Down On Unusual Volume (SLAB, RBCN, ANGO, FMCN, TITN)

Silicon Laboratories (NASDAQ:SLAB) shares were down 7.04% by late afternoon trading on volume of over 5.32 Million shares traded, more than 6 times it’s average daily volume of 781,000 shares traded.

Rubicon Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ:RBCN) shares were down 8.20% by late afternoon trading on volume of over 1.25 Million shares traded, already surpassing it’s average daily volume of 736,000 shares traded.

AngioDynamics, Inc. (NASDAQ:ANGO) shares were down 8.34% by late afternoon trading on volume of over 527,000 shares traded, more than 4 times it’s average daily volume of 120,000 shares traded.

Focus Media Holding Limited (ADR) (NASDAQ:FMCN) shares were down 2.15% by late afternoon trading on volume of over 4.77 Million shares traded, more than double it’s average daily volume of 1.37 Million shares traded.

Titan Machinery Inc. (NASDAQ:TITN) shares were down 6.65% by late afternoon trading on volume of over 619,000 shares traded, more than triple it’s average daily volume of 187,000 shares traded.

US Stocks Rising in Opening Session (FORM, Dell Inc., Cisco Systems, Inc., Applied Materials, Inc.)

FormFactor, Inc. (NASDAQ:FORM) added 0.21% to $7.01. The company late Tuesday announced that it expects revenue for fiscal third quarter 2010 to be between $46 and $48 million, lower than the previous expectation of the low to mid $50 millions.

The lower than expected results are due to the timing of completion of qualifications for the Matrix product family at major customers, the company’s decision to turn away low margin business and longer lead times quoted than customers requested.

Dell Inc. (NASDAQ:DELL) jumps 2.21% to $12.03 on over 3.91 million shares. Today, the stock opened at $11.95 and is trading within the range of $11.79-$12.04. At current market price, the market capitalization of the stock stands at $23.39 billion.

Dell Inc. is a holding company, which conducts its business globally, through its subsidiaries. It offers a range of product categories, including mobility products, desktop personal computers (PCs), software and peripherals, servers and networking, and storage.

Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CSCO) climbed 2.98% to $20.58 on over 15.96 million shares. Today, the stock opened at $20.37 and has been trading within the range of $20.29-$20.62. So far, the market capitalization of the stock stands at $117.48 million.

Cisco Systems, Inc. designs, manufactures and sells Internet protocol (IP)-based networking and other products related to the communications and information technology (IT) industry, and provides services associated with these products and their use.

Applied Materials, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMAT) is up 4.63% to $10.85 on over 5.92 million shares. Applied Materials, Inc. provides Nanomanufacturing Technology solutions for the global semiconductor, flat panel display, solar and related industries, with a portfolio of equipment, service and software products.

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Most Active Tech Stocks (GOOG, BIDU, IBM, ORCL)

Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) added 1.28% to $456.74 on over 1.02 million shares. The stock is close to its 52-week low of $433.63. Already, 1.02 million shares are traded as compared to its daily average volume of 2.78 million shares.

Google Inc. maintains an index of Websites and other online content, and makes this information freely available through its search engine to anyone with an Internet connection. The Company’s automated search technology helps people obtain nearly instant access to relevant information from its online index.

Baidu.com, Inc. (ADR) (NASDAQ:BIDU) advanced 2.23% to $78.31 on over 3.32 million shares. Today, the stock opened at $76.80 and is trading within the range of $76.08-$78.75. At current market price, the market capitalization of the stock stands at $27.25 billion.

Baidu, Inc. is a Chinese-language Internet search provider. The Company conducts its operations in China principally through Baidu Online Network Technology (Beijing) Co., Ltd., its wholly owned subsidiary in Beijing, China.

International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE:IBM) gained 0.61% to $123.53 on over 3.16 million shares. International Business Machines Corporation is an information technology (IT) company. The Company operates under five segments: Global Technology Services segment (GTS); Global Business Services segment (GBS); Software segment; System and Technology segment, and Global Financing segment.

Over the past 52-weeks, the stock traded within the range of $115.15-$134.25. In the past one year of trading sessions, the stock jumped more than 3%.

Oracle Corporation (NASDAQ:ORCL) added 0.22% to $22.30 on over 9.57 million shares. So far this year, the stock fell more than 10%.

Most Active US Stock Movers (SIRI, CBS, WFC, Sprint)

Sirius XM Radio Inc. (NASDAQ:SIRI) added 1.98% to $0.992 on over 39.24 million shares. Today, the stock opened at $0.99 and has been trading within the range of $0.98-$1.

