Gapping down in reaction to disappointing earnings/guidance: TTWO -31.8% (also downgraded to Market Perform from Outperform at Wells Fargo, downgraded to Sell from Buy at Kaufman Bros, downgraded to Hold at Brean Murray, downgraded to Neutral from Buy at MKM Partners), SWHC -12.7% (also downgraded to Neutral at Merriman, target lowered to $7.50 at Northland Securities, downgraded to Neutral from Outperform at Cowen), VSNT -12.3%, MENT -7.7%, SIRO -3.7%, NOVL -3.5%, DMND -3.2%... Select gold names showing weakness with strength in the dollar: IAG -3.5%, ABX -2.8% (says Appeals court remands decision to District Court on Cortez Hills project ), GDX -2.6%, KGC -2.3%, AUY -2.2%, GG -2.1%, EGO -2.0%, GLD -1.8%, AU -1.3%, GFI -1.1%... Other news: ZIOP -9.8% (announces commencement of public offering), GSS -7.6% (files preliminary prospectus; expects to raise gross proceeds of approximately $75 million), ICLR -6.1% (receives warning letter from FDA relating to two studies), REG -5.2% (announces equity offering will not have an impact on FY2010 guidance from yesterday), WES -5.1% (announces public offering of 6 mln common units), NBG -3.3% (still checking), DD -2.5% (updates its commercialization timelines for Optimum GAT corn and soybeans; reaffirms outlook for greater than 15% compounded annual earnings growth of Agriculture & Nutrition business segment through 2013), NRGP -1.4% (files $300 mln common units shelf offering in an S-3), BAC -0.6% (confirms pricing of common equivalent securities at $15)... Analyst comments: ENDP -4.5% (downgraded to Mkt Perform at Wells Fargo).
Gapping up in reaction to strong earnings/guidance: BIG +13.0%, LAVA +7.3%, MRVL +6.5%, AVGO +2.0%... Select financials trading higher: HBAN +4.1%, RF +3.3%, BCS +2.9%, RBS +2.8%, GNW +2.5%, COF +2.4%, BBV +2.3%, STD +1.7%, MS +1.7%, DB +1.2%... Select metals/mining names showing strength: RTP +2.3%, MT +2.2%, GOLD +1.3%, HMY +1.2%... Select oil/gas related names showing strength: PBR +1.8%, BP +1.7%, SLB +1.6%, E +1.6%, RDS.A +1.2%, TOT +1.0%... Select casino names trading higher: LVS +4.2%, MGM +3.2%, WYNN +2.3%... Select European drug names seeing early strength: AZN +3.3% (announces US FDA approves SEROQUEL XR for add-on treatment of major depressive disorder), SHPGY +2.1%, SNY +2.1%, GSK +2.0%... Other news: DEER +6.7% (light volume; signs $29.3 mln distribution agreement with the second largest consumer electronics retailer in China for 2010 product delivery), JAVA +6.3% (Oracle proposes to create separate entity that house's JAVA's MySQL database - NYPost), LDK +5.0% (LDK Solar, Q-Cells reach deal to continue solar wafer supply contract - DJ), SOLF +5.0% (signs agreement to build 100MW solar power plant in Jiayuguan City, Gansu Province), MANT +2.3%, OSK +1.8% and HRS +1.2% (Cramer makes positive comments on MadMoney)... Analyst comments: SNV +6.7% (upgraded to Mkt Perform at FBR), ADCT +3.3% (upgraded to Buy at Argus), AKAM +2.7% (upgraded to Buy from Hold at Citigroup), JNPR +2.2% (added to Conviction Buy from Buy at Goldman - Reuters), SNDK +1.9% (initiated with an Outperform at JMP Securities), BCS +1.3% (upgraded to Neutral at JPMorgan), FSLR +1.1% (upgraded to Buy at Collins Stewart), V +0.9% (initiated with an Outperform at Oppenheimer).