Posts Tagged ‘buzz stocks’

FUQI goes farther, INTC trades widely, LPHI under spotlight

Thursday, January 20th, 2011

Fuqi International Inc. (Nasdaq: FUQI) improved 14 percent Thursday to $5.73. Volume of 1,098,559 shares was a 40-percent boost on its full-day average.

Intel Corp. (Nasdaq: INTC) was a volume leader Thursday, dealing in 37,626,398 shares, short of its full-day average of 55,284,200. Share prices skidded 0.6 percent, however, to $20.89, on word the chip-maker was seen as winning E.U. acceptance for its deal to acquire McAfee.

Life Partners Holdings Inc. (Nasdaq: LPHI) shares peeled off 17.2 percent to $12.45. Volume was 539,205 shares, triple its daily average, on word the company is under investigation by the SEC.

DDS climbs, F steady, GENE fades

Thursday, January 20th, 2011

Dillard’s Inc. (NYSE: DDS) moved 14.8 percent higher Thursday to $43.11. Volume of 5,212,355 shares proved better than five times its full-day average, after the department store chain said it plans to form a wholly-owned real estate investment trust subsidiary to improve its liquidity.

Ford Motor Company (NYSE: F) was a volume leader Thursday, dealing in 70,636,808 shares, closing the gap on its full-day average of 84,309,500. Share prices dipped 1.2 percent to $17.68.

Genetic Technologies Ltd. (Nasdaq: GENE) shares stumbled 22.1 percent to $3.78. Volume was 353,535 shares, more than six times its daily average. GENE is a leading-edge genetic testing business which, together with an extensive range of international patents and allied research activities, aims at uncovering the impact of DNA on health.

MOBI clicks, FITB active, IBCP tumbles

Thursday, January 20th, 2011

Sky-Mobi Limited (Nasdaq: MOBI) shot 12.9 percent higher Thursday to $5.83. Volume of 1,239,238 shares proved better than double its full-day average. MOBI operates the leading mobile application store in China.

Fifth Third Bancorp (Nasdaq: FITB) dealt in 73,558,234 shares, six times its full-day average. Share prices dipped 1.6 percent to $14.38, after revealing it had repaid $1.7 billion to TARP.

Independent Bank Corporation (Nasdaq: IBCP) shares slid 18.5 percent to $2.90. Volume was 677,526 shares, more than double the daily average. IBCP is is a Michigan-based bank holding company with total assets of approximately $2.7 billion.

KONE soars, BAC busy, FFIV falters

Thursday, January 20th, 2011

Kingtone Wireless Info Solutions (Nasdaq: KONE) climbed 14.4 percent in price Thursday to $3.65. Volume of 433,351 shares nearly quadrupled its full-day average. KONE Thursday announced quarterly revenues increased 36.1% to $5.33 million from $3.92 million in the prior year period. Gross profit increased 104.7% to $4.64 million from $2.27 million in the prior year period

Bank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC) dealt in 130,095,328 shares, short of its full-day average of 214,812,000. Share prices were flat at$14.38.

F5 Networks Inc. (Nasdaq: FFIV) shares slid 21.7 percent to $108.64. Volume was 12,376,855, far better than the daily average of 2,678,010, after the Internet-traffic software company projected second-quarter revenue below Wall Street expectations.

BLTI climbs, C steady, MNKD manhandled

Thursday, January 20th, 2011

BioLase Technology Inc. (Nasdaq: BLTI) vaulted 80.2 percent in price Thursday to $3.01. Volume of 1,723,791 shares overwhelmed its full-day average of 46,341. Biolase said today it expects to post a profit after four quarters of loss, sending the dental laser company’s shares up 68 percent to a year-high.

Citigroup Inc. (NYSE: C) dealt in 228,816,253 shares, inching toward its full-day average of 551,205,000. Share prices edged higher 0.1 percent to $4.76.

MannKind Corp. (Nasdaq: MNKD) shares tumbled 42.4% to $5.27. Volume was 12,079,531, or four times its full-day average, after the biotechnology company failed to obtain regulatory approval to market its insulin inhaler.