Stocks on the move: Occidental Petroleum Corporation (NYSE:OXY), Regions Financial (NYSE:RF), IDEX Corporation (NYSE:IEX), The ADT Corporation (NYSE:ADT), NorthStar Realty Finance (NYSE:NRF)

Occidental Petroleum (NYSE:OXY) Director Edward P. Djerejian sold 20,000 shares of the stock on the open market in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, December 17th. The shares were sold at an average price of $77.50, for a total transaction of $1,550,000.00. Following the sale, the director now directly owns 31,744 shares in the company, valued at approximately $2,460,160. Occidental Petroleum Corporation (NYSE:OXY) belongs to Basic Materials sector. Its net profit margin is 28.60% and weekly performance is 11.41%. On last trading day company shares ended up $82.90. Occidental Petroleum Corporation (NYSE:OXY) distance from 50-day simple moving average (SMA50) is 1.74%.

On Dec 19, the $13.53 million mortgage on the Regions Financial Corporation (NYSE:RF) Tower in West Palm Beach has been moved to special servicing because its lender is concerned that the loan may not be paid off at maturity, according to Trepp LLC. Regions Financial Corporation (NYSE:RF) shares advanced 1.43% in last trading session and ended the day at $10.66. RF return on assets is 1.00%. Regions Financial Corporation (NYSE:RF) quarterly performance is 5.23%.

IDEX (NYSE:IEX) CAO Michael J. Yates sold 8,434 shares of the company’s stock on the open market in a transaction dated Tuesday, November 25th. The stock was sold at an average price of $77.92, for a total value of $657,177.28. On 23 December, IDEX Corporation (NYSE:IEX) shares advanced 0.95% and was closed at $78.23. IEX EPS growth in last 5 year was 14.90%. IDEX Corporation (NYSE:IEX) year to date (YTD) performance is 7.52%.

On Dec 09, The ADT Corporation (NYSE:ADT) announced that it will hold its annual meeting of stockholders on March 17, 2015. Stockholders of record as of January 20, 2015 will be eligible to vote at the annual meeting. The location and time of the meeting will be included in the proxy materials, which will be mailed to stockholders in advance of the meeting. The ADT Corporation (NYSE:ADT) ended the last trading day at $35.27. Company weekly volatility is calculated as 3.66% and price to cash ratio as 93.27. The ADT Corporation (NYSE:ADT) showed a weekly performance of 12.18%.

On Dec. 23, NorthStar Realty Finance Corp. (NYSE:NRF) announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire a €1.1 billion European office portfolio (the “Portfolio”) in cooperation with Cale Street Partners. The Portfolio is comprised of 11 Class A office properties located across gateway cities in seven of Europe’s top markets: London, UK; Paris, France; Hamburg, Germany; Milan, Italy; Brussels, Belgium; Amsterdam and Rotterdam, Netherlands; and Gothenburg, Sweden. The Portfolio consists of 186,299 square meters (2 million square feet) with a well-diversified mix of market leading tenants. NorthStar Realty Finance Corp. (NYSE:NRF) shares advanced 0.74% in last trading session and ended the day at $17.69. NRF Gross Margin is 68.70% and its return on assets is -3.40%. NorthStar Realty Finance Corp. (NYSE:NRF) quarterly performance is 4.12%.