Whitney Holding Corp. (Nasdaq:WTNY) raced ahead 30.45 percent in price Wednesday to $14.18. Volume of 6,284,037 shares was eight times its daily average. Whitney found itself under investigation Wednesday for possible breaches of fiduciary duty and other violations of state law in connection with the sale of the Company to Hancock Holding Company

Sirius XM Radio Inc. (Nasdaq: SIRI) traded in 72,955,801shares Wednesday, besting its daily average of 56,868,900. Share prices gained 8.14 percent to $1.60. Technology firm BUYINS.NET ran a reverse engineering trading scan on SIRIUS, and predicted SIRI would go 39.7% higher by January 18.

Bioanalytical Systems Inc. (Nasdaq: BASI) fell 21.71 percent in price Wednesday to $2.02, on volume of 177,659 shares, 10 times its full-day average. BASI is a leader in drug development services and research instrumentation.