The following are today’s top 20 percentage gainers and top 20 percentage losers, categorized by sectors (over $300 mln market cap and 100K average daily volume).
Today’s top 20 % gainers
- Utilities: CNP (16.57 +9.01%),
- Technology: LFT (33.35 +11.46%), BSFT (52.35 +10.04%), AVID (22.7 +8.3%), SWIR (10.77 +6.63%),
- Services: CRA (8.15 +29.98%), NWY (6.27 +15.05%),
- Healthcare: CYTX (7.27 +9.98%), AKRX (5.61 +9.14%), ARIA (6.28 +6.8%), IRWD (13.35 +6.63%),
- Financial: MTG (8.9 +6.97%),
- Consumer Goods: CIGX (3.66 +12.61%), FDML (25 +10.5%), LO (85.79 +8.9%), AOI (3.84 +6.67%), EK (3.23 +6.6%),
- Basic Materials: DNN (2.67 +10.29%), CDE (31.88 +7.74%), EXK (9.07 +6.33%).
Today’s top 20 % losers
- Technology: LDK (11.61 -7.12%), CIEN (23.21 -6.18%), MIPS (10.05 -5.99%), OCLR (10.61 -5.76%), JDSU (19.07 -5.41%), HSOL (7.12 -4.94%), JASO (6.63 -4.33%), XXIA (14.9 -4.3%), FNSR (20.92 -4.21%),
- Services: GLNG (22.92 -4.34%),
- Industrial Goods: PPO (52.97 -4.88%), JKS (24.17 -4.54%),
- Healthcare: KV-A (8.28 -14.11%), AMAG (16.29 -4.46%),
- Consumer Goods: NKE (77.3 -9.5%), UA (63.33 -5.59%), FN (18.85 -4.85%),
- Basic Materials: YONG (6.24 -6.87%), LNG (8.04 -4.4%), BPZ (5.11 -4.31%).
Most active
The following are today’s most active stocks ranked by volume and relative volume, categorized by sectors (over $300 mln market cap and 100K average daily volume).
Today’s top 20 volume
- Technology: CSCO (80.09 mln +1.65%), MSFT (37.98 mln +1.01%), INTC (31.77 mln +0.45%), S (26.21 mln 0%), AAPL (17.39 mln -0.63%), ORCL (16.94 mln +0.88%), MU (16.82 mln -0.78%), QCOM (16.13 mln -1.66%), JDSU (15.6 mln -5.41%),
- Services: SIRI (51.91 mln -1.73%), CRA (27.87 mln +29.98%),
- Healthcare: CTIC (76.91 mln -3.86%), PFE (42.28 mln +1.26%),
- Financial: C (288.4 mln +1.91%), BAC (113.22 mln +1.43%), JPM (42.53 mln +3.39%), WFC (39.07 mln +2.46%), RF (16.53 mln -2.04%),
- Consumer Goods: F (37.5 mln +2.03%),
- Conglomerates: GE (42.06 mln +1.38%).
Today’s top relative volume (current volume to 3-month average daily volume)
- Utilities: CNP (8.65x +9.01%),
- Technology: BSFT (5.77x +10.04%),
- Services: CRA (153.41x +29.98%), CASY (7.42x +2.81%), GLNG (6.99x -4.34%), HA (6.14x +0.16%), NWY (6.01x +15.05%),
- Industrial Goods: PPO (6.42x -4.88%),
- Healthcare: CTIC (22.59x -3.86%), PLX (6.46x -2.95%),
- Financial: HTS (16.03x -3.5%), CODI (6.34x -1.83%),
- Consumer Goods: LO (10.55x +8.9%), NKE (9.86x -9.5%), PERY (9.44x -3.16%), FDML (7.98x +10.5%), CIGX (6.48x +12.61%),
- Basic Materials: EVEP (6.28x +3.4%), VTG (6.04x -0.51%), OAS (5.66x -2.77%)
The following are some of today’s most notable movers of interest, categorized by market capitalization (large cap over $10 billion and mid cap between $2-10 billion) and ranked by % change (all stocks over 100K average daily volume).
Large Cap Gainers
- LO (86.35 +9.61%): hearing added to Most Preferred List at UBS; TPSAC meeting discussing the health effects of Menthol Cigarettes began yesterday afternoon, and will continue this morning; Reports indicate that the panel concluded that removing menthol cigarettes would improve public health, and that the FDA will now review the report
- INTU (50.9 +5.1%): reported TurboTax online unit growth of 30% from Feb. 13 through March 12
- CCJ (29.27 +4.16%): uranium related names ticking higher following recent sell-off
- SI (130.28 +3.68%): upgraded to Buy at Deutsche Bank
Large Cap Losers
- NKE (77.25 -9.55%): missed EPS and revs; future orders in-line; downgraded to Neutral from Buy and removed from Conviction Buy list at Goldman
Mid Cap Gainers
- MMI (26.4 +5.52%): upgraded to Buy at UBS
- BRKR (18.96 +4%): CEO/10% owner bought 10,000 shares at $18.51-18.61
- MWV (28.91 +3.88%): upgraded to Buy from Neutral and added to Conviction Buy at Goldman
- AGO (14.37 +3.01%): quick pop as takeover rumor makes the rounds
- WAT (84.17 +2.95%): authorized the repurchase up to $500 million of its outstanding common shares over the next 24 month
Mid Cap Losers
- UA (63.15 -5.86%): lower following NKE results
- PPO (53.02 -4.79%): priced 4.5 mln shares of its common stock by certain selling stockholders, including Warburg Pincus Private Equity VIII, L.P., Warburg Pincus International Partners, L.P. and certain executive officers of co, at a public offering price of $52.75 per share
- JDSU (19.35 -4.02%): target cut to $28 from $32 at Stifel
- OAS (31.2 -1.89%): hearing related to pricing of offering
