Style Outperformer:
Small-cap Growth (+.55%)
Sector Outperformers:
HMOs (+3.1%), Road & Rail (+1.52%) and Medical Equipment (+1.41%)
Stocks Rising on Unusual Volume:
HNP, INTU, IWA, SNP, PZE, FPL, CGV, NOV, FTK, LXK, NAVZ, BMA, NNBR, SOLF, PRGN, APWR, OCNF, DRYS, PENN, KCAP, ACGY, BEXP, CWEI, TLEO, FSYS, AFAM, GMXR, OSTK, WYNN, TNP, PDO and DY
Stocks With Unusual Call Option Activity:
1) FTO 2) GRA 3) CI 4) PENN 5) OMG
Late Buy/Sell Recommendations
Citigroup:
- Reiterated Buy on (VMW), target $80.
- Reiterated Buy on (ADI), target $41.
CSFB:
- Chinese stocks, the world’s third-worst performers this year, may continue to drop as earnings fail to meet analyst estimates. The Shanghai Stock Exchange A Share Index, which has declined 35% just this year, may fall to 2,710 by the end of this year, 25% lower than yesterday’s close of 3,612.64.
Night Trading
Asian Indices are -1.50% to -.5% on average.
S&P 500 futures -.04%.
NASDAQ 100 futures -.09%.
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Company/EPS Estimate
- (TLB)/.12
- (BWS)/.07
- (SOLF)/.16
- (BJS)/.28
- (ROST)/.58
- (EV)/.44
- (CSC)/1.39
- (NTAP)/.36
- (LDG)/.60
- (PETM)/.31
- (CRM)/.07
- (GYMB)/.85
- (SNPS)/.38
- (NTES)/.34
- (CPWM)/-1.01
- (LTD)/.07
- (WCG)/1.59
Upcoming Splits
- (WFT) 2-for-1
Economic Releases
10:30 am EST
- Bloomberg consensus estimates call for a weekly crude oil build of 300,000 barrels versus a 176,000 barrel build the prior week. Gasoline supplies are expected to rise by 250,000 barrels versus a -1,715,000 barrel decline the prior week. Distillate supplies are estimated to rise by 1,425,000 barrels versus a 1,338,000 barrel increase the prior week. Finally, Refinery Utilization is expected to rise .53% versus a 1.63% the prior week.
2:00 pm EST
- Minutes of April 29-30 FOMC Meeting.
Other Potential Market Movers
- The weekly MBA mortgage applications report, (JNPR) shareholder meeting, (BA) investors conference, (CVS) analyst meeting, JPMorgan Technology Conference, JMP Securities Conference, Goldman Internet Conference, Citigroup Healthcare Conference, UBS Global Oil & Gas Conference, Goldman Sachs Basic Materials Conference, CSFB Basic Materials Conference and Lehman Brothers Financial Services Conference could also impact trading today.
Style Underperformer:
Large-cap Value -1.01%
Sector Underperformers:
Airlines (-3.28%), Semis (-2.67%) and Homebuilders (-2.55%)
Stocks Falling on Unusual Volume:
AMKR, BBL, SHI, RTP, PWRD, CYBS, DRYS,
Stocks With Unusual Put Option Activity:
1) STEC 2) HNT 3) MDT 4) BCSI 5) ACH
Style Outperformer:
Small-cap Growth (-.30%)
Sector Outperformers:
HMOs (+1.74%), Utilities (+1.05%) and Medical Equipment (+.59%)
Stocks Rising on Unusual Volume:
ARD, BEXP, SQM, RRI, FTK, EXC, AUY, PBH, SWC, CSIQ, BCE, TEO, CMC, ESMK, PRGN, NCTY, UNFI, RAVN, GEOI, QRCP, CWCO, NFLX, OCNF, BEXP, ERTS, TRMA, VLCCF, OSIS, PDO, NAT, NTL and MDT
Stocks With Unusual Call Option Activity:
1) HNT 2) TJX 3) MDT 4) BCSI 5) IBKR