Friday, February 17, 2006

Pre-market Action

Courtesy of Briefing.com:

Gapping up on strong earnings/guidance: NVDA +8.7% (up in sympathy: ATYT +1.7%), DITC +13% (also First Albany upgrade), RRGB +7.5%, BRCD +7%, BTUI +7%, IMAX +6% (guidance only), APPX +4.4%, AEIS +3.8% (also Needham uprgade)... Other News: HEB +17% (extends recent momentum), KSE +7.8% (NY Times says co is up for sale), DRRX +5.2% (receives special protocol assessment and commences Phase III), PTRY +3.9% (completes acquisition of 39 food stops), CYTC +3.6%, TRID +2.2%, GM +2.3% (WSJ article on GMAC negotiations), UAUA +1.7% (Pru upgrade), ENER +1.8% (stabilizes some after 12 pt drop in last month)... Mad Money mentions: RDY +5.3%, MDR +4.5%... Oil & Gas stocks are strong are higher crude prices: NGS +5.5%, RTP +2.5%, VLO +2.2%, CHK +1.7%... Gold stocks are strong as gold prices rally: AAUK +3.7%, GFI +3.2%.

A lot of big names gapping down this morning.

Gapping down on disappointing earnings/guidance: DELL -2.5% (also BofA downgrade; down in sympathy: AMD -4.5%, INTC -1.8%), RSH -9%, SIMG -8.2%, INTU -4.7%, ADBL -4.5% (also Piper downgrade), ARBX -4.5%, SIRI -3.5%, FRO -1.7%... Other News: PXT -65% (increases impact damage from the hurricanes), CYBX -3.1% (AG Edwards downgrade), ATML -2.1%, WLT -2.1% (files shelf registration), CHKR -2% (to be acquired at a discount), ASML -1.5%, MOT -1.1%, AAPL -1%... Under $3: DGIT -11% (reports Q4), SFLK -9%.

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