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Asian Exports Drop Considerably; Yen Stabilizes

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Market shares and commodities of the Asian region dropped significantly, whereas the Japanese Yen stabilized as shareholders, avoided risk on anxieties over corporate profits, with the exporters in the region clearly struggling against fading demand from other parts of the world.

Oil recoiled after increasing on October 25th 2012 trading session, while London copper became negative after former climbing on gold, and short covering, normally correlated as a secure-haven, traced a wide-ranging market failure directed by a substantial collapse in Asian equities.

The European market shares were observed falling as United States stock prospects dropped by almost 0.8-percent to indicate a feeble opening of Wall Street. Financial experts anticipate FTSE 100 of London, DAX of Frankfurt, and CAC-40 of Paris to open up as much as almost 1.2-percent. The renowned MSCI market index of Asia Pacific region, stocks exterior to Japan fell by nearly 1.2-percent, and was precisely set for a fall of around 1.5-percent, which would be its biggest drop in a week from the last 2 months.

The market shares of China dropped 2-percent, underachieving Asian peers and pulling the stocks of Hong Kong into the red, when the local media noted that regional fund administrators were not confident on the outcomes of the 4th quarter with assets reporting overall losses of almost 75-billion Yuan i.e. nearly $12.02-billion during the 3rd quarter of 2012.

As reported recently, Hong Kong market shares dropped by almost 1.2-percent and shares of Shanghai region fell by 1.8-percent. Samsung Electronics registered 3-monthly earnings for a 4th direct quarter on October 26th 2012. Bank of China Limited reported its largest three-monthly profit improvement in one year just a day before; however, they were completely unsuccessful to eliminate anxieties regarding the outlook.

South Korean market shares dropped almost 1.4-percent to reach their lowermost level since early 2012 September. Australian market shares dropped nearly 0.8-percent, trailing 2.1-percent for the entire week in its greatest fall ever since May 2012. Senior trader operating at the famous CMC Markets, Tim Waterer said that dealers within the region have started to become really desperate to recognize an improvement sign in the market condition from somewhere.

He added that if the sluggish growth continues as is, the soft patch that has been observed during this week in the market could possibly turn into a more noticeable recession in the near future. Due to religious holiday, some markets in the zone were completely barred on 26th October, including Singapore, and Philippines.

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Top 3 Gainers: Zynga (NASDAQ:ZNGA), Eros International (NYSE:EROS), Borqs Technologies’ (BRQS)

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Zynga (NASDAQ:ZNGA) is up 2.5% after Benchmark reiterated its Buy rating in a look-ahead at Q2 earnings. The firm’s expecting a beat and solid guidance for Q3, and it’s raising its guidance for the fiscal year.

Tailwinds from the pandemic won’t dissipate easily, Benchmark suggests, and the videogame maker’s acquisition of Peak (and with it new “forever franchises” in Toon Blast and Toy Blast) will drive audience, bookings, margins and free cash flow, it says. The firm has an $11 price target, now implying 14% upside.

Eros International (NYSE:EROS) is up 5.8% today, making up the last week’s lost ground, after news that its streaming service Eros Now is partnering with Sony India (SNE +2.3%).

That will mean Eros Now’s app is pre-installed on selected Sony smart televisions in India, along with availability on a large base of existing models (Bravia E series and newer).

The country over the past year has seen a 25% growth in demand for smart TVs, fueled by overall industry growth of 15%, to a record 15M units/year.

Borqs Technologies’ (BRQS) personal safety tracker sees strong market with increased orders from the electronics retail chain in the US.

The boost in product demand comes ahead coronavirus pandemic that provides company to expect delivery of 250K units this year. It reflects over 3x the volume delivered in 2019, the year of its launch.

Borqs’ mobile personal safety devices designed particularly for senior citizens come with panic button, location tracking, and fall detection.

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Biotech movers: Pfizer Inc. (PFE), Celgene Corporation (CELG)

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Pfizer Inc. (PFE) said on Thursday it received a request for documents as part of a U.S. investigation related to quality issues involving the manufacture of auto-injectors at its Meridian Medical Technologies site.

Pfizer, in a regulatory filing, said it would be producing records in response to the civil investigative demand from the U.S. Attorney’s office for the Southern District of New York.

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Meridian, a unit of Pfizer that manufactures EpiPen injectors used to deliver an emergency allergy antidote, has been hit by a series of manufacturing problems in recent years. Mylan NV, which markets EpiPens, has recalled tens of thousands of the devices after complaints that some had failed to activate.

Bristol-Myers Squibb has been meeting with shareholders in Boston and New York over the last two weeks to try to salvage its $74 billion purchase of cancer drugmaker Celgene Corporation (CELG), the biggest acquisition announced so far this year.

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The deal, announced in January, was hard sell to Bristol shareholders from the start. The acquisition adds about $32 billion in fresh debt to Bristol’s balance sheet while assuming $20 billion in Celgene’s debt, the companies said at the time. After factoring in debt, the acquisition was the largest health-care deal on record, according to data compiled by Refinitiv.

Now, hedge funds Wellington Management and Starboard Value say the deal doesn’t sit well with them. Bristol has sent executives to New York to meet with institutional investors several times over the last two weeks and met with investors in Boston on Wednesday and Thursday, according to a person who briefed on the meetings.

Bristol-Myers declined to comment.

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Big Losers: Corbus Pharmaceuticals Holdings, Inc. (CRBP), Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras (PBR)

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Corbus Pharmaceuticals Holdings, Inc. (CRBP)’s shares slumped as much as 16% to $6.94 on huge volume. The stock has been showing intense sell off suddenly after a bearish article on seekingalph.com by Alpha Exposure.

The article stated that Corbus has ties to investors convicted of or alleged to have committed securities fraud. We believe lenabasum has failed its major trials in SSc and CF. Lenabasum was also denied Breakthrough Therapy Designation in SSc. We believe lenabasum will fail in its pivotal SSc and Phase 2b CF trials. We are short Corbus with a price target of $0.50.

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Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras (PBR) is expanding its ambitious divestment program and has “bold” plans for sales, the Brazilian state-run oil company’s chief executive said after the firm posted its first annual profit in five years.

On a conference call with analysts to discuss fourth-quarter results, CEO Roberto Castello Branco said selling non-core assets will be key to deleveraging.

Petrobras, as the company is known, can reduce its ratio of net debt to earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, or EBITDA, to 1.5 or even to 1, he added.

The University of Chicago-educated CEO, who took the reins in early January, has long been vocal about the need to slim down the sprawling firm and focus on core activities such as exploration and production. Thursday’s comments were some of his most assertive on the matter.

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