KKR up, BAC a volume leader, KR slips

Posted on Thursday, December 2nd, 2010

Krispy Kreme Doughnuts (NYSE: KKD) found its stock price 18.18 percent sweeter to $7.28 as the clock approached noon ET Thursday. Volume was 3,325,872 shares, more than five times its normal full-day average volume. The North Carolina-based chain reported third-quarter results Wednesday showing revenues increased 7.9% to $90.2 million from $83.6 million in the same quarter last year.. Operating income rose to $4.1 million from $633,000

Bank of America Corporation (NYSE: BAC) was among the volume leaders Thursday noon ET, dealing in 153,785,857 shares, closing in on its full day average of 201,913,000. Shares nudged up 2.88 percent to $11.61.

Kroger Company (NYSE: KR) dropped 8.76 percent by noon Thursday to $21.77, on volume of 22,100,457 shares, nearly four times its average daily volume. Today, KR reported third-quarter net earnings totaled $202.2 million, or $0.32 per diluted share. In the third quarter of fiscal 2009, Kroger reported a net loss of $874.9 million, or $1.35 per diluted share

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