Рынок труда в Америке продолжает демонстрировать затяжную положительную динамику. Первичных заявок на пособие становится всё меньше:

Данные по рынку труда сегодня привлекают к себе внимание накануне пятничного показателя занятости вне сельскохозяйственного сектора, где аналитики ожидают повышение около 3%. Эти показатели должны подтвердиться данными по первичным заявкам на пособия, прогноз по которым находится на уровне 247 тысяч против предыдущего показателя 259 тысяч:
И так же оптимизм должен найтись в общем числе заявок на пособия, выход которого ожидается в негативной зоне относительно прошлого показателя, 2.15 млн. против 2.10 млн.:

На фоне позитивной динамики по рынку труда, наблюдается понижающийся тренд в показателе продуктивности и небольшой рост в стоимости рабочей силы в годовых исчислениях:


After Hours Gainers:
Companies trading higher in after hours in reaction to earnings/guidance: ESIO +11.7%, WFT +6.6% (also Weatherford and Nabors form alliance for integrated drilling solutions to oil and gas land market in the lower 48 states of the United States), CACI +5.5%, BRKS +4.3%, LCI +4.3%, ACLS +4.2%, ALL +3.7%, TSCO +3.6%, CAVM +3.1%, CDNS +3% (ticking higher), ZUMZ +2% (reports January comps of +9.4% vs -4.6% year ago and -3.4% last month; sees Q4 EPS at or slightly above high end of $0.60-0.66 prior guidance vs $0.64 consensus), EXTR +1.3%, FB +1%
Companies trading higher in after hours in reaction to news: MJN +19.5% (WSJ reporting that Reckitt Benckiser (RBGLY) may acquire the company), ETRM +4.4% (after closing at highs — up more than 30% on the day), PULM +4% (after surging 80% higher on Wed), X +1.5% (modestly rebounding from earnings related weakness; hearing analyst upgrade also behind the move)
After Hours Losers:
Companies trading lower in after hours in reaction to earnings/guidance: SFLY -18.1% (also updates strategic plan / restructuring in 2017; expects to incur 2017 restructuring charges of $15-20 mln), EGOV -16.7%, MLNX -15.4%, CRUS -10.3%, QRVO -7.2%, MTW -6.7%, LM -4.7% (light volume), SYMC -3.8% (also announces its intention to offer $1.0 bln aggregate principal amount of senior unsecured notes due 2025), MET -1.7%, HOLX -1.4%, EW -1%, AGNC -0.8% (also announces a $750 mln at-the-market offering of common stock)
Companies trading lower in after hours in reaction to news: AVIR -22% (announces top-line data from its double-blind, placebo-controlled Phase 2a study of BTA585 in adults challenged intranasally with respiratory syncytial virus; data indicate there was not a significant reduction in the primary endpoint), MNKD -16.2% (lower in extend trading after filing a proxy statement for upcoming special meeting of stockholders under which it will seek approval to effect a reverse stock split), CBAY -13.5% (to offer and sell shares of its common stock; size not disclosed), CVEO -11.4% (commences offering of 20 mln common shares), FBP -4.5% (commences 20 mln common stock offering — 10 mln shares by funds affiliated with Thomas H. Lee Partners and 10 mln by Oaktree Capital), CORI -3.8% (to offer shares of its common stock in an underwritten public offering)