The 52-Week Low Club for Thursday (1/7/16)

Photo of Paul Ausick
By Paul Ausick Updated Published

January 7, 2016: Here are four stocks trading with heavy volume among 659 equities making new 52-week lows today.

Freeport- McMoRan Inc. (NYSE: FCX) dropped about 12% on Thursday to post a new 52-week low of $5.43 against a 52-week high of $23.97. The stock closed at $6.17 on Wednesday night. Volume reached topped 56 million shares, roughly 50% higher than the stock’s daily average volume. Moody’s said earlier this week that it will be reviewing the company’s unsecured debt for a possible downgrade. Junk status is the next stop.

Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc. (NYSE: HLT) fell about 4.3% on Thursday to post a new 52-week low of $19.14 against a high of $31.60. The stock closed at $20.00 on Wednesday night. Volume rose to more than 24 million, about 4 times higher than the daily average of around 6.6 million shares traded. The hotel and resort operator had no specific news today.

[nativounit]

Vale SA (NYSE: VALE) dropped about 7.2% on Thursday to post a new 52-week low at $2.70 after closing at $2.91 on Wednesday. The stock’s 52-week high is $9.14. Share volume was nearly equal to the daily average of around 23.8 million shares traded. The Brazil-based mining firm is suffering on a collapsing Brazilian real.

Kinder Morgan Inc. (NYSE: KMI) posted a new low on Thursday. Shares dropped about 4.3% to a low of $14.13 from Wednesday’s closing price of $14.77. The stock’s 52-week high is $44.71. Volume was 30% below the daily average of around 37 million shares. The pipeline and terminal company had no specific news today.

Photo of Paul Ausick
About the Author Paul Ausick →

Paul Ausick has been writing for 247Wallst.com for more than a decade. He has written extensively on investing in the energy, defense, and technology sectors. In a previous life, he wrote technical documentation and managed a marketing communications group in Silicon Valley.

He has a bachelor's degree in English from the University of Chicago and now lives in Montana, where he fishes for trout in the summer and stays inside during the winter.

Continue Reading

Top Gaining Stocks

KMX Vol: 7,330,419
GLW Vol: 22,800,969
INTC Vol: 233,719,006
SMCI Vol: 68,465,534
ENPH Vol: 13,978,376

Top Losing Stocks

ACN Vol: 41,744,333
EPAM Vol: 5,636,587
CTSH Vol: 61,311,400
CTRA Vol: 73,319,495
KR Vol: 26,704,230