Biotech Top Gainers: Northwest Biotherapeutics (NASDAQ:NWBO), Alexion Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:ALXN), Merrimack Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:MACK), Enzon Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:ENZN)
German health regulators have granted Northwest Biotherapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:NWBO) special permission to sell its experimental brain cancer drug, DCVax-L, in the country, even though the small US biotechnology company has not yet completed its late-stage trial of the immunotherapy. Northwest Biotherapeutics, Inc (NASDAQ:NWBO) stock performance was 29.55% in last session and finished the day at $7.85. Traded volume was 6,155,092 million shares in the last … Continue reading Biotech Top Gainers: Northwest Biotherapeutics (NASDAQ:NWBO), Alexion Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:ALXN), Merrimack Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:MACK), Enzon Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:ENZN)
Health Net (NYSE:HNT) Reaffirms Guidance; Perfect World (NASDAQ:PWRD), Wright Medical Group Inc. (NASDAQ:WMGI), Douglas Dynamics (NYSE:PLOW)
Health Net (NYSE:HNT), a managed care company, disclosed in a regulatory filing Monday that it will be reaffirming its earnings guidance for fiscal 2014 at the Barclays Global Healthcare Conference on Tuesday. The company had previously said that it is expecting fiscal 2014 earnings of at least $3.00 per share and revenue of $14.4 billion. Analysts polled by Capital IQ are expecting EPS of $2.39 … Continue reading Health Net (NYSE:HNT) Reaffirms Guidance; Perfect World (NASDAQ:PWRD), Wright Medical Group Inc. (NASDAQ:WMGI), Douglas Dynamics (NYSE:PLOW)
Boyd Gaming (NYSE:BYD) Surges After Hours; Hill International (NYSE:HIL), Atlas Financial Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:AFH), Summit Midstream Partners, LP (NYSE:SMLP), American Eagle Energy (NYSEMKT:AMZG)
Boyd Gaming (NYSE:BYD) is surging in after-hours trading after activist hedge fund Elliott Associates disclosed a stake in the casino operator. In a filing with the SEC, Elliott disclosed it owns 4.99% of Boyd’s outstanding common stock, with a 2.05% exposure to common shares via derivatives. Elliott said its combined economic exposure to Boyd (NYSE:BYD) is 7%, with its voting power in the company coming … Continue reading Boyd Gaming (NYSE:BYD) Surges After Hours; Hill International (NYSE:HIL), Atlas Financial Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:AFH), Summit Midstream Partners, LP (NYSE:SMLP), American Eagle Energy (NYSEMKT:AMZG)
Pharma in Focus After Hours: Kythera (NASDAQ:KYTH), La Jolla Pharmaceutical (NASDAQ:LJPC), Medifast (NYSE:MED)
Kythera (NASDAQ:KYTH) and Bayer ADR (OTCMRKTS:BAYRY) announced that Kythera acquired all rights outside of the U.S. and Canada to ATX-101, a proprietary formulation of a purified synthetic version of deoxycholic acid currently in late-stage development for the reduction of submental fat (double chin). In 2010, KYTHERA (NASDAQ:KYTH) licensed the commercial rights to ATX-101 outside of the U.S. and Canada to Bayer Consumer Care AG. Under … Continue reading Pharma in Focus After Hours: Kythera (NASDAQ:KYTH), La Jolla Pharmaceutical (NASDAQ:LJPC), Medifast (NYSE:MED)
Financial Movers: National Bank of Greece (NYSE:NBG), Freddie Mac (OTCBB:FMCC), Camtek (NASDAQ:CAMT), Rosetta Genomic (NASDAQ:ROSG)
Shares of National Bank of Greece (NYSE:NBG) are up nearly 10% Monday following Deutsche Bank’s new coverage of the stock at a Buy rating and EUR4.50 price target (approx $6.25 based on Monday’s exchange rate). The rating results from Deutsche Bank’s forecast for a strong recovery in fundamentals for the Greek banking sector. In addition, the bank will release Q4 earnings on March 27. It … Continue reading Financial Movers: National Bank of Greece (NYSE:NBG), Freddie Mac (OTCBB:FMCC), Camtek (NASDAQ:CAMT), Rosetta Genomic (NASDAQ:ROSG)
Bullish Stocks: JA Solar Holdings (NASDAQ:JASO), Big Lots (NYSE:BIG), Arotech Corporation (NASDAQ:ARTX), Aegerion Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:AEGR)
JA Solar Holdings Co., Ltd. (ADR) (NASDAQ:JASO) is one of the top-performing stocks on the Nasdaq (on a percentage basis) today, with the equity up 5.6% at $10.71. In fact, the security has more than doubled over the past year. JA Solar Holdings Co., Ltd. (ADR) (NASDAQ:JASO) stock performance was 5.67% in last session and finished the day at $11.18. Traded volume was 4.98million shares … Continue reading Bullish Stocks: JA Solar Holdings (NASDAQ:JASO), Big Lots (NYSE:BIG), Arotech Corporation (NASDAQ:ARTX), Aegerion Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:AEGR)
