Posts Tagged ‘NasdaqGM’

KEM spreads wings, C stumbles, REVU reverses

Monday, November 8th, 2010

Kemet Corporation (AMEX: KEM) ballooned in price 206.51 percent to start the week, leaping to $13.18 in the first hour of Monday’s trading. Volume was 77,353 shares, compared to a three-month daily average volume of 603,542 shares. Friday, the company filed an application with the state of Delaware for a reverse stock split of the Company’s common stock at a ratio of one-to-three. Kemet, based in Greenville, South Carolina, is a leading manufacturer of tantalum, ceramic, aluminum, film, paper and electrolytic capacitors.

Citigroup Inc. (NYSE: C) slid in price to begin the week, by 0.45 percent in the first hour of Monday’s trading, to $4.45. The banking conglomerate led all volume gainers, however, with128,587,051 shares changing hands, compared to a three-month daily average of 460,630,000. Meanwhile, the Wall Street Journal reported that the Securities and Exchange Commission has subpoenaed a number of former Citigroup brokers, who contend the bank misled investors on risky bond funds.

The Princeton Review, Inc. (NasdaqGM: REVU) plummeted 20 percent in price in Monday’s first hour to $1.24. Volume was 256,776 shares, more than double its three-month daily average. The Framingham, Mass. provider of test preparation, educational support services and online career education services, reported third-quarter revenue increased 59 percent to $54.4 million from$34.3 million in the prior year period. Loss from continuing operations was $8.7 million in the third quarter of 2010, as compared to income of $144,000 in the prior-year period.

IIIIU, CARV end week in orbit, BAC big seller, CO sinks

Friday, November 5th, 2010

Information Services Group Inc. (NasdaqGM: IIIIU) rocketed up 91.45 percent in Friday trading to close at $8.73. Volume was 65,393 shares, although the stock’s three-month daily average was not available at press time. The Stamford, Connecticut-based information-based services company has announced the release of third-quarter financial results, slated for after the close of trading Tuesday, November 9.

Carver Bancorp., Inc. (NasdaqGM: CARV) jumped 64.37 percent to close Friday’s trading at $3.27, on volume of 22,988 shares, towering over its three-month volume average of 1,429.Carver Bancorp, Inc. is the holding company for Carver Federal Savings Bank, a federally chartered stock savings bank, founded in 1948 to serve African-American communities. Friday, the Company reported a net loss of $23.4 million for the second quarter of fiscal 2011 compared to a net loss of $300,000 for the second quarter of fiscal 2010 and a loss of $2.5 million for the first quarter of fiscal 2011.

Bank of America Corporation (NYSE: BAC) was among the volume leaders Friday, selling in 404,415,995 shares, compared to its three-month average of 186,392,000 shares. BAC gained a respectable 1.9 percent on the day to close at $12.36. The share volume follows word that BAC and Citigroup Inc. are considering whether to let employees use the Apple Inc. phone as an alternative to Research In Motion Ltd.’s BlackBerry for corporate e-mail.

China Cord Blood Corporation (NYSE: CO) hurtled earthward 29.86 percent in price to close Friday at $3.97. Volume was 4,643,558 shares, around 100 times its normal daily volume average. The company, which operates a blood bank in China for umbilical cord blood, announced it was pricing a sale of 8.1 million shares at a steep discount.