Big Moves in Focus: Mast Therapeutics, Inc. (NYSEMKT:MSTX), American Realty Capital Properties, Inc. (NASDAQ:ARCP), Broadridge Financial Solutions (NYSE:BR), KLIC, Republic Bancorp (NASDAQ:RBCAA)

Mast Therapeutics (NYSE:MSTX) was the recipient of a significant decrease in short interest during the month of December. As of December 15th, there was short interest totalling 4,843,237 shares, a decrease of 2.1% from the November 28th total of 4,945,028 shares, Stock Ratings News reports. Mast Therapeutics, Inc. (NYSEMKT:MSTX) belongs to Healthcare sector. Its weekly…

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Market Wrap Up: Exelixis, Inc. (NASDAQ:EXEL), Sirius XM Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:SIRI), Genocea Biosciences, Inc. (NASDAQ:GNCA), People’s United Financial (NASDAQ:PBCT), Atlantic Tele-Network (NASDAQ:ATNI)

On Dec 15, Exelixis, Inc. (NASDAQ:EXEL) announced its collaborator Genentech, a member of the Roche Group, has completed the filing of its New Drug Application (NDA) with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for cobimetinib, a specific MEK inhibitor discovered by Exelixis, in combination with vemurafenib for previously untreated patients with unresectable locally advanced…

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Market Watch List: Southwest Airlines Co. (NYSE:LUV), Ariad Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ:ARIA), Sony Corp (ADR) (NYSE:SNE), AMC Entertainment Holdings (NYSE:AMC), MagnaChip Semiconductor (NYSE:MX)

On Dec. 19, Southwest Airlines® (NYSE: LUV) is the 2015 Airline of the Year, according to Air Transport World (ATW), a Penton company. In selecting Southwest as Airline of the Year, ATW editors cited Southwest’s extraordinary and consistent standards of service, financial performance, safety, and environmental and corporate responsibility. In particular, for the first time…

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Market Alert: Halliburton Company (NYSE:HAL), FuelCell Energy Inc. (NASDAQ:FCEL), Flexion Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:FLXN), Zoetis Inc. (NYSE:ZTS), Denbury Resources Inc. (NYSE:DNR)

Halliburton Co. (NYSE: HAL) and Baker Hughes Inc. (NYSE: BHI) on Dec. 22 released a slew of details related to the Houston-based oilfield services companies’ pending acquisition deal. Halliburton Company (NYSE:HAL) belongs to Basic Materials sector. Its net profit margin is 10.70% and weekly performance is 1.27%. On last trading day company shares ended up…

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Trader’s Buzz: AbbVie Inc. (NYSE:ABBV), Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc. (NASDAQ:FOXA), Brunswick Corporation (NYSE:BC), Cheniere Energy, Inc. (NYSEMKT:LNG), Forward Industries Inc. (NASDAQ:FORD)

On Dec. 23, AbbVie (NYSE:ABBV) will participate in the Goldman Sachs Healthcare CEOs Unscripted Conference on Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2015. Richard A. Gonzalez, chairman and chief executive officer, will take part in a question and answer session at 2:15 p.m. Central time. AbbVie Inc. (NYSE:ABBV) belongs to Healthcare sector. Its net profit margin is 18.90%…

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Stocks Getting Investor’s Attention: Freeport-McMoRan Inc. (NYSE:FCX), JUNO THERAPEUTICS, INC. (NASDAQ:JUNO), TAL Education Group (NYSE:XRS), Sinovac Biotech Ltd. (NASDAQ:SVA), Raytheon Company (NYSE:RTN)

On Dec 24, Freeport-McMoRan Inc. (NYSE: FCX) announced a successful production test from Freeport-McMoRan Oil & Gas’s (FM O&G) Highlander discovery, located onshore in South Louisiana in the Inboard Lower Tertiary/Cretaceous trend. The production test, which was performed in the Cretaceous/Tuscaloosa section, indicated a flow rate of approximately 43.5 million cubic feet of natural gas…

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