22 mar - morning newsletter

Good Morning

Major indices started this week in mixed fashion, as U.S. stock futures inched forward Monday.The S&P 500 future vacillated between gains and losses. After a two-week winning streak, the broad index of large-cap U.S. stocks was less than 1% lower at the end of last week. Nasdaq-100 contracts ended 0.4% higher, suggesting the technology sector will break up its recent declines at the open of market in the New York.In the midst of last week's drop in U.S. government bond prices, investors continued to focus their attention on bond markets. Yields slipped to 1.673% Monday, from 1.729% Friday. Inflation creates a downward spiral in yields.Since the beginning of the year, yields have risen almost every week, denting segments of the stock market which had benefitted from years of low interest rates. Long-term government borrowing costs have sustained a spike in recent months, making tech stocks particularly vulnerable. Future earnings become less valuable when bond yields increase.

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Today Top Movers

Leap Therapeutics Inc. (LPTX) stock soared 36.59% to $3.36 in pre-market trading. The company today declared the presentation of clinical data from its Phase 2 clinical trial of DKN-01 as a monotherapy and in combination with paclitaxel in patients with advanced gynecological malignancies.Marker Therapeutics Inc. (NASDAQ: MRKR) shares are trading up 17.77% at $2.85 at the time of writing. Company’s 52-week ranged between $1.32 to $3.77.Strongbridge Biopharma plc (SBBP) grew over 23.15% at $4.15 in pre-market trading today. The company presented detailed results from Pivotal Phase 3 LOGICS Study of RECORLEV® (levoketoconazole) at the 2021 Annual Meeting of the Endocrine Society (ENDO).Schlumberger Limited (SLB), a Oil & Gas Equipment & Services company, rose about 0.18% at $27.1 in pre-market trading Monday. The company’s New Energy division declared on Thursday that it is launching a lithium extraction plant in Nevada.

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Top Upgrades & Downgrades

BTIG turned bullish on Alcon AG (ALC), upgrading the stock to "Buy" and assigning a $78 price target.

Kansas City Southern (KSU) has won the favor of JPMorgan's equity research team. The firm upgraded the shares from Neutral to Overweight and moved their price target to $275.

South Jersey Industries Inc (SJI) received an upgrade from analysts at BofA, who also set their one-year price target on the stock to $23. They changed their rating on SJI to Neutral from Underperform in a recently issued research note.

Earlier Monday Baird reduced its rating on Copa Holdings, S.A. (CPA) stock to Underweight from Neutral and assigned the price target to $65.

Analysts at JP Morgan downgraded Azul SA (AZUL)'s stock to Underweight from Neutral Monday.

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Latest Insider Activity

Desktop Metal Inc. (DM) Director Hindery Leo J. Jr. announced the sale of shares taking place on Mar 17 at $19.35 for some 250,000 shares. The total came to more than $4.84 million.

eBay Inc. (EBAY) SVP, Chief Product Officer Thompson Pete sold on Mar 17 a total 41,142 shares at $57.22 on average. The insider’s sale generated proceeds of almost $1.35 million.

PAVmed Inc. (PAVM) Chairman and CEO Aklog Lishan declared the purchase of shares taking place on Mar 18 at $4.31 for some 7,500 shares. The transaction amount was around $32324.0.

AdaptHealth Corp. (AHCO) Director WOLF DALE B bought on Mar 16 a total 27,009 shares at $37.99 on average. The purchase cost the insider an estimated $265,952.

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Important Earnings

Top US earnings releases scheduled for today include Tencent Music Entertainment Group (NYSE:TME). It will announce its Dec 2020 financial results. The company is expected to report earnings of $0.12 per share from revenues of $1.28B in the three-month period.

Analysts expect Viant Technology Inc. (NASDAQ:DSP) to report a net income (adjusted) of $10.33 per share, when the company releases its quarterly results shortly. Revenue for the fiscal quarter ended Dec 2020 is predicted to come in at $55.16M.

Raven Industries Inc. (RAVN), due to announce earnings after the market closes today, is expected to report earnings of $0.11 per share from revenues of $88.65M recently concluded three-month period.

That's it for today. Thanks for reading. Good luck out there!Best Regards,Stocks Telegraph Team

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