Overnight Summary: The SP 500 closed Monday lower by -0.04% from 5202.39 from Friday higher by 1.11% at 5204.34. The overnight high was hit at 5,259.25 at 5:58 a.m. while the overnight low was hit at 5248.50 at 4:05 a.m. EDT. The range overnight is 11 points as of 7:02 a.m. EDT. Currently, the S&P 500 is higher by +10 points at 8:05 a.m. EDT.
- Treasury holds a 3-Year Note Auction at 1:00 p.m. EDT.
- Beats: None of note.
- Flat: None of note.
- Misses: None of note.
Capital Raises:
- IPOs Priced or News:None of note.
- New SPACs launched/News: None of note.
- Secondaries Priced:None of note.
- Notes Priced of note:
- Common Stock filings/Notes:
- AIMD offers 4,430,732 shares of common stock.
- BIOR offers 10,700,846 shares of common stock.
- HWH offers 149,443 shares of common stock.
- VERO offers 1,644,000 shares of common stock.
- Direct Offering: None of note.
- Exchangeable Subordinate Voting Shares:
- Selling Shareholders of note:
- PSTX files 8,333,333 offering by selling shareholders.
- Private Placement of Public Entity (PIPE): None of note.
- Mixed Shelf Offerings:
- AMPY files a $250 million mixed shelf offering.
- Debt/Credit Filing and Notes: None of note.
- Tender Offer: None of note.
- Convertible Offering & Notes Filed: None of note.
Capital Raise Summary From The TradeXchange, bringing traders and investors real time news and Squawk Box, and other sources.
News After The Close :
- After Hours Movers:
- BE +2.9%, IPSC +2.1%
- VINCE -58.4%, MAXN -8.1%, MEI -4.2%,
- News Items After the Close:
- Norwegian Cruise Lines (NCLH) to build eight new vessels and construct a multi-ship pier at Great Stirrup Cay.
- Grupo Aeroportuario Del Sureste (ASR) announces that passenger traffic for March 2024 reached a total of 6.5 million passengers, representing an increase of 6.6% year over year.
- Cohen & Steers (CNS) sees AUM grow to $81.2 billion from $79.6.
- Lifecore (LFCR) delays its 10Q.
- Lockheed Martin (LMT) awarded $272 million increase to existing contract with Missile Defense Agency,
- Exchange/Listing/Company Reorg and Personnel News:
- Methode Electronics (MEI) announces that CFO Ronald Tsoumas is retiring on July 12 and no successor named as company starts a search.
- Nova Measuring (NVMI) promotes Guy Kizner to CFO effective July 1st, he will succeed Dror David.
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Harmonic (HLIT) CEO Patrick Harshman to retire; Nimrod Ben-Natan named new CEO.
- Angi Inc. (ANGI) announces the appointment of President and IAC executive Jeff Kip to CEO, succeeding Joey Levin, effective immediately
- Buyback Announcements or News: None of note.
- Stock Splits or News: None of note.
- Dividends Announcements or News: None of note.
What’s Happening This Morning: Futures value reflects the change with fair value.
Sector Action – (1/3/6/12/YTD Updated Weekly with Monday release):
- Daily Positive Sectors: Utilities, Real Estate, Materials and Consumer Cyclicals of note.
- Daily Negative Sectors: Energy, Healthcare, Technology and Consumer Defensive of note.
- One Month Winners: Energy, Communication Services, Basic Materials and Industrials of note.
- Three Month Winners: Technology, Communication Services, Industrials, Energy and Financials of note.
- Six Month Winners: Technology, Financials, Industrials of note.
- Twelve Month Winners: Technology, Communication Services, and Financial of note.
- Year to Date Winners: Energy, Communication Services, Technology and Financials of note.
Upcoming Earnings Of Note:
- Tuesday After the Close:
- Wednesday Before the Open:
Earnings of Note This Morning:
- Beats: NEOG +0.11, CGNT +0.04.
- Flat: None of note.
- Misses: TLRY -0.07
- Still to Report: None of note.
Company Earnings Guidance:
- Positive Guidance: CGNT.
- Negative Guidance: NEOG.
Erlanger Research Advance/Decline Chart:
Gap Ups & Down In Early Pre-Market (+2% or down more than -2%):
- Gap Up: CDE +7%, NUVL +5%, NVMI +4.5%, OPFI +3.9%, PAG +3.7%, HL +3.3%, CRDF +2.9%, RKLB +2.4% of note.
- Gap Down: VINC -52.1%, MAXN -15.8%, HLIT -8.4%, LMT -2.5% of note.
Insider Action: No stock see Insider buying with dumb short selling. No stock see Insider buying with smart short sellers.
Rags & Mags: Repeated stories from prior days never listed, i.e. “rehashed news”. Sorted by Global, U.S. and stock specific.
- 5 Things To Know Before the Stock Market Opens Today. (CNBC)
- What You Need To Know To Start Your Day. (Bloomberg)
- Bloomberg Lead Story: Iran’s better, stealthier drones are remaking global warfare. (Bloomberg)
- Bonds recover with traders on U.S. inflation watch: Markets Wrap. (Bloomberg)
- Pfizer (PFE) sees wider use of RSV vaccine. (Bloomberg)
- March Inflation Data, expect another hot month. (Fox News)
- Bloomberg: Daybreak Podcast: Bullard sees three rate cuts this year. (Podcast)
- Bloomberg: The Big Take: Yellen warns China on overcapacity, Russia. (Podcast)
- NYT The Daily: How Tesla planted the seeds for its potential downfall. (Podcast)
- Marketplace: The hidden meanings of the AIs industry favorite words. (Podcast)
- Wealthion: Can gold thrive through inflation, Nick Colas. (Podcast)
Moving Average Update: Score improves to 71% to 51%.
Geopolitical:
- President’s Public Schedule:
- President Biden receives the Daily Briefing at 9:00 a.m. EDT.
- President Biden delivers comments on the care economy at 12:30 p.m. EDT.
- Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jean-Pierre and National Security Advisor Sullivan at 1:30 p.m. EDT.
- The President and First Lady welcome the Prime Minister of Japan and First Lady at 6:00 p.m. EDT.
Economic:
- March NFIB Small Business Optimism is due out at 6:00 a.m. EDT and came in last month at 89.40. Came in at 88.50.
- 3-Year Note Auction at 1:00 p.m. EDT.
- API Crude Oil Data at 4:30 p.m. EDT.
Federal Reserve / Treasury Speakers:
- None of note.
M&A Activity and News: None of note.
Meeting & Conferences of Note:
- Sellside Conferences:
- BMO CAPP Energy Conference
- Deutsche Bank Private FinTech Conference
- Goldman Sachs Private Software and Internet Conference
- Jefferies Latin America Summit
- Needham Healthcare Conference
- Top Shareholder Meetings: None of note.
- Fireside Chat: None of note.
- Investor/Analyst Day/Calls: ADCT BCLI FHTX IMUX OKYO RICK
- Update: None of note.
- R&D Day: None of note.
- Company Event: None of note.
- Industry Meetings:
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- LD Micro
- Space Symposium
- Google Cloud Next
- Gold Forum Europe
- Spinal Cord Injury Investor Symposium
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Top Tier Sell-side Upgrades & Downgrades:
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Today’s Upgrades and Downgrades:
