Market Summary
| Dow Jones | 13,979.30 | 99.22 | -0.71% |
| S&P 500 | 1,511.29 | 15.58 | -1.04% |
| Nasdaq | 3,171.58 | 40.41 | -1.29% |
Gainers
Virgin Media Inc. (NASDAQ:VMED) 45.61 +6.92 (17.89%)
Virgin Media Inc. (VMED) on Tuesday confirmed that it is in discussions with Liberty Global, Inc. (LBTYB), an international cable company, concerning a possible transaction.
Power Integrations, Inc. (NASDAQ:POWI) 43.69 +5.51 (14.43%)
Power Integrations Inc. (POWI) reported fourth quarter non-GAAP net income of $0.47 per share after the close Monday, compared to $0.29 per share last year. The consensus estimate was for EPS of $0.42. The company said its board of directors has increased its quarterly dividend by 60 percent for the upcoming year, to eight cents per share.
Computer Sciences Corporation (NYSE:CSC) 45.75 +3.84 (9.16%)
Computer Sciences Corp. raised its forecast for fiscal 2013 earnings as cost cutting improves profit margins. CSC fiscal third-quarter revenue rose 2.8 percent to $3.78 billion. It reported net income of $510 million, or 77 cents per share, compared to a net loss of $1.39 billion, or $9.15 per share.
PDC Energy Inc. (NASDAQ:PDCE) 41.17 +3.27 (8.63%)
PDCE reported 2012 key operating results including year-end reserves and production. Total proved reserves as of December 31, 2012 increased 14% to nearly 1.16 trillion cubic feet equivalent (“Tcfe”), from 1.02 Tcfe reported as of December 31, 2011.
AECOM Technology Corp. (NYSE:ACM) 27.26 +1.95 (7.70%)
AECOM Technology Co. (ACM) issued an update on its FY13 earnings guidance on Tuesday morning. The company provided EPS guidance of $2.40-2.50 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $2.45.
Losers
Arch Coal Inc. (NYSE:ACI) 6.04 -0.89 (-12.84%)
ACI delivered a steep fourth-quarter loss that reflects a continued decline in coal demand and prices. The $295.4 million loss equaled $1.39 a share, compared with net income of $70.9 million, or 33 cents a share, a year earlier
The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. (NYSE:MHP) 44.92 -5.38 (-10.70%)
U.S. Department of Justice has announced that it is filing a civil suit against the company’s Standard & Poor’s unit. The Justice Department alleges that S&P knew the housing market was collapsing but was intentionally slow to downgrade hundreds of securities because of concerns that such a move would cut off the pipeline of deals and anger issuer clients.
Baidu.com, Inc. (ADR) (NASDAQ:BIDU) 96.37 -10.83 (-10.10%)
Baidu posted net income of $448.7 million, or $1.28 per American Depository Share, in the three months ended Dec. 30. Excluding certain items, Baidu said it had earnings of $1.31 per ADS. For the first quarter, Baidu said it expects revenue of between $945.4 million to $975.9 million. Analysts were looking for revenue of $964 million on average in the first quarter.
Moody’s Corporation (NYSE:MCO) 45.09 -4.36 (-8.82%)
Moody’s Corporation (MCO) will release fourth quarter and full-year 2012 results before the start of NYSE trading on Friday, February 8, 2013.
NII Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:NIHD) 5.83 -0.55 (-8.62%)
NIHD announced its preliminary consolidated financial results for the fourth quarter and full year 2012. For the fourth quarter, the Company expects to report consolidated operating revenues of approximately $1.5 billion, net subscriber additions of approximately 2,200, and total capital expenditures of approximately $525 million.
After Hours Most Active
NYSE Ten Most Active Share Volume
| Symbol | Company | Last Sale | Share Volume |
| HPQ | Hewlett-Packard Company |
$17.05 |
3,932,194 |
| BAC | Bank of America Corporation |
$11.91 |
3,224,234 |
| DIS | Walt Disney Company (The) |
$55.82 |
1,465,766 |
| MFA | America First Mortgage Investments, Inc. |
$9.02 |
1,089,517 |
| AMX | America Movil, S.A.B. de C.V. |
$25.53 |
951,392 |
| TWX | Time Warner Inc. |
$49.99 |
841,496 |
| NYX | NYSE Euronext, Inc. |
$35.22 |
781,787 |
| ABT | Abbott Laboratories |
$33.74 |
722,107 |
| APL | Atlas Pipeline Partners, L.P. |
$33.08 |
618,259 |
| ATLS | Atlas Energy, L.P. |
$38.07 |
607,062 |
NASDAQ Ten Most Active Share Volume
| Symbol | Company | Last Sale | Share Volume |
| ZNGA | Zynga Inc. |
$2.94 |
8,734,594 |
| QQQ | PowerShares QQQ Trust, Series 1 |
$67.49 |
4,200,760 |
| DELL | Dell Inc. |
$13.38 |
1,721,444 |
| SIRI | Sirius XM Radio Inc. |
$3.19 |
1,357,042 |
| EXPE | Expedia, Inc. |
$70.70 |
747,222 |
| MSFT | Microsoft Corporation |
$27.49 |
652,876 |
| NWSA | News Corporation |
$28.42 |
650,693 |
| BBRY | Research In Motion Limited |
$15.91 |
483,550 |
| MU | Micron Technology, Inc. |
$7.80 |
428,925 |
| WCRX | Warner Chilcott plc |
$14.43 |
368,800 |
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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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