Gapping down
In reaction to disappointing earnings/guidance: OMN -11.0%, TXCC -8.2%, XRTX -6.3%.
Other news: AIB -31.7% (updates equity capital raising; will launch EUR 5.4 bln capital raise in November), YRCW -18.8% (Board of Directors approves tentative labor agreement and reverse stock split), CRUS -6.7% (still checking; Hearing stock down on speculation that another company awarded contract for iPhone 5 audio chip), FUQI -6.2% (receives Nasdaq delisting letter and announces intended appeal), NCT -5.7% (announces that its Board of Directors has elected not to pay a common stock or preferred stock dividend for the third quarter of 2010), NE -4.2% (dicloses fleet status report), ALXA -3.4% (filed for a ~376.3 mln share common stock offering by selling shareholders), PRU -3.1% (American Intl enters into agreement to sell Star and Edison Life Companies to Prudential Financial for $4.8 bln), MAT -3.0% (discloses recall of select products), GILD -1.1% (discloses its San Dimas, Calif. manufacturing facility received a Warning Letter from FDA), VLCCF -1.0% (prices public offering of 4.25 mln common shares at a price of $19.00/share), .
Analyst comments: TLAB -3.5% (downgraded to Mkt Perform from Outperform at Morgan Keegan), YORW -3.4% (downgraded to Neutral from Buy at Janney Montgomery), AAP -1.4% (downgraded to Sector Perform from Outperform at RBC), ORLY -1.2% (ticking lower: downgraded to Outperform from Top Pick at RBC), SVNT -0.7% (downgraded to Hold from Buy at Soleil), MO -0.6% (downgraded to Hold from Buy at Deutsche Bank).
Gapping up
In reaction to strong earnings/guidance: LCRY +7.2% (light volume), SNX +6.8%, MKC +4.6%, WOR +1.2%.
M&A news: HYC +43.0% (VeriFone proposes to acquire HYC for $5.25 per share; HYC rejected proposal).
Select metals/mining stocks trading higher: PAL +3.1%, NG +1.4%, RTP +1.4%, BBL +1.3%, MT +0.7%, BHP +0.7%, SLW +0.8%.
Other news: SNTS +16.8% (announce positive top-line results in U.S. Phase III clinical study evaluating Budesonide MMX in Ulcerative Colitis), LLNW +12.1% (Cramer makes positive comments on MadMoney), APWR +7.7% (announces the signing of a 3-phase, 6-yr ~$279 mln engineering, procurement and construction contract), OPLK +3.6% (will replace Landry's Restaurants in the S&P SmallCap 600 index), NOK +3.4% (N8 entertainment smartphone shipments started), MNKD +2.8% (seeing continued strength after yesterday's 8% jump), RYAAY +2.6% (still checking), DB +2.5% (seeing early strength after CEO Josef Ackermann made positive comments related to co's Q3 results), ENTR +2.0% (still checking), ERIC +2.0% (strength attributed to tier 1 firm upgrade), BP +2.0% (still checking for anything specific), AIG +1.8% (enters into agreement to sell Star and Edison Life Companies to Prudential Financial for $4.8 bln; announces plan to repay U.S. Government), BA +0.3% (modestly higher following reports that the co was awarded $12 bln Pentagon contract to help modernize B-52 weapons systems).
Analyst comments: CSIQ +2.2% (upgraded to Buy from Hold at Jefferies), ARQL +1.2% (initiated with an Outperform at BMO Capital), PCLN +0.8% (target raised to $413 from $328 at JP Morgan), ABC +0.4% (initiated with an Outperform at Leerink).