>>> US Gapping up

Gapping up
In reaction to earnings/guidance
:

  • CLAR +11.1%, OLPX +10.2%, WOOF +7.3%, MASS +6.8%, HPK +6%, DKS +4.9%, AVDX +4%

Select airline stocks trading higher:

  • ALK +4.1%, UAL +3.6%, JETS +3.4%, DAL +3.4%, SAVE +3.4%, AAL +3.3%, LUV +2.1%

Select oil/gas related names showing strength:

  • BP +1.8%, SHEL +1.5%, USO +1.3%, OIH +1.2%, PSX +1.1%, SLB +1%, XLE +0.8%, XOM +0.6%

Other news:

  • CNSL +14.6% (Searchlight affirms 34.6% active holding; to evaluate the possibility of a further investment in or full acquisition)
  • VYGR +12.2% (agrees to licensing option with Novartis (NVS); Voyager receives $54 million upfront)
  • AEG +6% (provides update on Russian and Belarusian investments following invasion of Ukraine)
  • AZZ +5% (to acquire Sequa's Precoat Metals business for $1.28 bln; raises FY22 (Feb) revenue and earnings guidance)
  • ORAN +2.5% (Orange and MASMOVIL enter into exclusive discussions to combine their operations in Spain)
  • DLTR +1.9% (reconstitutes Board; names new Executive Board Chair)
  • AXNX +1.6% (recharge-free sacral neuromodulation implantable neurostimulator receives FDA approval)
  • MMX +1.4% (acquired a package of three royalties on gold projects located in Nevada from an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of Waterton Precious Metals Fund II Cayman, for a $5 mln cash payment)

Analyst comments:

  • TIGO +5.5% (upgraded to Sector Outperform from Sector Perform at Scotiabank)
  • CARA +3.6% (upgraded to Overweight from Neutral at JP Morgan)
  • HEES +2.9% (upgraded to Buy from Neutral at UBS)
  • DISH +2.6% (upgraded to Buy from Neutral at UBS)
  • DELL +1.7% (upgraded to Outperform from In-line at Evercore ISI)
  • OKTA +1.7% (upgraded to Buy from Neutral at Mizuho)
  • CPE +1.4% (upgraded to Buy from Hold at Truist)
  • EQNR +1.2% (upgraded to Buy from Neutral at BofA Securities)
  • BAC +0.9% (upgraded to Neutral from Underperform at Robert Baird)