>>> Large Cap Gainers
- TSLA (205.42 +7.55%): Preannounced Q1 deliveries +55% y/y to 10.03k vs. ~9.5K guidance.
- VTR (77.02 +5.18%): Announced it will acquire privately-owned Ardent Medical Services for $1.75 bln in cash; expected to be immediately accretive; also announced a plan to spin off its post-acute/skilled nursing facility portfolio.
- VMW (83.84 +4.33%): Upgraded to Buy from Neutral at Nomura.
>>> Large Cap Losers
- ALTR (41.35 -4.06%): Under pressure as expectations for a reported acquisition by Intel (INTC) fade.
- LUV (41.1 -4.11%): Airlines lower as WTI crude oil futures jump 5.2% to $51.70/bbl (AAL, UAL, DAL also lower).
- MTB (124.24 -2.33%): Announced it was informed by the Federal Reserve late Friday that it will not be in a position to complete its review of M&T's proposed merger with Hudson City Bancorp (HCBK) in time to complete the Merger before the termination date of April 30, 2015.
>>> Mid Cap Gainers
- TRQ (3.48 +7.41%): Reports out that Rio Tinto (RIO) has reached agreement with Mongolia over building of Turquoise Hill's Oyu Tolgoi mine.
- BRKR (19.98 +5.94%): Announced it received 510(k) clearance from the FDA for library and methods expansion for the MALDI Biotyper CA System; upgraded to Outperform from Mkt Perform at Leerink Partners; tgt raised to $24 from $21.
- IMAX (35.98 +5.06%): Upgraded to Buy from Hold at Canaccord Genuity; tgt to $38 from $35.
>>> Mid Cap Losers
- GCI (35.94 -3.88%): Downgraded to Mkt Perform from Outperform at FBR Capital.
- Z (98.25 -2.59%): Downgraded to Equal Weight from Overweight at Barclays.
- CNX (28.51 -1.99%): Downgraded to Hold from Buy at Deutsche Bank.