ZBB Energy Corporation (AMEX: ZBB) gained 14.8 percent Thursday to $1.24, on volume of 1,384,173 shares, more than four times its full-day average, after signing lucrative contracts in China.
Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE) dealt in 43,708,033 shares, to within a few aces of its full-day average of 45,414,700. Share prices were flat at $18.27
Icagen Inc. (Nasdaq: ICGN) dipped 17 percent to $2.44. Volume was 1,761,812 shares, four times its daily average.
Capital Trust Inc. (NYSE: CT) improved 16.8 percent Thursday to $2.16 Volume of 329,904 shares bested its full-day average of 138,500. CT is a real estate finance and investment management company that specializes in credit sensitive structured financial products.
Cisco Systems Inc. (Nasdaq: CSCO) dealt in 44,648,109 shares, short of its full-day average of 69,622,200. Share prices were flat at $20.84.
China Shenghuo Pharmaceutical (AMEX: KUN) dipped 21.6 percent to $1.38. Volume was 262,948 shares, four times its daily average. When approached to comment on this unusual market activity, KUN told reporters that is not its policy to discuss activity.
Repros Therapeutics Inc. (Nasdaq: RPRX) moved 13.8 percent higher Thursday to $3.13. Volume of 851,490 shares was catching up on its full-day average of 864,758. RPRX’s Androxal drug, meant to treat men with low testosterone, is in clinical trials this month.
General Electric Company (NYSE: GE) was a volume leader Thursday, dealing in 39,598,546 shares, still shy of its full-day average of 54,691,800. Share prices regained 1.2 percent to $18.55.
Westell Technologies Inc. (Nasdaq: WSTL) shares stumbled 15 percent to $3.00. Volume was 1,212,492 shares, triple its daily average, on word that its quarterly income edged up 7 percent.
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.
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.
