macauexposed casino stocks gained early thursday after las vegas sands signaled that a “robust recovery” in travel and tourism spending was under way in the region the casino operator’s earnings and revenue beat expectations in the first quarter while management flagged positive trends in macau as well as singapore the stock ticker lvs pointed more than 5 higher to 6250 ahead of open while melco resorts  entertainment mlco jumped 4 wynn resorts wynn rose 3 and mgm resorts mgm was around 1 up