Sirius XM Radio Inc. has two principal wholly owned subsidiaries, XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. and Satellite CD Radio Inc. The Company is engaged in broadcasting its music, sports, news, talk, entertainment, traffic and weather channels in the United States for a subscription fee through its satellite radio systems, the SIRIUS system and the XM system.

CBS Corporation (NYSE:CBS) fell 1.91% to $13.35 on over 3.44 million shares. Over the past 52-weeks, the stock has been trading within the range of $9.74-$16.98. The daily average volume of the stock is 9.49 million shares.

At current market price, the market capitalization of the stock stands at $9.09 billion. So far this year, the stock went down more than 6%.

Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE:WFC) went down 1.06% to $24.34 after 11.28 million shares of trade. Today, the stock created its new 52-week low of $24.27. The daily average volume of the stock is 35.56 million shares. So far, the market capitalization of the stock stood at $127.38 billion.

Sprint Nextel Corporation (NYSE:S) lost 1.31% to $4.14 on over 20.86 million shares. Sprint Nextel Corporation is a holding company that offers a range of wireless and wireline communications products and services for individual consumers, businesses, government subscribers and resellers. The Company operates in two business segments: Wireless and Wireline.

Friday’s High Volume Movers (SIRI, YRCW, S, ABK, Q)

Sirius XM Radio Inc. (NASDAQ:SIRI) shares were down 0.70% by late afternoon trading Friday on volume of over 73.07 Million shares traded, surpassing it’s average daily volume of 58.36 Million shares traded.

YRC Worldwide Inc. (NASDAQ:YRCW) shares were up 16.08% by late afternoon trading Friday on volume of over 65.61 Million shares traded, still less than it’s average daily volume of 94.38 Million shares traded.

Sprint Nextel Corporation (NYSE:S) shares were down 2.59% by late afternoon trading Friday on volume of over 25.87 Million shares traded, less than half it’s average daily volume of 58.14 Million shares traded.

Ambac Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE:ABK) shares were down 5.59% by late afternoon trading Friday on volume of over 24.55 Million shares traded, almost double it’s average daily volume of 15.12 Million shares traded.

Qwest Communications International Inc. (NYSE:Q) shares were down 0.27% by late afternoon trading Friday on volume of over 14.72 Million shares traded, less than half it’s average daily volume of 30.71 Million shares traded.

Today’s High Volume Gainers (SYMC, NVDA, NOK, EBAY, NTAP)

Symantec Corporation (NASDAQ:SYMC) shares finished the day up 6.20% on volume of over 61.75 Million shares traded, almost 5 times it’s average daily volume of 12.74 Million shares traded.

NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) shares finished the day up 6.01% on volume of over 40.35 Million shares traded, almost double it’s average daily volume of 22.95 Million shares traded.

Nokia Corporation (ADR) (NYSE:NOK) shares finished the day up 1.79% on volume of over 36.19 Million shares traded, surpassing it’s average daily volume of 23.26 Million shares traded.

eBay Inc. (NASDAQ:EBAY) shares finished the day up 1.76% on volume of over 25.19 Million shares traded, almost double it’s average daily volume of 14.52 Million shares traded.

NetApp Inc. (NASDAQ:NTAP) shares finished the day up 3.51% on volume of over 22.79 Million shares traded, more than 3 times it’s average daily volume of 6.75 Million shares traded.

Top Traded Tech Stocks (EMC, Sprint, CSCO, AMD)

EMC Corporation (NYSE:EMC) fell 4.83% to $18.71 on over 17.22 million shares. EMC Corporation develops, delivers and supports the information technology (IT) industry’s range of information infrastructure and virtual infrastructure technologies and solutions. The Company operates in two business segments: EMC’s Information Infrastructure business and the EMC’s VMware Virtual Infrastructure business.

Sprint Nextel Corporation (NYSE:S) slid 1.22% to $4.43. Till now, 9.18 million shares have already been traded. Sprint Nextel Corporation is a holding company that offers a range of wireless and wireline communications products and services for individual consumers, businesses, government subscribers and resellers. The Company operates in two business segments: Wireless and Wireline.

Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CSCO) went down 9.12% to $21.57. The company reported its fourth quarter and fiscal year results for the period ended July 31, 2010. Cisco reported fourth quarter net sales of $10.8 billion, net income on a generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) basis of $1.9 billion or $0.33 per share, and non-GAAP net income of $2.5 billion or $0.43 per share.

