Archive for February, 2011

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.

TWX paces market, NVDA prominent, IVAC skids

Wednesday, February 2nd, 2011

Time Warner Inc. (NYSE: TWX) shares gained 8.6 percent to $35.09, on volume of 20.4 million shares, or triple its daily average, after the media company raised its dividend and reported stronger results.

Nvidia Corporation (Nasdaq: NVDA) traded in 32.2 million shares, trumping its daily average of 23.1 million. Prices for NVDA raced ahead 5.3 percent to $25.77.

Intevac Inc. (Nasdaq: IVAC) shares were off 8.9 percent to $12.65, on volume of 825,000, overwhelming a daily average of 101,000, after the manufacturing-equipment maker reported fourth-quarter and full-year revenue below estimates.

ADS adds, MSFT a mover, KTCC trips

Wednesday, February 2nd, 2011

Alliance Data Systems Corp. (NYSE: ADS) shares were up 5.2 percent to $76.03. Volume for the stock was 2.1 million shares, compared to an average of 634,000, after the credit-card processor reported fourth-quarter earnings that topped Wall Street forecasts.

Microsoft Corporation (Nasdaq: MSFT) traded in 34.6 million shares, making it a volume leader, while trailing its daily average of 62 million. Prices for the software maker were flat at $28.00.

Key Tronic Corporation (Nasdaq: KTCC) shares tumbled 21.3 percent to $4.72, on volume of 957,000, compared to an average of only 62,000, after announcing quarterly revenues that proved 36-percent higher than the prior-year quarter.