Posts Tagged ‘NWSA’

AN hits gas pedal, NWSA busy, CME falls

Thursday, February 3rd, 2011

AutoNation Inc. (NYSE: AN) shares rose 12 percent to $31.65, on volumes of 3.7 million, four times its daily average, after the car retailer reported fourth-quarter results that beat Wall Street’s estimates.

News Corporation (Nasdaq: NWSA) dealt in 23.5 million shares, compared to its daily average of 14.4 million. Share prices jumped 5.3 percent to $16.84, after the media company announced better than expected Q2 earnings

CME Group Inc. (Nasdaq: CME) shares were off 4.9 percent to $299.78, on volumes of 1.2 million, compared to averages of 412,000 after the operator of the world’s largest futures exchange reported quarterly profit short of expectations.

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NEI stronger, NWSA into heavy trading, JTX taxed

Monday, January 24th, 2011

Network Engines Inc. (Nasdaq: NEI) shares muscled 21.8 percent higher to $2.18, on 1.5 million shares, routing a daily average of 373,698. The Canton, Mass.-based provider of server-based application platforms, appliances and lifecycle support services will be reporting financial numbers this Thursday.

News Corporation (Nasdaq: NWSA) dealt in 28.3 million shares Monday, more than double its full-day average . Share prices picked up 2.5 percent to $15.70.

Jackson Hewitt Tax Services (NYSE: JTX) let go of 11.6 percent to $1.52 Monday. Volume for the stock was 1.7 million shares, beating its daily average of 1.2 million. New Jersey-based JTX last week launched a new product. MyTaxManager is a free online tax management tool and one-stop personalized Web destination that gives consumers a secure, centralized home for a range of tax-related documents and information.

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