-$Luna Innovations (LUNA.US)$+8.55% (acquires LIOS Sensing from NKT A/S' NKT Photonics for 20 million in cash; divested Luna Labs for $21 mln)
-$Clene (CLNN.US)$+3.5% (Presents Updated Clinical Data from Phase 2 RESCUE-ALS and REPAIR trials and Preclinical ALS data at 2022 MDA Clinical & Scientific Conference)
-$AstraZeneca (AZN.US)$+2.3% ( AstraZeneca and$Merck & Co (MRK.US)$'s Lynparza (olaparib) has been approved in the US for the adjuvant treatment of patients with germline BRCA-mutated (gBRCAm) HER2-negative high-risk early breast cancer)
-$Ginkgo Bioworks (DNA.US)$+1.9% (to acquire Swiss-based strain development and optimization company FGen AG)
•$Nokia Oyj (NOK.US)$+5.4% (upgraded to Outperform from Mkt Perform at Raymond James)
•$Fortive (FTV.US)$+1.4% (upgraded to Overweight from Equal Weight at Barclays)
Losers
-$Natera (NTRA.US)$-6.3% (executives to take compensation packages in stock instead of salary)
-$Nikola (NKLA.US)$-3.7% (files for 17,025,590 share common stock offering by selling shareholder)
-$Sanofi (SNY.US)$-2% (provides update on Phase 2 study evaluating amcenestrant in ER+/HER2- advanced or metastatic breast cancer; AMEERA-3 trial did not meet primary endpoint of improving progression-free survival)
-$Velodyne Lidar (VLDR.US)$-0.9% (announces change to Board of Directors and provides update on stock ownership)
Analyst comments:
-$Chevron (CVX.US)$-3% (downgraded to Equal-Weight from Overweight at Morgan Stanley)