11 Unusual After-Hours Stocks on the Move (MDRX, WIFI, GNOM, DDS, MBI, MRX, MM, MNST, NQ, SLXP, SPWR)

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24/7 Wall St. is tracking eleven key stocks on the move in the after-hours session. Most are of course on earnings, but this shows the move and a brief comment on the news flow of each.

Allscripts Healthcare Solutions Inc. (NASDAQ: MDRX) rose almost 4% today and shares are up almost 8% more after the closing bell. The earnings appeared to be a tad light on the surface but it raised guidance for the year. The actual gain is up 7.8% at $10.35 on more than 260,000 shares since the closing bell.

Boingo Wireless Inc. (NASDAQ: WIFI) fell over 5% during the normal trading day but the company reported earnings a tad light and guided the third quarter and the year lower. The in-airport (and elsewhere) wi-fi provider is down 15.5% at $7.60 in the after-hours with light trading volume.

Complete Genomics Inc. (NASDAQ: GNOM) was up almost 1% on the day but shares were up 8% or so at $2.55 after the earnings report showed a high backlog of orders. Trading volume was light and under 30,000 on last look since the closing bell.

Dillard’s Inc. (NYSE: DDS) was up over 1% today but a gain of over 75% in earnings showed same-store sales growth. In the after-hours we have shares up almost 7% at $75.00 in the after-hours.

MBIA Inc. (NYSE: MBI) fell 3% today but the stock is trading up 5% at $9.20 after a pre-tax gain helped it show a rise in income.

Medicis Pharmaceutical Corp. (NYSE: MRX) shares fell by 5.4% to $31.50 in the after-hours session after its earnings report with more than 150,000 shares since the closing bell.

Millennial Media Inc. (NYSE: MM) fell 1.9% today but the shares are up 9.7% at $11.18 in thin volume trading since the close after reporting a narrower loss than expected.

Monster Beverage Corp. (NASDAQ: MNST) posted a 30% earnings gain but the results lagged the consensus targets. Shares are down over 10% at $60.90 on more than 1.7 million shares in the after-hours.

NQ Mobile Inc. (NYSE: NQ) beat earnings, and raised guidance for the current quarter and the year. Shares were up by over 8% at $8.39 on over 15,000 shares since the closing bell.

Salix Pharmaceuticals Ltd. (NASDAQ: SLXP) rose after it licensed a gastrointestinal drug from Alfa Wassermann called Rifaximin; shares were up 6.7% at $47.99 on almost 50,000 shares since the closing bell.

SunPower Corp. (NASDAQ: SPWR) rose almost 4% today, but the stock fell by almost 10% to $4.21 in active trading after its earnings report was called “all over the place” in our main report.

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JON C. OGG

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Jon Ogg has been a financial news analyst since 1997. Mr. Ogg set up one of the first audio squawk box services for traders called TTN, which he sold in 2003. He has previously worked as a licensed broker to some of the top U.S. and E.U. financial institutions, managed capital, and has raised private capital at the seed and venture stage. He has lived in Copenhagen, Denmark, as well as New York and Chicago, and he now lives in Houston, Texas. Jon received a Bachelor of Business Administration in finance at University of Houston in 1992. a673b.bigscoots-temp.com.

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