The following are today's top 20 percentage gainers and top 20 percentage losers, categorized by sectors (over $300 mln market cap and 100K average daily volume).Today's top 20 % gainers· Technology: UTEK (27.16 +7.14%), IDT (28.35 +6.78%), AUO (8.86 +5.48%), ACXM (14.1 +4.44%), CAVM (44.7 +4.12%),… Continue
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The following are today's most active stocks ranked by volume and relative volume, categorized by sectors (over $300 mln market cap and 100K average daily volume).Today's top 20 volume· Technology: INTC (42.13 mln -2.38%), CSCO (26.65 mln -0.75%), S (24.67 mln +0.22%), ALU (17.76 mln +1.05%), MU (16.72 mln -0.3%), T (15.17 mln… Continue
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SMF Notes Notable movers of interestThe following are some of today's most notable movers of interest, categorized by market capitalization (large cap over $10 billion and mid cap between $2-10 billion) and ranked by % change (all stocks over 100K average daily volume). Large Cap Gainers… Continue
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Biggest point gainers: CF (139.56 +6.95), VRUS (77.95 +6.52), GOLD (79.88 +5.86), TSLA (27.94 +4.23), SOHU (90.39 +3.26), GSLA (20.50 +3.01), BID (52.36 +2.66), BH (412.00 +2.59), HAYN (56.30 +2.54), MWIV (80.62 +2.53), WHR (86.58 +2.39), AGU (91.92 +2.28), PTR (152.62 +2.22), BCOM (34.59 +2.18), TNH (116.81 +2.18), BCH (83.26 +2.17), GNI (126.45 +2.15), HDB (169.59 +2.12), CEO (253.17 +2.12), HES (85.86 +2.05), PEGA (37.60 +1.99), DE (96.43 +1.98).
Biggest point losers: CME…
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Thursday, March 31, 2011 1:24 PMGlobal, sector, currency, & commodity ETF & ETN performance- Ag. & Food commodities (JJG, JJA, FUD) surge on USDA data; WTI crude futures (OIL, USO) advance to new highs for the week; Natural Gas futures (UNG) slide lower after weekly EIA data; Spain (EWP) & Italy (EWI) post notable Euro-Zone weakness …
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After Hours Gainers: Companies trading higher in after hours in reaction to earnings: DIET +21.2%, AMCF +7.0%. Companies trading higher in after hours in reaction to news: GBE +17.5% (Grubb & Ellis Co receives $18 mln financing commitment from Colony Capital), MAKO +10.5% (MAKO Surgical announces multi-system order from Hospital Management Associates), DNDN… Continue
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The Dow increased 71.60 points closing at 12350.61, the Nasdaq was up 19.90 points to finish at 2776.79 and the S&P was up 8.82 points to finish at 1328.26. Today's movement came from lower than avg. volume (NYSE 919 mln, vs. 1065 mln avg; Nasdaq 1818 mln, vs. 1982 avg), with advancers outpacing decliners (NYSE 2226/828 Nasdaq 1837/788), and with new highs outpacing new lows (NYSE new highs/new lows 263/12 and… Continue
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Renewed buying interest has the stock market on pace for its best first quarter performance since 1998. Robust gains abroad provided a spark that helped stocks extend their prior session advance. No real reaction was made to the latest ADP Employment Change, which indicated that private payrolls increased by 201,000 in March. The Briefing.com consensus had called for an increase of 210,000.… Continue
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Reports Q3 (Feb) earnings of $1.21 per share, $0.14 better than the Thomson Reuters consensus of $1.07; revenues rose 27.9% year/year to $2.21 bln vs the $2.34 bln consensus. Co reports Q3 phosphate sales volume of 2.4 mln vs. 2.4-2.7 mln company guidance; reports DAP pricing of $543 versus $510-540 per tonne company guidance. Co reports Q3 potash sales volume of mln 1.9 vs. 1.9-2.1 mln company guidance; reports MOP pricing of $358 versus $330-350 per tonne company… Continue
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BRK.B Berkshire Hathaway reports that Warren E. Buffett, CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, announces the resignation of David L. Sokol (85.46 +0.75) Warren Buffett said, "I had not asked for his resignation, and it came as a surprise to me. Twice before, most recently two or so years ago, Dave had talked to me of resigning. In each case he had given me the same reasons that he laid out in his Monday letter.… Continue
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Google agreed to settle FTC charges that it used deceptive tactics and
violated its own privacy promises to consumers when it launched its social
network, Google Buzz, in 2010 (582.71 +0.98)
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Temporary Open Market OperationsTo implement monetary policy, short-term repurchase and reverse repurchase agreements are used to temporarily affect the size of the Federal Reserve System's portfolio and influence day-to-day trading in the federal funds market. Temporary Open Market Operations for March 30, 2011… Continue
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Permanent OMOs: TreasuryThe purchase or sale of Treasury securities on an outright basis adds or drains reserves available in the banking system. Such transactions are arranged on a routine basis to offset other changes in the Federal Reserve’s balance sheet in conjunction with efforts to maintain conditions in the market for reserves consistent with the federal funds target rate set by the Federal Open Market… Continue
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Wednesday, March 30, 2011 7:49 AMKaufman notes, yesterday, AMZN launched Cloud Drive, a cloud-based storage offering and Cloud Player for Web and Android, cloud-based music players compatible with PCs, Apple Macs, Android phones and Android tablets. Firm view these cloud offerings by Amazon as a defensive play to protect its distribution of media sales. It believes that: 1) Amazon could gain share in digital music… Continue
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BlackRock Inc. (BLK) will replace Genzyme Corp. (GENZ) in the S&P 500 index after the close of trading on Friday, April 1, 2011. S&P Global 1200 constituent Sanofi-aventis (SNY) is acquiring Genzyme in a deal expected to be completed soon, pending final conditions.
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TXN reported that just over two weeks after a major earthquake in Japan , recovery at its manufacturing sites in Miho and Aizu is progressing well and is on schedule to return to full production. The site in Miho, about 40 miles northeast of Tokyo, achieved a significant milestone this past Sunday as repairs were completed on the infrastructure systems that deliver water, gases, chemicals and air, and recertified the cleanroom. Additionally, more than 90% of the… Continue
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The Dow increased 81.13 points closing at 12279.01, the Nasdaq was up 26.21 points to finish at 2756.89 and the S&P was up 9.25 points to finish at 1319.44. Today's movement came from lower than avg. volume (NYSE 785 mln, vs. 1033 mln avg; Nasdaq 1631 mln, vs. 1810 avg), with advancers outpacing decliners (NYSE 2074/923 Nasdaq 1756/864), and with new highs outpacing new lows (NYSE new highs/new lows 120/15 and… Continue
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Valeant Pharmaceuticals International (VRX) announced that it had made a proposal to the Board of Directors of Cephalon (CEPH), to acquire Cephalon for $73.00 per share in cash. The proposal, valued at ~$5.7 billion, represents a premium of approximately 29% over Cephalon's 30-day trading average. Valeant announced its intention to commence a consent solicitation process during the week of April 4th in an effort to replace Cephalon's current Board of Directors with… Continue
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Global, sector, currency, & commodity ETF & ETN performance- Rare Earth (REMX) now leads all sector ETFs nearing today's closing bell; Egypt (EGPT) & India (INP, PIN) remain the top performing world/regional ETFs; Cocoa futures (NIB) fall sharply on above avg. trading vol.; Uranium & Nuclear energy (URA) under pressure all session Actively Traded ETFs/ETNs Posting Relative… Continue
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