Top Stories : SouFun Holdings (NYSE:SFUN), Intrexon (NYSE:XON), DIRECTV (NASDAQ:DTV), Protective Life (NYSE:PL), Valley National Bancorp (NYSE:VLY)

SouFun Holdings (NASDAQ:SFUN) was the target of unusually large options trading on Wednesday. Investors acquired 8,543 put options on the stock, American Banking News.com reports. This is an increase of 156% compared to the typical volume of 3,343 put options. Several analysts have recently commented on the stock. Analysts at T.H. Capital cut their price…

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Biotech Volatile Stocks: Intrexon Corp (NYSE:XON), Spectrum Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:SPPI), Sangamo Biosciences, Inc. (NASDAQ:SGMO), Osiris Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:OSIR)

Intrexon Corp (NYSE:XON) COO Krish Krishnan purchased 20,900 shares of Intrexon Corp (NYSE:XON) stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, May 9th. The stock was purchased at an average price of $14.21 per share, for a total transaction of $296,989.00. Following the purchase, the chief operating officer now directly owns 20,900 shares in the…

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Biotech Gainers: MannKind Corporation (NASDAQ:MNKD), Celldex Therapeutics (NASDAQ:CLDX), Dendreon Corporation (NASDAQ:DNDN), Intrexon Corp (NYSE:XON)

MannKind Corp. (NASDAQ: MNKD) was raised to Neutral from Underweight by Piper Jaffray. MannKind Corporation (NASDAQ:MNKD) stock performance was 6.53% in last session and finished the day at $7.01. Traded volume was 16.68million shares in the last session and the average volume of the stock remained 10.11million shares. The beta of the stock remained 1.40….

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Healthcare bearish stocks: Intrexon Corp (NYSE:XON), Cynosure (NASDAQ:CYNO), Capital Senior Living Corporation (NYSE:CSU), Avanir Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:AVNR)

Intrexon Corp (NYSE:XON) recently appointed James S. Turley. Mr. Turley’s effective direction of a global organization during some challenging economic times instilled the trust and confidence of key stakeholders, and Intrexon believes that his appointment to the Board as an independent director is in keeping with the best practices of corporate governance and providing guidance…

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Hot Stocks: FireEye Inc (NASDAQ:FEYE), Synageva BioPharma Corp (NASDAQ:GEVA), Intrexon Corp (NYSE:XON), Puma Biotechnology Inc (NYSE:PBYI)

FireEye, Inc. (NASDAQ: FEYE) filed a registration with the U.S. SEC to sell, from time to time, up to 13,282,316 shares of its Common Stock on behalf of Selling Shareholders. FireEye Inc (NASDAQ:FEYE) stock performance was 5.05% in last session and finished the day at $50.57. Traded volume was 6.04million shares in the last session…

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Healthcare Most Volatile: Idenix Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:IDIX), OXiGENE Inc (NASDAQ:OXGN), Intrexon (NYSE:XON), Enzon Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:ENZN)

Idenix Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:IDIX) , which had its hepatitis C drugs put on clinical hold because it had a similar structure to Bristol-Myers Squibb’s BMS-986094, which had serious cardiac side effects. Idenix Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:IDIX) stock performance was -6.45% in last session and finished the day at $7.11. Traded volume was 3,306,727 million shares in the…

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