Akamai Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ: AKAM) rose 7.9% to a yearly high of $25.66 after the software company was upgraded to “outperform” by Oppenheimer & Co.

Flow International Corp. (NASDAQ: FLOW) rose over 33% to a yearly high of $3.25  after the high-pressure water jet maker reported a profit of $0.01 per share, beating analyst estimates.

Marvell Technology Group Ltd. (NASDAQ: MRVL) rose over 10% to a yearly high of $18.20 after the computer and cell phone chip maker reported earnings of $0.35 per share, beating analyst estimates.

Southwest Airlines (NYSE: LUV) rose over 7.8% to a yearly high of $10.26 after reported that it flew 5.9 billion revenue passenger miles in November, a 12% increase over the same period last year.

Garrett W. McIntyre