Large Cap Losers & Gainers: Avago Technologies (NASDAQ:AVGO), EOG Resources Inc (NYSE:EOG), Alcatel Lucent (NYSE:ALU), Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR)

Avago Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ:AVGO) entered into a merger agreement with LSI Corp., which became a wholly owned subsidiary of Avago Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ:AVGO) USA effective last month. Avago Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ:AVGO)’s acquisition of LSI gives it exposure to enterprise storage and connects it with other Silicon Valley firms. Avago Technologies Ltd (NASDAQ:AVGO) stock performance was…

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Trader’s Watch List: Alcatel Lucent (NYSE:ALU), Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR), Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO), Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE:VZ)

Carrier spending in markets such as the U.S. and Japan is cooling after a wave of investments in speedier, fourth-generation networks, leaving Nokia, Ericsson, Alcatel Lucent SA (ADR) (NYSE:ALU) and China’s Huawei Technologies Co. to compete for fewer deals. Last year, Nokia considered buying the wireless-equipment unit of France’s Alcatel Lucent SA (ADR) (NYSE:ALU), people…

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Market Movers: Nokia Corporation (ADR) (NYSE:NOK), Alcatel Lucent (NYSE:ALU), QUALCOMM (NASDAQ:QCOM), Knowles Corporation (NYSE:KN)

Nokia Corporation (ADR) (NYSE:NOK) saw a relatively rare spike in bearish options betting yesterday, marking a change of pace for the Finnish phone maker. By the close, the equity saw roughly 14,000 puts change hands — a 49% mark-up to its average daily volume, and nearly double the number of NOK calls exchanged. Nokia Corporation…

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Communication Equipment: Nokia Corporation (ADR) (NYSE:NOK), QUALCOMM (NASDAQ:QCOM), Alcatel Lucent (NYSE:ALU), JDS Uniphase Corp (NASDAQ:JDSU)

Nokia Corporation (ADR) (NYSE:NOK) suffered a jolt when the Supreme Court refused to lift the restraint on sale of its Indian assets, including the Chennai plant, as part of the handset maker’s global deal with the Microsoft. The apex court dismissed Nokia’s plea against the Delhi High Court order directing its parent company in Finland…

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Chip Movers: Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC), Advanced Micro Devices (NYSE:AMD), NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA), Alcatel Lucent (NYSE:ALU)

Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) wants to play as nice as possible as it can with Apple (AAPL) due to the fact that Mac has been one of the only PCs able to buck the trend of poor PC sales over the last couple of years. Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) stock performance was 0.81% in last session and…

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