Gapping down
In reaction to disappointing earnings/guidance: ATRM -18.7% (thinly traded), RINO -14.6% , MMYT -9.8%.
M&A news: SSE -35.5% (Naugatuck Valley Financial Corporation and Southern Connecticut Bancorp mutually agree to terminate merger agreement), CAT -1.3% (Bucyrus to be acquired by CAT for $92/share or $7.6 bln in aggregate consisting of all cash), POT -1.0% (issues statement in response to withdrawal of BHP Billiton's unsolicited tender offer).
Other news: THOR -11.1% (peer HTWR achieves primary endpoint with 92% success in pivotal bridge-to-transplant clinical trial; also downgraded to Market Perform from Outperform at Leerink Swann, downgraded to Neutral from Buy at UBS), ASTM -7.9% (files $75 mln mixed securities shelf offering), PUDA -6.3% (subsidiary receives government review approval Da Wa Coal Mine), IRE -5.2% (concerns about Ireland being met with calls for action from EU officials), ANR -1.3% (Dickenson-Russell Coal Co to idle coal preparation plant).
Analyst comments: LLNW -5.8% (Downgraded to Underperform at Oppenheimer on renewed industry pricing concerns), AKAM -2.8% (Downgraded to Perform at Oppenheimer on renewed industry pricing concerns), UNH -1.8% (downgraded to Hold from Buy at Stifel Nicolaus), MU -1.6% (downgraded to Hold from Buy at Lazard), MON -1.2% (downgraded to Hold from Buy at Deutsche Bank), APWR -0.7% (downgraded to Market Perform from Outperform at Raymond James).
Gapping up
In reaction to strong earnings/guidance: GTSI +22.0%, TSTC +11.5%, ASYS +10.0%, CSUN +7.8%, MY +7.0%.
M&A news: BUCY +29.3% (Bucyrus to be acquired by CAT for $92/share or $7.6 bln in aggregate consisting of all cash), ISLN +17.9% (Isilon Systems to be acquired by EMC Corp for $33.85/share), HBE +15.1% (reports results of go-shop process and an amendment to its merger agreement with KTOS to increase merger consideration from $7.00 to $8.20 per share), DYN +4.7% (responds to Icahn filing; recommends stockholders vote for the merger agreement with Blackstone; upgraded to Overweight from Neutral at JPMorgan), BHP +0.7% (POT confirms BHP Billiton's decision to withdraw its offer).
Select ag/machinery companies higher following BUCY/CAT news: TEX +10.6%, JOYG +7.8%, MTW +4.7%.
Other news: HTWR +17.6% (achieves primary endpoint with 92% success in pivotal bridge-to-transplant clinical trial; upgraded to Overweight from Neutral at JPMorgan), MEI +14.1% (awarded integrated center stack program from General Motors; expected to represent over $100 mln in revenue per year starting in FY14), GLUU +7.3% (filed for a $30 mln mixed shelf offering), F +2.8% (reports that its Ford Super Duty grabs 50% of heavy-duty truck market ), APC +3.2% (discovers oil offshore Sierra Leone), MEE +2.4% (attributed to reports out over the weekend that MT may be interested in the company), BP +1.4% (discloses agreement to sell its fuels marketing businesses in Namibia, Botswana and Zambia and 50% interest in each of BP Malawi and BP Tanzania to Puma Energy for $296 mln in cash), AA +1.0% and NLY +0.9% (Cramer made positive comments on MadMoney).
Analyst comments: RJET +5.1% (upgraded to Buy from Hold at Deutsche Bank).