Today’s Market Winners and Losers

February 28, 2013 by 247sam

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The stock market was mixed Thursday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average unchanged, the Nasdaq up 0.32% and the S&P 500 up 0.10%. Today’s sole winner is a health company that reported strong earnings, while today’s losers are an online retailer and a department store chain that reported weak earnings.

These are Thursday’s market winner and losers.

Biggest Winner

Shares of Boulder Brands Inc. (NASDAQ: BDBD) are up 15.99% to $11.17 on trading volume of 2.3 million shares. The company reported fourth-quarter earnings of $0.06 per share, better than the $0.05 a share Wall St. analysts polled by Reuters had expected. The 52-week high is $13.99.

Biggest Losers

Shares of Groupon Inc. (NASDAQ: GRPN) are down 23.45% to $4.58 on trading volume of 46.7 million shares. The company reported a loss of a penny per share, while analysts expected a profit of $0.03 a share. The 52-week low is $2.60.

Shares of J.C. Penney Co. Inc. (NYSE: JCP) are down 19.66% to $17.00 on trading volume of 17 million shares. The company lost $1.95 a share in the fourth quarter, significantly worse than the $0.18 a share that Wall St. analysts expected. The 52-week low is $15.69.

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