Posts for Ticker ‘CENX’

Top Day Trader Alerts (AA, CENX, DDSS, DRYS, SQNM)

These are this morning’s top day trader and active stock alerts for Thursday.  We have more detailed analysis and price/volume information with a link through to each over at VSInvestor.com:

We have provided some longer-term support and resistance levels for Alcoa Inc. (NYSE: AA) now that its shares are hitting near-term highs after earnings.

Century Aluminum Co. (NASDAQ: CENX) is acting like a leveraged Alcoa based on its trading up 10%.  You can also see how most of the related metals stocks followed Alcoa higher last night.

Labopharm Inc. (NASDAQ: DDSS) is having a repeat gain after yesterday’s pop.

DryShips, Inc. (NASDAQ: DRYS) is back on the pre-market most active movers list.

Sequenom, Inc. (NASDAQ: SQNM) is continuing its mystery rally, despite the risks of implosion.

  • Here is some trading color on Universal Display Corporation (NASDAQ: PANL) after its late-day run on Wednesday.

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JON C. OGG
October 8, 2009

Posted on: October 8, 2009 – 9:11 am in After-Hours Activity, Pre-Market Activity, Trading Alert, , , , ,

Top Day Trader Alerts (BBT, AA, CENX, GENT, ENS, HPQ, CERS, AAPL)

These are this Wednesday’s top day trader and active stock alerts.  We have more detailed data on volume and price analysis with links through to VSInvestor.com on each stock:

BB&T Corp. (NYSE: BBT) was down about 1% after its secondary offering after S&P weighting changes.

Alcoa, Inc. (NYSE: AA) is down about 4% after an analyst downgrade from Goldman Sachs.

Century Aluminum Company (NASDAQ: CENX) is getting clipped by more than 6% this morning after yesterday’s gains.

Gentium S.p.A (NASDAQ: GENT) is surging on mixed Phase III treatment trial of Defibrotide for severe veno-occlusive disease.

EnerSys (NYSE: ENS) is indicated much lower on an insider-backer share sale of 3.2 million shares to Goldman Sachs.

Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) is down after earnings, and we made some support calculations for key levels to watch in the coming days if the weakness persists here.

Cerus Corporation (NASDAQ: CERS) is seeing a huge surge on news that Swissmedic has approved the use of platelet components treated with Cerus’ INTERCEPT Blood System.

This volume took place late yesterday, but we started seeing elevated put and call options trading in Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL).  This could have been H-P related or it could have merely been options rolling trades from August to September ahead of Friday’s expiration.  So far AAPL shares are down less than 1% at $162.75 on only 100,000 shares.

-The 24/7 Wall Street Team

Posted on: August 19, 2009 – 9:05 am in Pre-Market Activity, Trading Alert, , , , , , , ,

Top Day Trader Alerts (AA, CENX, NTAP, DDUP, EMC, RIGL, NVAX, HGSI, CPKI, SCSC)

Money Stack ImageThese are some of the this morning’s top day trader alert stocks to watch based on pre-market and after-hours volume activity.  These have links through to more detailed trading and volume analysis covered at the Volume Spike site VSInvestor.com:

  • Alcoa Inc. (NYSE: AA) shares are ones to watch for a volume spike higher after the company beat Q2 expectations by 12 cents a share and saw signs of auto market stability. Also watch rival Century Aluminum (Nasdaq: CENX) for possible upside.
  • NetApp Inc. (Nasdaq: NTAP) shares are pointing higher as the company saved some dough, and actually made a little, by losing its bid for data storage company Data Domain Inc. (Nasdaq: DDUP) to EMC Corp. (NYSE: EMC).
  • Rigel Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Nasdaq: RIGL) shares are up very strongly on clinical trial data that raised expectations for a partnership.
  • Novavax Inc. (Nasdaq: NVAX) shares are up more than 10 percent with nearly 100,000 shares traded in the pre-market after the company announced a joint venture in India with Cadila Pharmaceuticals, called CPL Biologicals.
  • Human Genome Sciences Inc. (Nasdaq: HGSI) shares are rising on strong volume on a New England Journal of Medicine publication regarding its Raxibacumab as a treatment for anthrax.
  • California Pizza Kitchen Inc. (Nasdaq: CPKI) shares will be ones to watch for a potential volume spike higher after the company guided Q2 profit higher.
  • ScanSource Inc. (Nasdaq: SCSC) shares could be active in early Thursday trading after the company guided higher for its fiscal Q4, ended in June.

-The 24/7 Wall St. Team

Posted on: July 9, 2009 – 7:49 am in After-Hours Activity, Pre-Market Activity, Trading Alert, , , , , , , , , ,

The 52-Week Low Club (RF)(SNV)(IP)(FITB)(CENX)

Sad_clownNOVA Chemicals  (NCX) Bad Q4 and a downgrade by RBC. Falls to $3 from 52-week high of $32.46.

