| S&P 500 WEEK TOP 10 (11FEB -17FEB) | Ticker | Weekly Price Change (%) | Close Price 17Feb11 | Close Price 11Feb11 | Market Cap($Mil) |
| Family Dollar Stores Inc. | FDO | 19.3 | 52.67 | 44.16 | 6656.8 |
| Tesoro Corp | TSO | 17.8 | 25.83 | 21.92 | 3697.8 |
| Advanced Micro Devices Inc | AMD | 14.0 | 9.44 | 8.28 | 6435.8 |
| Cliffs Natural Resources Inc | CLF | 13.7 | 99.52 | 87.51 | 13480.9 |
| Williams Cos Inc. | WMB | 11.4 | 30.08 | 26.99 | 17590.0 |
| AK Steel Holding Corp | AKS | 11.4 | 17.61 | 15.81 | 1936.9 |
| Dell Inc | DELL | 9.8 | 15.34 | 13.97 | 29610.7 |
| NVIDIA Corp | NVDA | 9.4 | 25.68 | 23.47 | 14920.1 |
| Diamond Offshore Drilling Inc. | DO | 8.7 | 75.97 | 69.91 | 10561.9 |
| Halliburton Co | HAL | 8.5 | 48.43 | 44.64 | 44048.8 |
| Source: Capital IQ |
Nelson Peltz offered to buy Family Dollar Stores (NYSE: FDO), which drove the stock nearly 20% higher last week. Several class actions suits were filed by investors who believed the price was too low. That did little to cap FDO’s rise.
AMD (NYSE: AMD) was the subject of takeover rumors, which several analysts said were far fetched. That did not keep Wall St. from pushing shares higher.
Dell (NASDAQ) rose due to strong earnings and chip company NVIDIA (NASDAQ: NVDA) moved up on investor excitement over the firm’s renewed efforts to gain market share in the portable device market
Douglas A. McIntyre