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Top Day Trader Alerts (ACHN, AEZS, BIDU, CRUS, CSCO, ERTS, HBAN, NBG, VVUS)
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Many stocks are on the move this morning. Today’s top day trader and active trader alerts are in Achillion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: ACHN), AEterna Zentaris, Inc. (NASDAQ: AEZS), Baidu, Inc. (NASDAQ: BIDU), Cirrus Logic, Inc. (NASDAQ: CRUS), Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO), Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS), Huntington Bancshares Incorporated (NASDAQ: HBAN), National Bank of Greece SA (NYSE: NBG), and Vivus, Inc. (NASDAQ: VVUS).
Achillion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: ACHN) is still up this morning after it was halted after the close yesterday. It released additional preliminary data on a Phase 1b ACH-1625 trial in hepatitis C treatments. Shares closed at $2.36 and are up 14% at $$2.69 on over 20,000 shares this morning. It traded about 200,000 shares last night.
AEterna Zentaris, Inc. (NASDAQ: AEZS) is trading higher after the FDA approved its Investigational New Drug (IND) application for doxorubicin targeted conjugate compound called AEZS-108 as a treatment to fight bladder cancer. Shares closed at $1.83 and are up 12% at $2.05 on over 700,000 shares.
Baidu, Inc. (NASDAQ: BIDU) is up big on its 10-for-1 stock split going into effect. Shares closed at $71.42 and we have seen a near-4% gain this morning to $74.26 on over 650,000 shares. This used to not be so active on news and events because of the $600 and $700 price… no more!
Cirrus Logic, Inc. (NASDAQ: CRUS) is getting a day-two effect from being called an Apple-winner by Cramer. So far, shares are up 2.8% at $14.17 on over 100,000 shares.
Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO) closed at $25.96 yesterday and today it has earnings after the closing bell. Shares are trading up in anticipation of a further-strengthening Chambers round of talk about enterprise spending on the mend. Shares are indicated up 1.25% at $26.29 on about 150,000 shares. The 52-week range is $17.61 to $27.74.
Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS) said last night that its revenue rose 14% to $979 million; earnings of $0.09 EPS beat Thomson Reuters figure of $0.05. The problem was in the video game maker’s guidance: a loss at -$0.35 to -$0.40 EPS and revenue of $460 to $500 million; Thomson Reuters had -$0.33 EPS $516.8M. Shares were very active last night and so far we have seen shares down 4.5% at $17.96 on just about 100,000 shares. This traded well over 1.5 million shares last night in the after-hours session.
Huntington Bancshares Incorporated (NASDAQ: HBAN) is seeing upside due to an analyst upgrade this morning. Shares are up by over 4% at $6.75 on over 250,000 shares.
National Bank of Greece SA (NYSE: NBG) is up this morning as the proxy stock for Greece and the Eurozone bailout. Shares are up 2.4% at $2.98 on about 250,000 shares.
Vivus, Inc. (NASDAQ: VVUS) is indicated higher and this may just be follow-on interest after a big bullish options trade was seen late yesterday. Shares are indicated up 3% at $12.49, but oin thin volume.
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