Posts Tagged ‘buzz stocks’

RBCN up, C clicks, ITRI swoons

Thursday, February 17th, 2011

Rubicon Technology Inc. (Nasdaq: RBCN) shares climbed 18.1% to $24.93. Share volumes topped four million, routing daily averages of 621,000, a day after the electronic-materials supplier projected a strong first quarter.

Citigroup Inc. (NYSE: C) dealt in 68.3 million shares Thursday, approaching a daily average of 539.1 million. Share prices crawled upward 0.1% to $4.91, after announcing some of its executives will be given stock grants.

Itron Inc. (Nasdaq: ITRI) shares fell 11.3% to $56.45, on volumes of 1.3 million shares, topping its daily average of 564,000, a day after the electric-grid provider projected guidance for 2011 beneath Wall Street’s estimates.

CLF scales, NVDA deals, NTAP taps out

Thursday, February 17th, 2011

Cliffs Natural Resources Inc. (NYSE: CLF) shares were up 8.3% to $100.59, on volume of 3.9 million shares, already racing ahead of an average of 3.2 million, a day after the mining firm hiked its 2011 North American iron-ore sales outlook.

Nvidia Corporation (Nasdaq: NVDA) dealt in 21.6 million shares Thursday, approaching a daily average of 24.6 million. Share prices jumped 2.9% to $24.06.

NetApp Inc. (Nasdaq: NTAP) shares were off 9.9% to $52.74. Share volumes were 10.8 million shares, already twice its daily average, a day after the data-storage company offered a fourth-quarter forecast below expectations.

KV just the tonic, NVDA hooks up, QTWWD spooked

Monday, February 14th, 2011

KV Pharmaceutical Co. (NYSE: KV.A) shares screamed higher 39.7%, to $6.12, on volume of 6.0 million, or eight times its normal daily volume. KV said Monday it expects to raise $32 million through a private placement of Class A stock

Nvidia Corporation (Nasdaq: NVDA) dealt in 29.4 million shares Monday, surpassing a daily average of 24.7 million. Prices for NVDA subsided, though, by 1.6% to $23.10, after announcing over the weekend partnerships with Samsung and Atmel.

Quantum Fuel systems Technological Inc. (Nasdaq: QTWWD) eased in price by 15.6% Monday to $6.06. Volume was 271,711 shortly before the close, or more than five times its average, after announcing a quarterly operating loss of $4.9 million.

BIDZ amazing, JDSU trades, AXTI takes beating

Monday, February 14th, 2011

Bidz.com (Nasdaq: BIDZ) shares ballooned 15.8% to $1.56, on volumes of 860, 625 shares, trouncing a daily average of 34,422 shares.

JDS Uniphase Corp. (Nasdaq: JDSU) traded in 28.5 million shares Monday, better than quadrupling a daily average of 6.8 million. Share prices swooned 1% to $27.88. JDS recently reported a 142% jump in fourth-quarter earnings per share as sales rose 38% to $473.5 million.

AXT Inc. (Nasdaq: AXTI) shares slipped 12.6% to $9.81, on volume of 1.7 million shares, more than tripling its daily average. AXT will release its financials Feb. 23.

NFLX is star, MU mighty, CPSL slumps

Monday, February 14th, 2011

Netflix Inc. (Nasdaq: NFLX) shares rose 6.3%. to $245.72, on volumes of 8.1 million shares, surpassing a daily average of 5.6 million shares. Caris & Co. raised its price target to $316 from $224.

Micron Technology (Nasdaq: MU) traded in 53.8 million shares Monday, routing a daily average of 35.7 million. Share prices increased 2.4% to $11.60, after ThinkEquity boosted its estimates, to a buy rating and new $15 price target.

China Precision Steel Inc. (Nasdaq: CPSL) shares slipped 14.3% to $1.86, on volume of 2.5 million shares, quadrupling its daily average. The company announces financials Tuesday.