Overnight Summary: The SP 500 closed Monday higher by 0.32% at 5116.17 from Friday higher by 1.02% at 5099.96. The overnight high was hit at 5,151.50 at 4:05 p.m. while the overnight low was hit at 5135.25 at 1:45 a.m. EDT. The range overnight is 16 points as of 6:15 a.m. EDT. Currently, the S&P 500 is lower by -3.75 points at 8:25 a.m. EDT.
- Several economic releases are due out including Case-Shiller, Chicago PMI and Consumer Confidence.
- The Fed begins its FOMC with no commentary of note.
- Beats: EG +0.39, ACGL +0.36, WWD +0.29, PARA +0.27, AMKR +0.13, RIG +0.12, FLS +0.11, WELL +0.07, COUR +0.06, CCK +0.06, YUMC +0.06, MSA +0.05, NXPI +0.05, SANM +0.05, FFIV +0.04, ST +0.04, AIN +0.03, BRX +0,03, of note.
- Flat: KFRC and LSCC of note.
- Misses: MSTR -2.45, PCH -0.45, RMBS -0.14, CVI -0.14, CNO -0.13, MED -0.12, SBAC -0.02 of note.
Capital Raises:
- IPOs For The Week: ALEH KMCM NNE RAN VIK ZENA
- New SPACs launched/News:
- Secondaries Priced:
- MBIO prices $4M of 16,877,638 @$0.237.
- Notes Priced of note:
- Common Stock filings/Notes:
- ALCE files 35,575,274 shares of common stock.
- Direct Offering:
- Exchangeable Subordinate Voting Shares:
- Selling Shareholders of note:
- DCTH files 1,918,140 shares of common stock offered by selling shareholders.
- Debt/Credit Filing and Notes:
- Mixed Shelf Offerings:
- RSVR files a $100 million mixed-shelf offering
- CHRW files a mixed-shelf offering
- Tender Offer:
- Private Placement of Public Entity (PIPE)
- Rights Offering:
- Convertible Offering & Notes Filed:
Capital Raise Summary From The TradeXchange, bringing traders and investors real time news and Squawk Box, and other sources.
News After The Close :
- Movers of Note:
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- News Items After the Close:
- Fluor (FLR) and SunCoke Energy (SXC) extend contract seven years at its five coke plants in the U.S.
- Rocket Lab USA (RKLB) prepares to back to back Electron launches to deploy NASA’s PREFIRE mission.
- Exchange/Listing/Company Reorg and Personnel News:
- PARA President and CEO Bob Bakish is stepping down from CEO role and from the Board of Directors.
- Nathan Schultz named CEO and Dan Rosensweig becomes Executive Chairman of Chegg (CHGG).
- Paul Donahue will transition from Chairman and CEO of Genuine Parts (GPC) to Executive Chairman and William Stengel to succeed him as President and CEO.
- Buyback Announcements or News:
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- Stock Splits or News:
- Stock splits for week BKKT and RCON.
- Dividends Announcements or News:
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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: Consumer Cyclical, Utilities, Real Estate and Materials of note.
- Daily Negative Sectors: Utilities, Energy and Financials of note.
- One Month Winners: Communication Services, Energy and Utilities of note.
- Three Month Winners: All but Real Estate led by Energy, Industrials or Communication Services of note.
- Six Month Winners: Communication Services, Technology, Industrials and Financials of note.
- Twelve Month Winners: Communication Services, Technology, Financials, Industrials, and Consumer Cyclicals of note.
- Year to Date Winners: Communication Services, Energy, Technology, Financials, Industrials, and Technology, Consumer Defensive of note.
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Upcoming Earnings Of Note:
- Tuesday After the Close: ($4 Billion Market Cap Cut Off)
- Wednesday Before the Open: ($5 Billion Market Cap Cut Off)
Earnings of Note This Morning:
- Beats: THC +1.77, IT +0.40, ZBRA +0.40, MMM +0.29, TT +0.29, MPC +0.24, AMT +0.22, TAP +0.21, LEA +0.17, APD +0.15, ETN +0.11, LLY +0.11, ADM +0.09, EAT +0.09, MLM +0.09, GLW +0.03, AEP +0.02, KO +0.02, PNM +0.01, QSR +0.01 of note.
