Biotech Active Stocks: Mast Therapeutics Inc (NYSEMKT:MSTX), Geron Corporation (NASDAQ:GERN), Arena Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:ARNA), MannKind Corporation (NASDAQ:MNKD)

Mast Therapeutics Inc (NYSEMKT:MSTX) announced that it has completed its acquisition of Aires Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Aires’ lead product candidate, AIR001, is an intermittently nebulized formulation of nitrite that has orphan drug designation in the U.S. and European Union for the treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension. Mast Therapeutics Inc (NYSEMKT:MSTX) stock performance was 12.12% in last session and finished the day at $0.828. Traded volume was … Continue reading Biotech Active Stocks: Mast Therapeutics Inc (NYSEMKT:MSTX), Geron Corporation (NASDAQ:GERN), Arena Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:ARNA), MannKind Corporation (NASDAQ:MNKD)

Tech Stocks New Highs: Skyworks Solutions (NASDAQ:SWKS), QUALCOMM (NASDAQ:QCOM), Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE:HPQ), Texas Instruments Incorporated (NASDAQ:TXN)

David J. Aldrich, the CEO of Woburn-based semiconductor company Skyworks Solutions Inc (NASDAQ:SWKS) and one of the state’s highest compensated CEOs in recent years, reaped over $1.6 million after exercising stock options earlier this month. Skyworks Solutions Inc (NASDAQ:SWKS) stock performance was 39.33% in last session and finished the day at $39.27. Traded volume was 4.67million shares in the last session and the average volume … Continue reading Tech Stocks New Highs: Skyworks Solutions (NASDAQ:SWKS), QUALCOMM (NASDAQ:QCOM), Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE:HPQ), Texas Instruments Incorporated (NASDAQ:TXN)

Analysts believes that the IPOs of online marketplace 58.com Inc (ADR) (NYSE:WUBA) and travel-booking site Qunar in the second half of 2013 opened the door for another round of US stock offerings by Chinese Internet companies. 58.com Inc (ADR) (NYSE:WUBA) stock performance was 48.68% in last session and finished the day at $46.29. Traded volume was 1.08million shares in the last session and the average … Continue reading Tech Bearish Stocks: 58.com (NYSE:WUBA), Perfect World Co (NASDAQ:PWRD), Digital Power Corporation (NYSEMKT:DPW), Criteo SA (ADR) (NASDAQ:CRTO)

Shares of Agenus Inc (NASDAQ:AGEN) , a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing novel immunotherapies to treat cancer and a number of other unmet diseases, tumbled by as much as 22% after partner GlaxoSmithKline (NYSE: GSK ) announced that its phase 3 MAGE-A3 cancer immunotherapeutic trial in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients didn’t meet its first or second coprimary endpoint. Agenus Inc (NASDAQ:AGEN) stock performance … Continue reading Biotech Losers: Agenus Inc (NASDAQ:AGEN), La Jolla Pharmaceutical Company (NASDAQ:LJPC), Durata Therapeutics (NASDAQ:DRTX), Galmed Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:GLMD)

Shares of First Solar (NASDAQ:FSLR) saw unusually large options trading activity on Wednesday. Stock investors acquired 103,436 call options on the company, Stock Ratings Networkreports. First Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ:FSLR) stock performance was 20.57% in last session and finished the day at $69.40. Traded volume was 30,814,904 million shares in the last session and the average volume of the stock remained 3.99 million shares. The beta … Continue reading Mid Cap Active Stocks: First Solar (NASDAQ:FSLR), Groupon Inc (NASDAQ:GRPN), BlackBerry Ltd (NASDAQ:BBRY), GT Advanced Technologies (NASDAQ:GTAT)

First Solar Inc. (NASDAQ:FSLR), the largest U.S. solar-panel maker, is boosting its efforts to install systems at industrial sites and warehouses as utilities demand smaller solar farms. First Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ:FSLR) stock performance was 20.57% in last session and finished the day at $69.40. Traded volume was 30.88 million shares in the last session and the average volume of the stock remained 4.25 million shares. … Continue reading Gainers On Major News: First Solar (NASDAQ:FSLR), Starbucks Corporation (NASDAQ:SBUX), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM), ProShares UltraShort (NYSEARCA:TBT)