Posts Tagged ‘Industrial Stocks’

HEV has momentum, S popular, BDSI headed to court

Tuesday, January 18th, 2011

Ener1 Inc. (Nasdaq: HEV) showed a lot of energy Tuesday, advancing 23.6 percent in price to $4.55. Volume was a hefty 18,108,331, 30 times its full-day volume average. The lithium-ion battery maker announced it is teaming up with Wanxiang Electric Vehicle Group Ltd. to manufacture batteries for the Chinese market.

Sprint Nextel Corporation (NYSE: S) had busy trade, with 39,063,758 shares changing hands Tuesday, catching up on a full-day average of 53,171,100. Prices for the stock settled 1.2 percent to $4.39. Sprint said Tuesday that starting Jan. 30 it plans to charge an extra $10 a month for all smartphones getting unlimited data.

BioDelivery Sciences International (Nasdaq: BDSI) fell 13.1 percent to $3.32. Volume for the stock was 447,487 shares, nearly triple its all-day average. BDSI was one of several companies named Tuesday in a patent infringement lawsuit by MonoSol Rx, LLC.

BNVI gains, MSFT active, CVVT falls hard

Thursday, January 13th, 2011

Bionovo Inc. (Nasdaq: BNVI) shares jumped 34.9 percent to $1.41 Thursday afternoon. Volume was 666,578, or nearly four times its full-day volume average. BNVI is a pharmaceutical company focused on the discovery and development of safe and effective treatments for women’s health and cancer.

Microsoft Inc. (Nasdaq: MSFT) traded in 53,058,639 shares Thursday, just a shade below its daily average of 57,799,300. Prices for the software maker tailed off 1.5 percent to $28.11.

China Valves Technology Inc. (Nasdaq: CVVT) got beaten up 16.3 percent Thursday to $7.30. Volume for the stock was 2,744,317 shares or more than five times its full-day average. CVVT is a leading Chinese metal valve manufacturer, based in Zhengzhou.

PDFS triumphs, F active, GASS runs out of fuel

Wednesday, January 12th, 2011

PDF Solutions Inc. (Nasdaq: PDFS) shares gained 18.3% to $5.68 Wednesday. Volume of 268,590 proved nearly triple its full-day average. San Jose-based PDFS is the leading provider of yield improvement technologies and services for the integrated circuit (IC) manufacturing process life cycle.

Ford Motor Company (NYSE: F) traded in 37,503,600 shares Wednesday, approaching its daily average of 82,793,000. Prices for F nudged ahead 1.3 percent to $18.51.

Stealth Gas Inc, (Nasdaq: GASS) fell 6.6 percent Wednesday to $7.59 Volume for the stock was 145,497 shares, better than 2 1/2 its daily average. Greek-based GASS, a ship-owning company, primarily serves the liquified petroleum gas sector of the international shipping industry.

ITT is it, GE active, CPF falters

Wednesday, January 12th, 2011

ITT Corp. (NYSE: ITT) shares gained 13.9% to $60.10 Wednesday after the defense contractor said it would split into three separate publicly traded companies. Volume of 14,510,255 overwhelmed a full-day average of 1,262,170.

General Electric Company (NYSE: GE) traded in 31,018,867 shares Wednesday, just better than half its all-day average of 57,041,400. Prices for GE were flat at $18.64. Wednesday, GE Intelligent Platforms announced the PCIE-5565PIORC low profile PCI Express reflective memory node card

Central Pacific Financial Corp. (NYSE: CPF) fell 8.2 percent Wednesday to $2.25. Volume for the stock was 924,167 shares or nearly 4 1/2 times its daily average, only a day after double-digit stock gains.

DQ gains, F deals, RES takes header

Thursday, January 6th, 2011

DAQQ New Energy Corp. (NYSE: DQ) shot 19.4 percent in price Thursday to $13.46. Volume was 1,361,295 shares, nearly triple normal volume. DQ a leading polysilicon manufacturer based in China that aims to become a vertically integrated photovoltaic product manufacturer.

Ford Motor Company (NYSE: F) was a volume leader late Thursday, with 75,257,554 shares traded, just shy of its daily average of 82,335,800. Prices for the car maker’s stock gained 1.7 percent to $18.20, amid word F was closing in on Toyota’s number-one position in U.S. sales.

RPC Inc. (NYSE: RES) tottered 11.2 percent in Thursday trading to $16.35. Volume for the stock was 1,884,038 shares, besting its daily average by more than 50 percent. RPC provides a broad range of specialized oilfield services and equipment primarily to independent and major oilfield companies.