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6/2/2021 12:06pm
Wall Street in Fives - Must Read Lists at Midday

Get caught up quickly on the top news and calls moving stocks with these Top Fives, as compiled by the editors of The Fly. 


1. STOCK NEWS: 

  • Amazon (AMZN) confirms annual Prime Day event to be held June 21-22, but postponing Prime Day plans in Canada and India due to COVID-19 concerns [more]
  • Etsy (ETSY) agreed to acquire "unique fashion" marketplace Depop for $1.625B [more]
  • MorphoSys (MOR) has agreed to acquire Constellation Pharmaceuticals (CNST) for $34 per share in cash [more]
  • Toyota (TM) has debuted the b74X Concept, an all-electric SUV concept, in the U.S. [more]
  • AMC Entertainment (AMC) continues to rally as movie exhibitor launches initiative to engage with retail shareholders [more]


2. WALL STREET CALLS: 

  • Cinemark (CNK) lower after being cut to Sell at Goldman Sachs [more]
  • Imax (IMAX) also dips after Goldman Sachs analyst Michael Ng downgraded the stock to Sell from Neutral [more]
  • Honest Company (HNST) initiated with a Neutral at BofA [more]
  • Vimeo (VMEO) initiated with a Buy at Jefferies and with an Outperform rating at Cowen [more]
  • Canopy Growth (CGC) upgraded to Hold from Sell at Canaccord and raised to Neutral from Sell at Eight Capital [more]


3. AROUND THE WEB: 

  • The SEC has found that Tesla (TSLA) did not oversee CEO Elon Musk's Twitter use in 2020, WSJ says [more]
  • Tesla (TSLA) sees buying over $1B of Australian battery minerals per year, Reuters says [more]
  • Overstock's (OSTK) tZERO exploring options, including sale or merger, CoinDesk says [more]
  • Credit Suisse (CS) plan lawsuit against Softbank (SFTBY) following Greensill fall, FT reports [more]
  • Microsoft (MSFT) tells Verge no exclusivity deal for Dolby (DLB) Atmos, Dolby Vision on Xbox [more]


4. MOVERS: 

  • Skillz (SKLZ) gains after entering into an agreement to acquire Aarki for $150M [more]
  • Bed Bath & Beyond (BBBY) rises after revealing three new owned brands that will be launching this quarter [more]
  • Westport Fuel Systems (WPRT) declines after announcing an $100M offering of common shares [more]
  • Sesen Bio (SESN) falls after announcing a global supply partnership agreement for Vicineum with Qilu Pharmaceutical [more]
  • iRhythm Technologies (IRTC) lower after announcing CEO Mike Coyle has decided to resign from his position [more]


5. EARNINGS/GUIDANCE: 

  • Zoom Video (ZM) flat at midday despite better than expected Q1 results [more]
  • Medallia (MDLA) rises after "beat and raise" report [more]
  • Iteris (ITI) higher after quarterly revenue beat [more]
  • HP Enterprise (HPE) falls after "beat and raise" report [more]
  • Progenity (PROG) drops after withdrawing 2021 guidance [more]


INDEXES: 

Near midday, the Dow was up 65.96, or 0.19%, to 34,641.27, the Nasdaq was up 24.71, or 0.18%, to 13,761.18, and the S&P 500 was up 11.06, or 0.26%, to 4,213.10.


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