There are many stocks on the move for day traders and active traders to pick from this Monday morning.  We are watching the key moves in Aeropostale, Inc. (NYSE: ARO), Alexza Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: ALXA), BP plc (NYSE: BP), GT Solar International, Inc. (NASDAQ: SOLR), Hauppauge Digital Inc. (NASDAQ: HAUP), Jack in the Box Inc. (NYSE: JACK), Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ: KLIC), SandRidge Energy, Inc. (NYSE: SD), and Veeco Instruments Inc. (NASDAQ: VECO).

Aeropostale, Inc. (NYSE: ARO) posted a mere 1% gain in July same-store sales and shares are getting crushed.  The stock is down over 9% at $24.90 on over 300,000 shares this morning.

Alexza Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: ALXA) is down 12% at $2.63 on over 60,000 shares after selling $18 million in a direct stock offering versus a market cap of $158 million before teh dilution and share price drop.

BP plc (NYSE: BP) is trading up 2.5% at $40.40 per ADR on over 1 million shares on talk that Adu Dabi and others are looking at assets under BP.  This is the third day that $40.00 has been seen.

GT Solar International, Inc. (NASDAQ: SOLR) is trading up over 11% at $7.72 on about 100,000 shares after significantly beating earnings estimates.  This is actually a 52-week high as the prior range was $4.51 to $7.20.

Hauppauge Digital Inc. (NASDAQ: HAUP) is this morning’s top gainer after it announced a high definition video recorder support for Windows Media Center.  Shares are up over 16% at $2.42 on over 60,000 shares versus a 52-week range of $0.60 to $4.85.

Jack in the Box Inc. (NYSE: JACK) apparently doesn’t know Jack after earnings.  Shares even halted last night.  This one is indicated down 8% at $19.00 on light volume and the 52-week range is $17.84 to $26.37.

Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ: KLIC) is trading higher after beating earnings and giving a strong outlook.  Shares are trading up 11% at $8.00 on over 120,000 shares.

SandRidge Energy, Inc. (NYSE: SD) is trading lower after cutting its production views for 2010 after earnings.  Shares are down 7% at $5.63 on about 1 million shares and the 52-week trading range is $5.20 to $15.00.

Veeco Instruments Inc. (NASDAQ: VECO) is down 7.7% at $42.00 versus a $45.52 close and we have seen over 50,000 shares trade hands.

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