- Flat: of note..
- Misses: LGIH -0.34, ARCB -0.19, PAG -0.16, INCY -0.16, DAN -0.16, CCJ -0.13, HEES -0.07, MAC -0.06, MCD -0.02, EPD -0.01 of note.
- Still to Report: BEN HOPE of note.
Company Earnings Guidance:
- Positive Guidance: WWD TT AWI LLY CCJ of note.
- Negative Guidance: COUR SANM CHGG MED LSCC of note.
Erlanger Research Advance/Decline Chart:
Gap Ups & Down In Early Pre-Market (+2% or down more than -2%):
- Gap Up: BLND +19.6%, ST +15.9%, LL +11%, AMKR +6.5%, LOGI +6.5%, LDOS +6.4%, WWD +5.9%, AUPH +5.6%, HLIT +4.3%, NXPI +4%, HSBC +4%, TERN +3.9%, TT +3.1%, TWO +2.9%, LCTX +2.7%, ACIW +2.7%, MOR +2.5%, CCK +2.3%, RIG +1.9% of note.
- Gap Down: MED -15.5%, COUR -13.3%, CHGG -12.6%, FFIV -9.8%, LSCC -6.6%, MSTR -5.8%, GEHC -5.6%, YUMC -5.1%, ESI -4.8%, RMBS -4.1%, SAN -3.4%, DCTH -3.3%, STLA -3%, SBAC -2.8%, ALVO -2.3%, SANM -2.3%, RSVR -2%, CNO -2% of note.
Insider Action: No stock sees Insider buying with dumb short selling. No stocks 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 Market Opens On Tuesday. (CNBC)
- What You Need To Know To Start Your Day. (Bloomberg)
- Stocks Making the Biggest Moves: (CNBC)
- Bloomberg Lead Story: BOJ Accounts Suggest Japan Intervened To Support the Yen. (Bloomberg)
- April Factory Activity in China expanded. (Bloomberg)
- Stocks set for monthly drop as traders wait for Fed : Markets Wrap. (Bloomberg)
- Bloomberg: Daybreak Podcast: HSBC CEO Noel Quinn to retire after 5 years. (Podcast)
Moving Average Update: Score improves to 77% from 57%.
Geopolitical:
- President’s Public Schedule:
- President Biden receives the Daily Briefing at 10:00 a.m. EDT.
- President Biden heads to Wilmington, DE for a campaign event at 3:00 p.m. EDT.
- President Biden returns to the White House at 7:20 p.m. EDT.
Economic:
- February Case-Shiller Home Price Index is due out at 9:00 a.m. EDT and expected to rise to 6.70% from 6.60%.
- April Chicago PMI is due out at 9:45 a.m. EDT and is expected to rise to 44.5 from 41.40.
- April Consumer Confidence is due out at 10:00 a.m. EDT and is expected to fall to 104 from 104.70.
Federal Reserve / Treasury Speakers:
- No Fed Speakers as in the Blackout Period due to this week’s FOMC meeting.
- Federal Reserve Open Market Committee (FOMC) begins a two day meeting.
M&A Activity and News:
- None of note.
Meeting & Conferences of Note:
- Sellside Conferences:
- None of note.
- Top Shareholder Meetings: ABEV C EXC FMC FR GLPG IBM KN MT PCAR PLNT SNY VICI VSAC WMB WFC TS TX X.
- Fireside Chat: None of note.
- Investor/Analyst Day/Calls: AXP AZN BCDA DAWN LQDA MACE MITI MRNA NBIX PWFL XFOR XOMA
- Update: None of note.
- R&D Day: None of note.
- Company Event:
- Industry Meetings:
- Jefferies Macro Summit
- Longwood Healthcare Leaders Conference
- NSBW Summit
- SBA Virtual Summit
- Spinal Cord Injury Investor Symposium
- Women in Data Science Conference
Top Tier Sell-side Upgrades & Downgrades:
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Today’s Upgrades and Downgrades:
