Posts Tagged ‘nasdaq’

GSL grows, CSCO trades, PEIX plummets

Thursday, January 6th, 2011

Global Ship Lease, Inc. (NYSE: GSL) grew 14.1 percent in price Thursday to $5.75. Volume of 1,242,177 shares proved better than five times its normal daily volume. GSL is a London-based a containership charter owner.

Cisco Systems Inc. (Nasdaq: CSCO) traded in 54,783,485 shares by late afternoon Thursday. While this put CSCO among the volume leaders, it was still below its daily average of 71,315,200. Prices for the stock gained 0.8 percent to $20.95. Verizon Wireless and Cisco today announced Verizon Wireless will be the first service provider to deliver a fourth-generation (4G) wireless version of Cisco Cius™, a purpose-built, mobile collaboration business tablet that will be available in Spring 2011.

Pacific Ethanol Inc. (Nasdaq: PEIX) fell 11.8 percent in Thursday trading to 91.69 cents. Volume for the stock was 6,410,502 shares, nearly triple its daily average. PEIX is leading West Coast marketer and producer of low-carbon renewable fuels.

BTC soars, MSFT deals, ANTP fazed

Thursday, January 6th, 2011

Community Bankers Trust Corp. (AMEX: BTC) grew 36.1 percent in price Thursday to $1.47. Volume of 253,884 shares better than tripled its normal volume. Virginia-based BTC the holding company for Essex Bank.

Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq: MSFT) traded in 65,285,889 shares traded, surpassing its daily average of 56,645,700. Prices for the stock gained 2.5 percent to $28.96. Thursday, MSFT unveiled the next generation of the Microsoft Surface experience featuring PixelSense technology.

Phazar Corp. (Nasdaq: ANTP) fell 17 percent in Thursday trading to $4.48. Volume for the stock was 51,639 shares, short of its daily average of 63,499, after announcing it was dropping its True Mesh Network Radio program.

VRX jumps, NVDA busy, REE falls

Thursday, January 6th, 2011

Valeant Pharmaceuticals International (NYSE: VRX) grew 16 percent in price Thursday to $34.75. Volume of 13,353,461 shares nearly quadrupled normal volume. Canada-based VRX is a multinational specialty pharmaceutical company that develops, manufactures and markets a broad range of pharmaceutical products primarily in the areas of neurology, dermatology and branded generics.

NVIDIA Corp. (Nasdaq: NVDA) did lots of business late Thursday, with 68,704,486 shares traded, four times its daily average. Prices for the stock gained 11.7 percent to $18.97. NVIDIA today announced the expansion of its NVIDIA® 3D Vision™ ecosystem with the addition of new 3D-enabled PCs and monitors by Lenovo.

Rare Element Resources Ltd. (AMEX: REE) fell 13.7 percent in Thursday trading to $13.85. Volume for the stock was 9,941,563 shares, nearly doubling its daily average. REE announced final 2010 assay results from seven additional rotary (reverse circulation) holes drilled on the Sundance Gold Project, Wyoming.

LXRX jumps, INTC high volume, KOOL cools

Thursday, January 6th, 2011

Lexicon Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Nasdaq: LXRX) shot 31.8 percent in price Thursday to $1.99. Volume was an astonishing 15,051,137 shares, whereas normal volume is below one million. The Texas-based biopharmaceutical concern announced data from a recently completed clinical trial and mechanistic study of a solid oral dose formulation for LX4211, a dual inhibitor of sodium-glucose co-transporters 1 and 2 (SGLT1 and SGLT2).

Intel Inc. (Nasdaq: INTC) traded in 69,323,510 shares, surpassing a full-day average of 54,361,400. Prices for the stock lost 1.2 percent to $20.69, as the fallout from the impending purchase of McAfee by Intel.

Thermogenesis Corp. (Nasdaq: KOOL) fell 11.6% to $3.28 Thursday, on volume of 358,525 shares, better than 3 ½ times its daily average. KOOL, a leading supplier of innovative products and services that process and store adult stem cells, said today it has filed a shelf registration statement on Form S-3 with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

IBCP higher, BAC busy, MCP downward

Thursday, January 6th, 2011

Independent Bank Corp. (Nasdaq: IBCP) shot 42 percent in price Thursday to $2.30. Volume of 859,892 shares trounced its daily average of 140,452. IBCP is the holding company of Independent Bank, a Michigan-based community bank.

Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) was again among the volume leaders, trading in 156,548,729 shares, catching up on a full-day average of 218,378,000. Prices for the stock lost one percent to $14.36.

Molycorp Inc. (NYSE: MCP) fell 11% to $54.00 Thursday, on volume of 9,154,013 shares, better than double its daily average. Colorado-based MCP is the only rare earth oxide, or REO, producer in the Western Hemisphere.