Stocks in Focus : MGM Resorts (NYSE:MGM), NPS Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:NPSP), LeMaitre Vascular (NASDAQ:LMAT), Range Resources (NYSE:RRC), BlackRock Maryland Municipal (NYSEMKT:BZM)

The Women’s Leadership Conference announces its 2014 program featuring two days of keynote speakers, breakout sessions, luncheons and networking opportunities. The conference, themed “Women Inspiring Women,” will be held Aug. 6 & 7 at the MGM Resorts International (NYSE:MGM) Grand Conference Center in Las Vegas. MGM Resorts International (NYSE:MGM)’s stock on 30 July traded at beginning with a price of $27.13and when day-trade ended the stock finally increased 1.30% to end at $27.35. MGM Resorts International (NYSE:MGM)’s showed weekly performance of 4.07%.

NPS Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:NPSP) announced that the label of its sole marketed product, Gattex, has been updated by the FDA. The U.S. label of the drug now includes long-term data from STEPS 2 (n=88) — the two-year open-label extension of the 24-week phase III international STEPS study. NPS Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:NPSP) on Wednesday closed at $29.29. Stock institutional ownership is 97.60% while insider ownership includes 0.60%. NPS Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:NPSP) distance from 50-day simple moving average (SMA50) is -5.48%.

LeMaitre Vascular, Inc. (NASDAQ:LMAT) together with its subsidiaries, develops, manufactures, and markets medical devices and implants for the treatment of peripheral vascular disease worldwide. The company provides embolectomy catheters to remove blood clots from arteries or veins; occlusion catheters that temporarily occlude blood flow; perfusion catheters that temporarily perfuse blood and other liquids into the vasculature; carotid shunts to temporarily divert or shut blood to the brain during the removal of plaque from the carotid artery; and laparoscopic cholecystectomy devices to inject dye into the cystic duct during laparoscopic cholecystectomy. LeMaitre Vascular, Inc. (NASDAQ:LMAT)’s shares on Wednesday traded in the range of 7.95 – 8.15and ended up on $8.09. LeMaitre Vascular, Inc. (NASDAQ:LMAT) distance from 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) is 3.10%. LMAT’s sales growth for past 5 years was 5.80% and its EPS growth for past 5 years was 24.20%.

Range Resources Corporation (NYSE:RRC) second-quarter 2014 adjusted earnings per share came in at 36 cents, missing the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 37 cents. This was mainly due to lower price realizations. However, the reported figure marked an increase from the year-earlier profit of 34 cents a share. Range Resources Corporation (NYSE:RRC)’s stock on 30 July fell -2.67% to the closing price of $76.06. Its fifty two weeks range is $72.54 – 95.41. The total market capitalization recorded $12.831B. Range Resources Corporation (NYSE:RRC) monthly performance is -12.52%.

BlackRock Maryland Municipal Bond Trust (NYSEMKT: BZM) on Wednesday closed at $13.95. BlackRock Maryland Municipal Bond Trust (NYSEMKT: BZM) distance from 50-day simple moving average (SMA50) is 0.28%.