Hot Stocks: Sony Corp (ADR) (NYSE:SNE), Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NYSE:AMD), Hydrogenics Corporation (USA) (NASDAQ:HYGS), BG Medicine, Inc. (NASDAQ:BGMD), Costco Wholesale Corporation (NASDAQ:COST)

Sony Corp (ADR) (NYSE:SNE) shares fell 6.9 per cent to 1,680 yen, their lowest in nearly three months, after the consumer electronics maker forecast a net loss for a second year in a row for the year to March 2015. Sony is stepping up restructuring efforts to try to turn around its business. Sony Corp (ADR) (NYSE:SNE) stock performance was -6.46% in last session and finished the day at $16.50. Traded volume was 7.19million shares in the last session and the average volume of the stock remained 1.95million shares. The beta of the stock remained 1.45.

Advanced Micro Devices (NYSE:AMD) was upgraded by stock analysts at Ned Davis Research from a “sell” rating to a “neutral” rating in a report issued on Monday, Analyst Ratings.Net reports. Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NYSE:AMD) dropped -1.24 percent to $3.98 Wednesday on volume of 10.35million shares. The intra-day range of the stock was $3.98 to $4.06. Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NYSE:AMD) has a market capitalization of $303billion.

Hydrogenics Corporation (USA) (NASDAQ:HYGS) today announced the pricing of its previously announced public offering of 1.5 million common shares (the “Offering”) (1,000,000 shares from treasury and 500,000 secondary shares by CommScope, Inc. of North Carolina (“CommScope”) a selling shareholder) at a price of US$15.00 per share. Net proceeds to the Company from the Offering are expected to be approximately US$13.7 million, after deducting underwriting commissions and other expenses related to the Offering. Hydrogenics Corporation (USA) (NASDAQ:HYGS)’s stock on May 14, 2014 reported a decrease of -23.89% to the closing price of $14.91. Its fifty two weeks range is $8.07 -$35.52. The total market capitalization recorded $135.51million. The overall volume in the last trading session was 1.94million shares. In its share capital, HYGS has 9.18million outstanding shares.

Executives at diagnostic test maker BG Medicine, Inc. (NASDAQ:BGMD) blamed the weather for a 17-percent drop in revenues for the first three months of the year as compared to the previous year. The news prompted a significant drop in its stock price today. On Wednesday, shares of BG Medicine, Inc. (NASDAQ:BGMD) dropped -19.69% to close the day at $1.02. Company return on investment (ROI) is -227.00% and its monthly performance is recorded as -14.29%. BG Medicine, Inc. (NASDAQ:BGMD) quarterly revenue growth is -13.56%.

Costco Wholesale Corporation (NASDAQ:COST)‘s stock had its “neutral” rating reaffirmed by stock analysts at UBS AG in a report issued on Friday, AR Network reports. They currently have a $123.00 target price on the stock, up from their previous target price of $120.00. UBS AG’s target price would indicate a potential upside of 5.57% from the stock’s previous close. Costco Wholesale Corporation (NASDAQ:COST) stock performance was -0.69% in last session and finished the day at $115.13. Traded volume was 1.26million shares in the last session and the average volume of the stock remained 1.26million shares. The beta of the stock remained 0.56.