Why Making Dramatic Moves : First Niagara Financial Group Inc. (NASDAQ:FNFG), Energy XXI (Bermuda) Limited (NASDAQ:EXXI), Whiting Petroleum Corp. (NYSE:WLL), LOJN, STRP

Shares of First Niagara Financial Group Inc. (NASDAQ:FNFG) are lower, on heavy trading volume Monday after the company was downgraded to “sector perform” from “outperform” by analysts at RBC Capital Markets this morning. First Niagara Financial Group Inc. (NASDAQ:FNFG) belongs to Financial sector. Its net profit margin is 21.20% and weekly performance is -10.22%. On last trading day company shares ended up $7.38. First Niagara … Continue reading Why Making Dramatic Moves : First Niagara Financial Group Inc. (NASDAQ:FNFG), Energy XXI (Bermuda) Limited (NASDAQ:EXXI), Whiting Petroleum Corp. (NYSE:WLL), LOJN, STRP

Stock Highlights – VMware, Inc. (NYSE:VMW) , Atmel Corporation (NASDAQ:ATML) , Baker Hughes Incorporated (NYSE:BHI) , Whiting Petroleum Corp (NYSE:WLL)

VMware Inc. (NYSE:VMW) has released a management pack for its vCenter Operations Manager that extends its abilities to the vCloud Hybrid Service. VMware, Inc. (NYSE:VMW) stock performance was -1.20% in last session and finished the day at $94.82. Traded volume was 1.16million shares in the last session and the average volume of the stock remained 1.49million shares. The beta of the stock remained 1.23. VMware, … Continue reading Stock Highlights – VMware, Inc. (NYSE:VMW) , Atmel Corporation (NASDAQ:ATML) , Baker Hughes Incorporated (NYSE:BHI) , Whiting Petroleum Corp (NYSE:WLL)

Active Movers: Whiting Petroleum Corp. (NYSE:WLL), Exelon Corporation (NYSE:EXC), Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (NYSE:HMC), Chemtura Corporation (NYSE:CHMT), The Hackett Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:HCKT)

Whiting Petroleum Corp (NYSE:WLL) Director Lynn A. Peterson sold 25,000 shares of the company’s stock on the open market in a transaction dated Wednesday, January 7th. The stock was sold at an average price of $19.67, for a total value of $491,750.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director now directly owns 658,882 shares in the company, valued at approximately $12,960,209. Whiting Petroleum Corp. … Continue reading Active Movers: Whiting Petroleum Corp. (NYSE:WLL), Exelon Corporation (NYSE:EXC), Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (NYSE:HMC), Chemtura Corporation (NYSE:CHMT), The Hackett Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:HCKT)

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Mast Therapeutics, Inc. (NYSE MKT:MSTX), announced that it will hold a conference call at 8am Eastern Time, 5am Pacific Time on Tuesday, January 6, 2015. The Company intends to provide an update on EPIC, its pivotal phase 3 study of its lead product candidate vepoloxamer (MST-188) in sickle cell disease, which the Company continues to expect will complete enrollment by the end of 2015, and … Continue reading Stocks in news: Mast Therapeutics, Inc. (NYSEMKT:MSTX), Whiting Petroleum Corp. (NYSE:WLL), Bebe Stores, Inc. (NASDAQ:BEBE), Mallinckrodt PLC (NYSE:MNK), Intervest Bancshares Corp. (NASDAQ:IBCA)

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An issue of Whiting Petroleum Corp (NYSE:WLL) debt fell 3% as a percentage of its face value during trading on Tuesday after Global Hunter Securities downgraded the stock from a buy rating to an accumulate rating, StockRatingsNetwork.com reports. The high-yield debt issue has a 5% coupon and is set to mature on March 15, 2019. Whiting Petroleum Corp. (NYSE:WLL) belongs to Basic Materials sector. Its … Continue reading Trader’s Watch List: Whiting Petroleum Corp. (NYSE:WLL), Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE:HPQ), MagnaChip Semiconductor Corporation (NYSE:MX), China Biologic Products, Inc. (NASDAQ:CBPO), LKQ Corp. (NASDAQ:LKQ)