Posts Tagged ‘TSTY’

TSTY tasty, YHOO steady, CIGX less than stellar

Monday, April 11th, 2011

Tasty Baking Co. (Nasdaq: TSTY) shares jumped to 146% to $3.96 after Flowers Food Inc. (NYSE: FLO) said it would pay $4 a share, or $34.4 million, for the packaged-sweets manufacturer. Flowers shares grew 2% to $28.21.

Yahoo Inc. (Nasdaq: YHOO) outdistanced its daily average of 22.6 million shares by trading Monday in 25.6 million. Prices faded, though, 1.5% to $16.52.

Star Scientific, Inc. (Nasdaq: CIGX) dropped sharply in price Monday by 16.6% to $3.36. Volume of seven million nearly doubled its daily average.

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NVGN mushrooms, CSCO popular, TSTY fails to rise

Monday, March 28th, 2011

Novogen Limited (Nasdaq: NVGN) vaulted an incredible 145.3% in price Monday afternoon to $2.60, on volume of four million shares, trampling over an average of less than 140,000 a day.

Cisco Systems Inc. (Nasdaq: CSCO) dealt in 30.9 million shares by post-lunch hour Monday, compared to a daily average of 71.5 million shares. CSCO shares sold for $17.31, or just 0.1% more than they closed on Friday, as CSCO showed up on a short list of “insanely cheap tech stocks” posted by the site known as Minyanville.

Tasty Baking Company (Nasdaq: TSTY) fell without a parachute Monday afternoon, losing 14.8% in price to $1.78. Volume of just over 209,000 more than doubled its daily average, after delaying the release of its annual report.

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EHTH healthy, SIRI booms, TSTY baked

Thursday, February 17th, 2011

E-Health Inc. (Nasdaq: EHTH) shares rallied 14.5% to $13.33. Volume was 1.8 million shares, triumphing over a daily average of 351,000, after the online health-insurance provider reported fourth-quarter profit that beat forecasts, though it gave a more pessimistic view of 2011 earnings than analysts had forecasted.

Sirius XM Radio Inc. (Nasdaq: SIRI) traded in 38.3 million shares Thursday, catching up on its daily average of 51.4 million, SIRI prices improved 0.6% to $1.80.

Tasty Baking Company (Nasdaq: TSTY) lost 10.7% in price Thursday to $2.34. Volume was 299,365 shares, more than four times its daily average.

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OPXA soars, C deals, TSTY turns south

Wednesday, January 5th, 2011

Opexa Therapeutics Inc. (Nasdaq: OPXA) shares leaped 80.8 percent to $2.82. Volume of 3.2 million shares, triumphed over usual volume of 70,317. The Woodlands, Texas-based cell therapy company said that after meeting twice with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, it is preparing a Phase III clinical study of Tovaxin, a drug intended to treat multiple sclerosis.

Citigroup (NYSE:C) was a volume leader Wednesday, trading in 122,929,357, gaining on a full-day average of 538,020,000. Shares gained 0.7 percent to $4.94.

Tasty Baking Company (Nasdaq: TSTY) shed 33 percent to $4.31, on 159,504, compared to usual volume of below 10,000. TSTY announced today that preliminary financial data indicate the Company did not achieve the expected operational cash savings from this bakery during the fourth quarter.

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