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NYSE:AMD) jumped 1.16% to $6.57 on over 18.62 million shares. Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. is a global semiconductor company. The Company designs and sells microprocessors, chipsets and graphics processors. It offers x86 microprocessors, for the commercial and consumer markets, embedded microprocessors for commercial, commercial client and consumer markets and chipsets for desktop and notebook personal computers (PCs), professional workstations and servers.

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US Stocks Alert: (CF, AIG, Citigroup, WFC)

CF Industries Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:CF) gained 1.81% to $83.41 on over 1.16 million shares. Earlier this month, the company reported that its second-quarter net income slumped to $105.1 million, or $1.54 per share, from $213.0 million, or $4.33 per share, in the same quarter a year ago. On an adjusted basis, the company earned $2.73 per share in the latest quarter.

Revenue jumped 32% to $1.3 billion from $991.0 million. Analysts, on average, expected the company to report earnings of $3.14 a share on revenue of $1.24 billion.

American International Group, Inc. (NYSE:AIG) slid 1.85% to $37.14. American International Group, Inc. is a holding company, which through its subsidiaries, is engaged primarily in a range of insurance and insurance-related activities in the United States and abroad. AIG’s four reportable segments include: General Insurance, Domestic Life Insurance & Retirement Services, Foreign Life Insurance & Retirement Services, and Financial Services.

Citigroup Inc. (NYSE:C) went up 0.78% to $3.88. Citigroup Inc. is a global diversified financial services holding company. The Company provides consumers, corporations, governments and institutions with a range of financial products and services.

Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE:WFC) lost 0.76% to $26.10. Wells Fargo & Company is a diversified financial services company. The Company provides retail, commercial and corporate banking services through banking stores located in 39 states and the District of Columbia.

Financial Stocks Trading Actively (Citigroup Inc., JPM, BAC, GS)

Citigroup Inc. (NYSE:C) decreased 2.38% to $3.90. The stock has a 52-week low of $3.11.

Citigroup Inc. is a global diversified financial services holding company. The Company provides consumers, corporations, governments and institutions with a range of financial products and services.

JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM) lost 2.91% to $38.03. Today, the stock opened at $38.65 and was trading within the range of $38.01-$38.78. Over the past 52-weeks, the stock has been trading in the range of $35.16-$48.20.

The company said Tuesday that it bought $3.5 billion in performing multifamily and commercial real estate loans from Citigroup Inc.’s Citibank. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The portfolio contains about 3,800 loans in California, New York and Illinois.

Bank of America Corporation (NYSE:BAC) dropped 2.13% to $13.34 after it created its new 52-week low of $13.28.

Bank of America Corporation is a bank holding company, and a financial holding company. The Company is a financial institution, serving individual consumers, small and middle market businesses, large corporations and governments with a range of banking, investing, asset management and other financial and risk management products and services.

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE:GS) went down 2.50% to $150.06. So far this year, the stock went down more than 9%. Over the past 52-weeks, the stock has traded in the range of $129.50-$193.60.

At current market price, the market capitalization of the stock stood at $77.37 billion.

Most Active Drug Stocks (MRX, SQNM, PFE, BMY)

Medicis Pharmaceutical Corporation (NYSE:MRX) slid 0.14% to $27.65. Last week, the company announced revenues of approximately $174.0 million for the three months ended June 30, 2010, compared to revenues of approximately $141.2 million for the three months ended June 30, 2009, which represents an increase of approximately $32.8 million, or approximately 23.2%.

Sequenom, Inc. (NASDAQ:SQNM) gained 2.40% to $5.98. The company last week reported that its second-quarter net loss widened to $59.1 million, or 86 cents per share, from $20.2 million, or 33 cents per share, in the corresponding quarter last year.

Revenue increased 24% to $11.4 million from $9.2 million. Analysts, on average, expected the company to post a loss of 26 cents a share on revenue of $10.57 million.

Pfizer Inc. (NYSE:PFE) went down 0.25% to $16.20. Pfizer Inc. is a research-based, global biopharmaceutical company. The Company applies science and its global resources to improve health and well-being at every stage of life.

Bristol Myers Squibb Co. (NYSE:BMY) fell 0.11% to $26.34 on over 1.30 million shares. Bristol-Myers Squibb Company is engaged in the discovery, development, licensing, manufacturing, marketing, distribution and sale of pharmaceutical products on a global basis. The Company’s products are sold worldwide, primarily to wholesalers, retail pharmacies, hospitals, government entities and the medical profession.