Archive for the ‘Energy Stocks’ Category

OXM celebrates, CSCO busy, BIOF backslides

Wednesday, December 22nd, 2010

Oxford Industries, Inc. (NYSE: OXM) galloped ahead 23.91 percent in price Wednesday to $27.47. Volume of 799,682 shares swamped its daily average of 143,603. OXM is an international apparel design, sourcing and marketing company.

Cisco Systems Inc. (Nasdaq: CSCO) traded in 30,591,580 shares Wednesday, less than half, however, of its daily average of 71,916,500. Share prices for CSCO were flat at $19.53.

BioFuel Energy Corp. (Nasdaq: BIOF) fell 16.08 percent in price Wednesday to $1.67, on volume of 738,567 shares, compared to a full-day average of 491,308. The Denver-based BIOF currently has two 115 million gallons per year ethanol plants in the Midwestern corn belt.

MZBYE jumps, CMGR busy, UGDM demurs

Wednesday, December 22nd, 2010

Mezabay International Inc. (OTCBB: MZBYE) leaped in price 62.5 percent to 21-100ths of a cent. Volume was 6.69 million shares, towering over its normal volume average of 603,264 shares a day. The Company is engaged in the e-commerce business including IT consulting, programming and display advertising services.

Camelot Entertainment Group Inc. (OTCBB: CMGR) was busy in Wednesday trading, with 160.69 million shares changing hands, just shy of its usual daily average of 180.7 million. CMGR projects gross sales for 2010 to exceed $2,200,000, with revenues expected to exceed $500,000.

Universal Gold Mining Corp. (OTCBB: UGDM) scaled back 54.3 percent to 16 cents Wednesday, on volume of 58,000 shares, falling short of its daily average of 71, 543. UGDM is a gold exploration and development company aiming to develop a diversified portfolio of gold mining assets in frontier territories.

CXZ travels, JPM trades, JTX taxed

Wednesday, December 22nd, 2010

Crosshair Exploration & Mining Corp. (AMEX: CXZ) vaulted 29.14 percent in price Wednesday to $2.26. Volume of 1,673,267 shares was six times its daily average. Crosshair is a prominent player in the exploration and development of uranium, vanadium and gold in the U.S. and Canada.

JP Morgan Chase (NYSE: JPM) traded in 29,365,591 shares Wednesday, approaching its daily average of 38,702,900. Share prices gained 2.71 percent to $42.11.

Jackson Hewitt Tax Service Inc. (NYSE: JTX) fell 9.54 percent in price Wednesday to $1.75, on volume of 1,708,936 shares, nearly twice its full-day average. Based in Parsippany, N.J., JTX is an industry leading provider of full service individual federal and state income tax preparation.

LEGC shakes a leg, C active, CAK backtracks

Wednesday, December 22nd, 2010

Legacy Bancorp Inc. (Nasdaq: LEGC) added 42.21 percent in price Wednesday to $12.23. Volume of 140,153 shares towered over its daily average of 5,931. The Pittsfield, Mass., bank-holding company will acquired by Berkshire Hills Bancorp Inc. for $13 a share in stock and cash.

Citgroup Inc. (NYSE: C) traded in 146,817,000 shares, making it a volume leader as it made progress against its daily average of 554,823,000. Share prices slid 0.74% to $4.70.

CAMAC Energy Inc. (Amex: CAK) gave back 24.24 percent in price Wednesday to $2.00, on volume of 2,872,639 shares, nearly six times its full-day average. The energy firm entered into definitive agreements yesterday to sell in a registered direct offering an aggregate of approximately 9.09 million shares of its common stock at a price of $2.20 per share.

WSP goes skyward , BAC active, MGIC heads south

Monday, December 20th, 2010

WSP Holdings Limited (NYSE: WH) moved higher 33.65 percent in price Monday to $1.39. Volume of 2,025,559 shares proved about 20 times its full-day average, as the Chinese drilling pipe manufacturer said its subsidiary received about $91.8 million in new orders.

Bank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC) was a volume leader Monday, trading in 61,883,919 shares, making progress against its daily average of 214,418,000. Share prices for BAC inched 0.84 percent up to $12.68. AEGON USA Realty Advisors, LLC and Bank of America Merrill Lynch today announced that they have entered into a formal agreement in which BofA Merrill Lynch will utilize AEGON’s commercial real estate lending expertise and significant industry relationships to source new lending opportunities.

Magic Software Enterprises Ltd. (Nasdaq: MGIC) took a header in price, 11.80 percent Monday to $6.74, on volume of 1,908,951 shares, or more than triple its full-day average. The Israeli global provider of cloud and on-premise enabled application platform and business integration solutions today announced that it entered into definitive agreements, to sell securities to institutional investors in a private placement for aggregate gross proceeds of approximately $21.2 million.