US stock market news - NYSE, NASDAQ on 21.08.2017

● Washington State Increases Load on Cryptocurrency Business

● UBS Bank predicted, what in 2018 G. electric cars will be equal in price to conventional cars

● A Harvard scientist predicted a rise in the price of bitcoin to $100 thousand by February 2021 of the year

● The value of Donald Trump's Twitter account was assessed in $2 billion

Moscow Exchange suspends trading in the Ukrainian hryvnia

● Goldman Sachs made a wrong bet on gas, having lost $ 100 million

● Трейдеры потеряли около $ 10 billion on bets against Alibaba

● Top Tesla investors sold part of the company's shares

● Jefferies analysts downgrade NIKE shares (NKE) to the Hold level with Buy

● Золото дорожает на фоне напряженности вокруг КНДР
● Строители в США страдают от дефицита рабочей силы
● An eclipse of the Sun in the United States will cost companies $694 million
● Total buys Danish Maersk Oil for $7,45 billion
● Bitcoin Cash price is approaching $1 тысяче
● Donald Trump's administration has decided to focus on tax reform and curtail the investigation of steel imports, started under the pretext of a threat to national security, in an attempt to enlist the support of the Republicans

● First round of negotiations between the United States, Canada and Mexico on New Terms of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) highlighted the differences between the parties

● French oil giant Total SA has agreed to acquire the oil business of Danish conglomerate A.P. Moeller-Maersk A/S за $4,95 billion.
In a statement, published on monday, it says, that Total will also take over $2,5 billion of Maersk Oil debt.

● Sempra Energy (NYSE: WED) came to an agreement to purchase Oncor for $9,45 billion, taking over from Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Previously, she made an offer in the amount of $9,3 billion.

● Francesca's Holdings Corp. (FRAN) reported a decrease in second-quarter LFL sales by 3%, versus consensus at the level 1%.

● Build-A-Bear Workshop Inc. (BBW) announced on monday, that it has completed its consideration of its strategic alternatives and decided to buy out before $20 млн собственных акций.

● The Container Store (NYSE: TCS) downgraded its annual profit forecast to a range 27-40 cents per share from previous range 37-49 cents per share, versus consensus 37 Cents.

● Citigroup Bank Inc. (NYSE: C) and seven other banks will act as underwriters for the initial public offering of a division of the Brazilian oil company Petróleo Brasileiro SA, which, probably, will happen in November, reports Reuters, citing its own sources.

● Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) представит следующую версию Android во время солнечного затмения в понедельник.

● Union Investment Fund Managers, Erste and Acadian stopped investing in German automakers after, how in July it became known about the EU antitrust investigation against these companies

● The cost of developing shale deposits is increasing, therefore, more and more small and medium-sized oil companies in the United States are giving preference to the old traditional fields

● Traders and analysts note declining optimism, which characterized the rally in the US stock market after the presidential election. The decline in stock prices in recent days reflects investor concerns about economic and political risks

● The FBI is increasingly concerned about, what traders use encrypted apps, to hide insider trading

Way down
Earnings / guidance response:

• FRAN -5.9%

• TOT -0.5% (to acquire Maersk Oil for $7.45 bln in transaction of shares and debt)

Other news

• RADA -12.3% (has received and accepted purchase offers from several Israeli institutional investors’ to purchase 4,604,500 ordinary shares for $2.15/share), .

Analyst Comments:

• CSIQ -3.8% (downgraded to Underweight from Equal Weight at Barclays)
• FINL -1.5% (downgraded to Neutral at Monness Crespi & Hardt; downgraded to Sell at UBS)
• NKE -1.3% (downgraded to Hold from Buy at Jefferies)
• E -0.7% (downgraded to Underweight from Equal Weight at Barclays)
• FL -0.6% (downgraded to Neutral from Buy at UBS)

Up
Earnings / guidance response:

• WUBA +10.9%, APOP +3.4%

• FCAU +4.1% (respnds to speculation of interest in Jeep Brand)

Other news

• CTRV +11.4% (granted patent that ‘significantly extends the claims of the original CRV431 patent family’ by the USPTO)
• HLF +7.4% (commences ‘modified Dutch auction’ self-tender offer to purchase for cash up to an aggregate of $600 mln of shares of its common stock at a per share price between $60.00-$68.00; discloses recent unsuccessful going-private discussions )
• TSEM +5.6% (Tower Semi and Tacoma Technology announces that Tower has received a first payment of $18 million net, rendering phase one of the framework agreement with Tacoma binding)
• SYRS +4.1% (receives orphan drug designation to SY-1425 for the treatment of acute myeloid leukemia from the FDA)
• CHU +3% (confirms Mixed Ownership Reform Plan; applied for resumption of trading)
• BZUN +1.5% (trading higher ahead of earnings tonight)
• SBUX +0.7% (Barron’s profiles positive view on Starbucks)

Analyst Comments:

• LULU +2.1% (upgraded to Buy at BofA/Merrill)
• CENX +2.1% (upgraded to Overweight from Neutral at JP Morgan)
• AAP +0.5% (upgraded to Equal Weight from Underweight at Barclays)