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8/3/2021 12:08pm
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: 

  • PepsiCo (PEP) intends to sell Tropicana, Naked, and other select North American juice brands [more]
  • Alibaba (BABA) reported mixed quarterly results and raised its stock buyback authorization [more]
  • Bausch Health (BHC) reported quarterly results and announced a plan to pursue an IPO of its Solta Medical unit [more]
  • Sanofi (SNY) has agreed to acquire Translate Bio (TBIO) for $38 per share in cash [more]
  • Under Armour (UAA) provided a "beat and raise" report for Q2 [more]


2. WALL STREET CALLS: 

  • Square (SQ) upgraded to Market Perform at Raymond James and upgraded to Outperform at Cowen day after Afterpay deal announcement [more]
  • Affirm (AFRM) downgraded to Neutral from Buy at DA Davidson [more]
  • KeyBanc upgrades Airbnb (ABNB) ahead of earnings and "material positive revision cycle" [more]
  • Workday (WDAY) upgraded to Overweight from Equal Weight at Barclays [more]
  • Victoria's Secret (VSCO) initiated with an Overweight at Morgan Stanley [more]


3. AROUND THE WEB: 

  • The U.K. could block Nvidia's (NVDA) takeover of ARM on security worries, Bloomberg reports [more]
  • JPMorgan (JPM) is re-evaluating its return to office policies, Fox Business says [more]
  • Deutsche Bank (DB) intends to resume sponsoring Hong Kong IPOs, WSJ says [more]
  • Facebook (FB) will premiere a paid movie on its platform for the first time, Axios reports [more]
  • Goldman Sachs (GS) is raising entry-level base pay by nearly 30%, WSJ reports [more]


4. MOVERS: 

  • Outlook Therapeutics (OTLK) increases after reporting “positive” clinical and statistically significant top-line results from its Phase 3 NORSE TWO safety and efficacy trial evaluating ONS-5010 / LYTENAVA [more]
  • HollySys Automation Technologies (HOLI) rises in New York after revealing its board of directors is in the process of evaluating acquisition offers from two consortiums [more]
  • Arcturus Therapeutics (ARCT) higher after Sanofi deal for Translate Bio, receiving approval for a clinical trial application from the Singapore Health Sciences Authority [more]
  • ViacomCBS (VIAC) down after announcing multi-year distribution agreements with Cox Communications [more]
  • Neuronetics (STIM) and Verastem (VSTM) lower after reporting quarterly results [more]


5. EARNINGS/GUIDANCE: 

  • Eli Lilly (LLY) reiterated its FY21 earnings and revenue guidance [more]
  • Take-Two (TTWO) reported upbeat quarterly results [more]
  • Simon Property (SPG) provided a "beat and raise" report for Q2 [more]
  • DuPont (DD) also provided a "beat and raise" report for Q2 [more]
  • Clorox (CLX) reported lower than expected quarterly results and fiscal year guidance [more]


INDEXES: 

Near midday, the Dow was up 175.34, or 0.50%, to 35,013.50, the Nasdaq was up 44.07, or 0.30%, to 14,725.14, and the S&P 500 was up 22.74, or 0.52%, to 4,409.90.

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