MXWL +3.3%, LC +3.2%, GDDY +3.1%, BUD +3.1%, SUPN +3%, OXY +2.9%, OSG +2.8%, EA +2.7%, LBTYA +2.6%, TM +2.2%, KRNT +2.1%, EPAM +2%, PRTY +2%, RGNX +1.9%, EPE +1.8%, GLOW +1.4%, DLPH +1.1%, .

M&A news:

  • LBTYA +2.6% (Liberty Global to divest operations in Germany, Hungary, Romania and the Czech Republic to Vodafone); VOD +1.3%
  • FOXA +2.2% (reaches agreement with Tribune Media Company and Sinclair Broadcast Group to acquire seven Sinclair Broadcast Group stations for $910 mln)

Other news:

  • HCC +5% (prices 8 mln common stock offering by existing stockholders)
  • PTN +5% (presents on its PL-8177 and PL-8331 melanocortin-1 receptor agonist programs)
  • CDNA +2.4% (CareDx discloses entry into License and Commercialization Agreement with Illumina)
  • EXPE +1% (following TRIP results)
  • PPL +0.7% (prices 55 mln shares of common stock at $27.00 per share)

Analyst comments:

  • IPI +2.5% (upgraded to Overweight from Equal-Weight at Stephens)
  • FLR +2.3% (upgraded to Buy from Underperform at BofA/Merrill)
  • CLF +1.3% (initiated with a Buy at Seaport Global Securities)
  • HII +1% (upgraded to Buy from Neutral at Citigroup)
  • AQUA +0.9% (upgraded to Buy from Hold at Stifel)
  • NTR +0.9% (upgraded to Outperform from Mkt Perform at Raymond James)