Straight from Benzinga newsdesk, hosts Brent Slava and Steve Krause bring you the market news and stocks to watch.

On Fridays Benzinga's resident Options Expert Ryan Faloona joins us to spice things up.

Today Steve and Brent focus on:

• NIO - why is going to a new exchange or index important?
• SIGA - stocks with companies viewed as having candidates on monkeypox treatment: TNXP has candidates for smallpox, horsepox, have not been able to confirm they have monkeypox treatment but it would make sense. INO said yesterday "Inovio Pharmaceuticals Says There Has Been No Further Work Done On Monkeypox Vaccine Since NCBI Publication In 2010; Says Co's DNA Medicines Platform Has The Potential To Allow Us To Respond To Emerging Infectious Diseases"

Benzinga Pro's Top 5 Stocks To Watch For Friday, May 20, 2022:

$NKE, $NIO, $SIGA, $ZM, $ROST

• NIKE (NKE) - A sympathy play following earnings out of Foot Locker (FL). Foot Locker shares traded higher following mixed quarterly results but guidance that was slightly better than expected. NIKE will report its next quarterly results at the end of June.
• NIO (NIO) - Shares traded higher Friday following the addition of the company's stock to the Singapore exchange. China's Hang Seng will also be adding NIO's stock to its index.
• SIGA Technologies (SIGA) - Viewed as a play on concerns related to monkeypox. In 2021, SIGA reported a collaboration with Oxford University to support expanded access protocol for use of its TPOXX to treat monkeypox.
• Zoom Video Communications (ZM) - Will report quarterly results Monday after market close. Analysts expect earnings of $0.87 per share on sales of $1.07 billion.
• Ross Stores (ROST) - The fourth most-mentioned ticker on Reddit's WallStreetBets forum. Click here to see a list of other often-discussed stocks on the forum.

Hosts:

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Brent Slava Reach out to Brent at [email protected]

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Ryan Faloona Reach out to Ryan at [email protected]

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