Utilities New Highs: Pepco Holdings (NYSE:POM), The Southern Company (NYSE:SO), PPL Corporation (NYSE:PPL), American Electric Power Company (NYSE:AEP)

Pepco Holdings Inc. (NYSE:POM) jumped 5.7 percent amid reports that the company has hired advisers for a strategic review. Pepco Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:POM) stock performance was 5.72% in last session and finished the day at $23.10. Traded volume was 10.27million shares in the last session and the average volume of the stock remained 2.31million shares….

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Diversified Utilities: FuelCell Energy Inc (NASDAQ:FCEL), The Southern Company (NYSE:SO), Duke Energy Corp (NYSE:DUK), Northeast Utilities System (NYSE:NU)

FuelCell Energy Inc (NASDAQ:FCEL) reported disappointing earnings Monday, and the stock tumbled 16.5%. FuelCell Energy Inc (NASDAQ:FCEL) stock performance was 2.74% in last session and finished the day at $3.37. Traded volume was 79,998,008 million shares in the last session and the average volume of the stock remained 16.93 million shares. The beta of the…

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Investors Are Eying: MetLife, Inc. (NYSE:MET), Gilead Sciences Inc. (NASDAQ:GILD), Shutterfly, Inc. (NASDAQ:SFLY), CU Bancorp (NASDAQ:CUNB), Southern Company (NYSE:SO)

MetLife, Inc. (NYSE:MET) issued the following statement after the company was notified by the Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) that it has been designated a non-bank systemically important financial institution (SIFI): “We are disappointed in the FSOC decision. We continue to believe that MetLife is not systemically important under the Dodd-Frank Act’s criteria, and the…

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Stock Runners: Linear Technology Corporation (NASDAQ:LLTC), Southern Company (NYSE:SO), Brookfield Infrastructure Partners L.P. (NYSE:BIP), Timmins Gold (NYSEMKT:TGD), Six Flags Entertainment (NYSE:SIX)

Linear Technology Corporation (NASDAQ:LLTC)’s VP V Paul Chantalat unloaded 20,000 shares of the stock on the open market in a transaction dated Thursday, November 6th. The stock was sold at an average price of $43.51, for a total value of $870,200.00. Linear Technology Corporation (NASDAQ:LLTC) belongs to Technology sector. Its net profit margin is 36.90%…

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Trending Tickers: Southern Company (NYSE:SO), Ariad Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ:ARIA), Pacific Mercantile Bancorp (NASDAQ:PMBC), MicroFinancial Inc. (NASDAQ:MFI), Mirati Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:MRTX)

The Southern Company (NYSE:SO) CEO Stan W. Connally sold 16,164 shares of the company’s stock on the open market in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, October 30th. The stock was sold at an average price of $46.17, for a total transaction of $746,291.88. Southern Company (NYSE:SO) belongs to Utilities sector. Its net profit margin…

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Hot Alert: Southern Company (NYSE:SO), Occidental Petroleum Corporation (NYSE:OXY), Brixmor Property Group Inc. (NYSE:BRX), Public Service Enterprise Group (NYSE:PEG), Motorola Solutions (NYSE:MSI)

Jefferies Group reissued their hold rating on shares of The Southern Company (NYSE:SO) in a research report released on Thursday morning. Jefferies Group currently has a $47.00 price objective on the stock, up from their previous price objective of $46.00. Southern Company (NYSE:SO) belongs to Utilities sector. Its net profit margin is 12.30% and weekly…

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