SemiLEDS Corp. (NasdaqGS: LEDS) climbed 47.88 percent in price Thursday to $25.14. Volume was 3,659,012 shares, upon its IPO Thursday. The Hawaii-based developer and manufacturer of LED chips and LED components, announced today the pricing of its initial public offering of 5,250,000 shares of its common stock, at $17.00 per share.

Bank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC) traded in 126,328,133 shares, making it a leader in volume, against its full-day average of 204,999,000. Shares progressed 2.58 percent to $12.31. Financial executives at U.S. companies expressed more optimism that their businesses will hire employees and see revenue growth in 2011, according to a recent Bank of America Merrill Lynch survey. Of the 801 executives surveyed in the bank’s annual CFO Outlook, 47 percent said they expect their companies to hire additional employees next year, up from 28 percent who forecast hiring last year.

Oxford Industries Inc. (NYSE: OXM) dipped in price 16.11 percent Thursday to $23.23, on volume of 402,535 shares, very nearly four times its full-day volume average. Atlanta-based Oxford Industries, Inc. Wednesday announced third quarter diluted net earnings per share were $0.33 compared to $0.26 in the third quarter of fiscal 2009.