Regions Financial (RF) Downgrade by Bernstein. Runs off to $3.40 from a 52-week high of $25.84.

Synovus Financial (SNV) Bad analyst call. Drops to $3.88 from 52-week high of $13.58.

International Paper (IP) Big quarterly loss. Sells off to $9.06 from 52-week high $33.77.

Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB) Bernstein downgrade sends shares plunging to $2.36 from 52-week high of $28.58.

Century Aluminum (CENX) Company plans to sell more stock. Dips to $3.43 from 52-week high of $80.52.

Douglas A. McIntyre

Posted on: January 30, 2009 – 4:05 pm in HI/LOW, , , , ,

Top Pre-Market Analyst Downgrades (APD, AA, CENX, CERN, BOOM, ECLP, EE, FCX, K, LOGI, WYE)

Burning_money_picThese are some of the top pre-market analyst downgrades we have seen this Thursday morning with more than two hours until the market opens:

  • Air Products (APD) Cut to Hold at KeyBanc.
  • Alcoa (AA) Cut to Equal Weight at Morgan Stanley.
  • Century Aluminum (CENX) Cut to Equal Weight at Morgan Stanley.
  • Cerner (CERN) Cut to Hold at Jefferies; Cut to Perform at Oppenheimer.
  • Dynamic Materials (BOOM) Cut to Hold at KeyBanc.
  • Eclipsys (ECLP) Cut to Underperform at Jefferies.
  • El Paso Electric (EE) Cut to Hold at Jefferies.
  • Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. (FCX) Cut to Equal Weight at Morgan Stanley; Cut to Underperform at FBR.
  • Kellogg (K) Cut to Hold at Citigroup.
  • Logitech (LOGI) Cut to Sell at Citigroup.
  • Wyeth (WYE) Cut to Neutral at UBS.

Jon C. Ogg
January 22, 2009

Posted on: January 22, 2009 – 7:34 am in Analyst Calls, , , , , , , , , , ,

Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (BKD, SNH, AMZN, AAUK, CENX, EBAY, PRGS)

Money_stack_picThese are some of the top pre-market analyst upgrades and downgrades we have seen from Wall Street this Friday morning with more than two hours until the market opens:

  • Brookdale Senior Living (NYSE: BKD) Started as Outperform at Oppenheimer.
  • Senior Housing (NYSE: SNH) Started as Outperform at Baird.
  • Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) Cut to Market Perform at Bernstein.
  • Anglo American (NASDAQ: AAUK) Cut to neutral at UBS.
  • Century Aluminum (NASDAQ: CENX) Cut to Market Perform at FBR.
  • eBay (NASDAQ: EBAY) Cut to Market Perform at Bernstein.
  • Progress Software (NASDAQ: PRGS) Cut to Hold at Needham.

Jon C. Ogg
December 19, 2008

Posted on: December 19, 2008 – 7:27 am in Analyst Calls, , , , , , ,

Top Pre-Market Analyst Upgrades (ADBE, APC, APSG, CENX, CRDN, CVS, DRI, GOOG, QCOM, STLD, SPWR, YUM)

There seemed to be more upgrades this morning than there were downgrades from Wall Street analysts.  Here is a snapshot of some of our key analyst calls we saw:

  • Adobe Systems (NASDAQ: ADBE) Started as Outperform at Credit Suisse.
  • Anadarko Petroleum (NYSE: APC) Raised to Outperform from Perform at Wachovia.
  • Applied Signal Tech (NASDAQ: APSG) Raised to Outperform at FBR.
  • Century Aluminum (NASDAQ: CENX) Raised to Outperform at FBR.
  • Ceradyne (NASDAQ: CRDN) Raised to Outperform at FBR.
  • CVS Caremark (NYSE: CVS) Started as Buy at Jefferies.
  • Darden Restaurants (NYSE: DRI) Started as Buy at Banc of America.
  • Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) started as Buy at Deutsche Bank.
  • Microsoft (N ASDAQ: MSFT) Started as Outperform at Credit Suisse.
  • Qualcomm (NASDAQ: QCOM) Added to Goldman Sachs Conviction Buy List.
  • Steel Dynamics (NASDAQ: STLD) Raised to Buy from Neutral at Citigroup.
  • Sunpower Corp. (NASDAQ: SPWR) Raised To Neutral from Underperform at Merrill Lynch.
  • Yum Brands (NYSE: YUM) Started as Buy at Banc of America.

Jon C. Ogg
July 11, 2008

Posted on: July 11, 2008 – 7:42 am in Analyst Calls, , , , , , , , , , , ,