Market Summary
| Dow Jones |
13,104.14 |
166.03 |
-1.28% |
| S&P 500 |
1,426.19 |
23.76 |
-1.69% |
| Nasdaq |
3,019.51 |
59.2 |
-2.00% |
Gainers
Alon USA Energy, Inc. (NYSE:ALJ) 18.09 +2.95 (19.48%) Alon USA Energy Inc. ( ALJ ) is up after analysts at Goldman Sachs initiated coverage of the stock with a Buy rating and a $21 price target.
Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:LXRX) 2.21 +0.30 (15.71%)
Herbalife Ltd. (NYSE:HLF) 32.94 +3.55 (12.08%) Herbalife is rising since December 26th, after rebounding from the lows of the year.
Qihoo 360 Technology Co Ltd (NYSE:QIHU) 29.69 +2.36 (8.64%) Speculation that China’s QIHU will work with Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) to learn how to monetize search functions on its so.com doing rounds.
Cliffs Natural Resources Inc (NYSE:CLF) 38.57 +2.99 (8.40%) Cliffs Natural Resources Now #422 Largest Company, Surpassing Cintas
Losers
Magellan Health Services Inc (NASDAQ:MGLN) 49.00 -2.75 (-5.31%) Magellan Health Services Inc. said one of its commercial-health-plan customers decided not to renew its contract with Magellan after 2013. The customer, which wasn’t named, made up roughly 6% of Magellan’s revenue through the end of September.
Banco Bradesco S.A. (NYSE:BBDO) 15.52 -0.73 (-4.49%) Banco Bradesco Sa ( BBD ) has announced an ex-dividend date of January 03, 2013 and a cash dividend payment of $0.01 per share scheduled for February 11, 2013. On Dec 221st Banco Bradesco SA’s (BBD) board has approved the renewal of a buyback program equivalent to 535.8 million Brazilian reais ($258 million).
Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NYSE:WPI) 86.00 -3.04 (-3.41%) Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (WPI) confirmed that Actavis, Inc., which was acquired by Watson in October, has filed an Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) seeking approval to market bortezomib.
After Hours Most Active
NYSE Ten Most Active Share Volume
| Symbol | Company | Last Sale | Share Volume |
| BAC | Bank of America Corporation |
$11.63 |
4,967,830 |
| FII | Federated Investors, Inc. |
$20.23 |
4,734,362 |
| JPM | J P Morgan Chase & Co |
$44.05 |
1,478,975 |
| ABBV$ | AbbVie Inc. |
$34.30 |
1,462,106 |
| CNH | CNH Global N.V. |
$40.16 |
1,074,647 |
| ABT$ | Abbott Laboratories |
$31.38 |
1,067,990 |
| RAI | Reynolds American Inc |
$41.43 |
764,003 |
| S | Sprint Nextel Corporation |
$5.65 |
729,965 |
| AA | Alcoa Inc. |
$8.65 |
728,774 |
| GE | General Electric Company |
$20.99 |
693,222 |
NASDAQ Ten Most Active Share Volume
| Symbol | Company | Last Sale | Share Volume |
| SIRI | Sirius XM Radio Inc. |
$2.87 |
3,985,953 |
| QQQ | PowerShares QQQ Trust, Series 1 |
$65.15 |
2,353,463 |
| QCOM | QUALCOMM Incorporated |
$62.01 |
1,909,390 |
| PKT | Procera Networks, Inc. |
$18.55 |
825,592 |
| MIPS | MIPS Technologies, Inc. |
$7.82 |
785,155 |
| HCBK | Hudson City Bancorp, Inc. |
$8.13 |
747,943 |
| MSFT | Microsoft Corporation |
$26.77 |
685,785 |
| INTC | Intel Corporation |
$20.60 |
608,833 |
| AMAT | Applied Materials, Inc. |
$11.44 |
606,702 |
| LINTA | Liberty Interactive Corporation |
$19 |
594,247 |
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Post Written By: Ed Liston
Ed Liston is a senior contributing editor at TheStockMarketWatch.com. An active market watcher and investor, Ed guides an independent team of experienced analysts and writes for multiple stock trader publications. He is widely quoted in various financial publications on the Internet. When Ed is not writing about stocks, investing in stocks, talking about stocks, or otherwise doing something stock related, he likes to go sailing and fishing in his yacht.
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