Before the Open (Nov 30)

Good morning. Happy Thursday.
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The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly down. Japan and New Zealand moved up, but China, Hong Kong, South Korea, India, Taiwan, Australia and Indonesia were weak. Europe, Africa and the Middle East are mixed. Turkey, Germany, Denmark, Switzerland, Kenya, Italy, Israel, Saudi Arabia and the Czech Republic are up while the UK, Greece, South Africa, Russia and Hungary are down. Futures in the States point towards a moderate gap up open for the cash market.
Stock headlines from barchart.com…
Boston Scientific (BSX -1.67%) was upgraded to ‘Buy’ from ‘Neutral’ at BTIG LLC with a 12-month target price of $31.
Synopsys (SNPS -3.37%) jumped 9% in after-hours trading after it reported Q4 adjusted EPS of 69 cents, above consensus of 57 cents, and then said it sees Q1 adjusted EPS of 98 cents to $1.02, better than consensus of 84 cents.
Jack in the Box (JACK -0.22%) dropped nearly 6% in after-hours trading after it reported Q4 adjusted operating EPS of 73 cents, well below consensus of 89 cents.
PVH Corp. (PVH -0.31%) slid 2% in after-hours trading after it said it sees Q4 adjusted EPS of $1.42 to $1.44, below consensus of $1.46.
Guidewire Software (GWRE -5.58%) fell 5% in after-hours trading after it said it sees Q2 adjusted EPS of 17 cents to 21 cents, weaker than consensus of 24 cents.
Semtech (SMTC -5.68%) dropped 11% in after-hours trading after it said it sees Q4 adjusted EPS of 40 cents to 42 cents, below consensus of 47 cents.
Juniper Networks (JNPR +5.04%) surged over 15% in after-hours trading after CNBC reported that Nokia is in talks to buy Juniper in a deal valued around $16 billion.
At Home Group (HOME +5.84%) climbed over 6% in after-hours trading after it reported Q3 adjusted proforma of 7 cents, above consensus of 4 cents, and then said it sees full-year adjusted proforma of 77 cents to 79 cents, higher than consensus of 75 cents.
La-Z-Boy (LZB +1.03%) slid 3% in after-hours trading after it reported Q2 operating margin of 8.7% versus 9.0% y/y.
Box Inc. (BOX -3.73%) lost nearly 6% in after-hours trading after it said it sees full-year revenue of $505 million to $506 million, the mid-point below consensus of $505.6 million.
Tilly’s (TLYS -0.38%) jumped almost 8% in after-hours trading after it reported Q3 EPS of 30 cents, better than consensus of 21 cents, and then said it sees Q4 EPS of 22 cents to 26 cents, the mid-point above consensus of 23 cents.
TherapeuticsMD (TXMD +0.83%) rose 4% in after-hours trading after it resubmitted its application of NDA for TX-004hr with the FDA for the treatment of vaginal pain.
Limelight Networks (LLNW -6.30%) fell over 7% in after-hours trading after it announced the launch of an underwritten public offering of 10 million shares of its common stock by certain selling stockholders.
Wednesday’s Key Earnings
Box (NYSE:BOX) -5.3% AH hit by a widening loss in Q3.
Workday (NYSE:WDAY) -5.2% AH despite adding subscribers.
Today’s Economic Calendar
8:30 Initial Jobless Claims
8:30 Personal Income and Outlays
8:30 Fed’s Mester speech
9:45 Bloomberg Consumer Comfort Index
9:45 Chicago PMI
10:30 EIA Natural Gas Inventory
3:00 Farm Prices
4:30 PM Money Supply
4:30 PM Fed Balance Sheet
Other…
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