Archive for the ‘Health Care Stocks’ Category

TSNI flourishes, ELCR in gear, XUN stumbles

Thursday, February 3rd, 2011

TechniScan Inc. (OTCBB: TSNI) leaped 131.8 percent in price Thursday to 51 cents. Volume for the stock was 29,580 shares, compared to normal daily volume of 16,784. TSNI is a medical device company engaged in the research, development, and commercialization of an ultrasound breast imaging system.

Electric Car Company Inc. (OTCBB: ELCR) traded in nearly 80 million shares Thursday, compared to a usual daily average of 88.4 million. Share prices doubled to two-100ths of a cent

Xun Energy Inc. (OTCBB: XNRG) hurtled earthward 39.8 percent Thursday to 10 cents, on volume of 326,810 shares, more than doubling its usual volume of 134,849. XUN’s focus is to effect a merger, exchange of capital stock, asset acquisition or other similar business combination with an operating or development stage business.

HNSN flies, SIRI trades, ANW sinks

Thursday, February 3rd, 2011

Hansen Medical Inc. (Nasdaq: HNSN) shares rocketed up 43.7 percent to $2.27, on volumes of 8.9 million, thundering ahead of its full-day average of 465,000, after Philips acquired the rights to market the company’s technology.

Sirius XM Radio Inc. (Nasdaq: SIRI) traded in 51.2 million Thursday, catching an all-day average of 52.3 million. Share prices gained 3.1 percent to $1.77.

Aegean Marine Petroleum Network (NYSE: ANW) slid in price Thursday by 18.5 percent to $8.88. Volume was 3.7 million or nearly four times its daily average, after announcing fourth quarter financials.

ZANE up, PFE trades, HA falls

Wednesday, February 2nd, 2011

Zanett Inc. (Nasdaq: ZANE) shares zoomed 28.8 percent to $1.52. Volume for the stock was 1.6 million, overwhelming a daily average of nearly 54,000, after after announcing Parkview Health will implement its Zanett Clinical Online Delivery System.

Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE) traded in 69.8 million shares, outdistancing its daily average of 46.5 million. Prices for PFE sagged 0.2 percent to $18.98, over word that laid-off PFE employees will get less severance than anticipated.

Hawaiian Holdings Inc. (Nasdaq: HA) shares were off 8.4 percent to $6.99. Volume for the stock was 3.2 million, dwarfing a daily average of 403,000 after Stifel Nicolaus downgraded the parent company of Hawaiian Airlines from buy to hold.

TYRIA grows, ESYR does business, TSNI falls

Wednesday, February 2nd, 2011

Trey Resources Inc. (OTCBB: TYRIA) doubled in price to two-100ths of a cent Wednesday, on volumes of 16.7 million shares, compared to an average of 24.6 million. Only this week, TYRIA announced that the company’s restructuring process had been completed.

EcoSystem Corp. (OTCBB: ESYR) traded in 83 million shares Wednesday, compared to a daily average of 28.5 million. Share prices were flat, though, at one-100th of a cent. ESYR is a technology development company with a focus on clean-tech innovations designed to resolve compelling ecological challenges while producing value added carbon neutral and negative products.

TechniScan Inc. (OTCBB: TSNI) faltered in price Wednesday 53.2 percent to 22 cents. Volume for the stock was 65,200 shares, compared to normal volume of 15,486. TSNI is a medical device company engaged in the research, development, and commercialization of an ultrasound breast imaging system.

FSLR marches on, CSCO clicks, HSP falls

Wednesday, February 2nd, 2011

First Solar Inc. (Nasdaq: FSLR) shares were up 5.6 percent to $164.79. Volume for the stock was 2.6 million, or nearly twice its daily average, after Goldman Sachs Group Inc. listed the maker of solar modules as its number one pick in the clean-energy sector.

Cisco Systems Inc. (Nasdaq: CSCO) traded in 33.5 million shares, less than half its daily average of 73.4 million. Prices for CSCO raced ahead 0.6 percent to $21.59.

Hospira Inc. (NYSE: HSP) shares declined 7.1 percent to $51.11. Volume of 10.4 million proved nearly 10 times its daily average, after the medical-device maker reported fourth-quarter results and guidance below expectations.