These are the stocks gaining the most in after-hours trading on, Wednesday, January 18, 2012.
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GenOn Energy Inc. (NYSE:GEN) is currently trading at $2.36 up 10.3% in after-hours on 82200 shares traded. GEN is trading -17.96% below its 50 day moving average and -34.20% below its 200 day moving average. GEN is -50.80% below its 52-week high and -6.96% below its 52-week low. GEN’s PE ratio is 13.88 and their market cap is $1.82B.
GenOn Energy, Inc. is an independent power producer that generates & wholesales electricity. It sells electricity to investor-owned utilities, municipalities, cooperatives, & other companies that serve end users or purchase power at wholesale for resale.
Plexus Corp. (NASDAQ:PLXS) is currently trading at $36 up 8.3% in after-hours on 9680 shares traded. PLXS’s RSI is currently at 70.36 which indicates that the stock is overbought. PLXS is trading 21.48% above its 50 day moving average and 12.41% above its 200 day moving average. PLXS is -14.10% below its 52-week high and 57.88% above its 52-week low. PLXS’s PE ratio is 14.26 and their market cap is $1.13B.
Plexus Corp provides product realization services to original equipment manufacturers and other technology companies in the wireline/networking, wireless infrastructure, medical, industrial/commercial and defense/security/aerospace market sectors.
8×8 Inc. (NASDAQ:EGHT) is currently trading at $3.68 up 7.9% in after-hours on 32680 shares traded. EGHT is trading -5.78% below its 50 day moving average and -9.34% below its 200 day moving average. EGHT is -37.32% below its 52-week high and 42.08% above its 52-week low. EGHT’s PE ratio is 38.33 and their market cap is $239.36M.
8X8, Inc. develops and markets telecommunication services and technology for Internet protocol, telephony and video applications as well as web-based conferencing and unified communications services.
Xilinx Inc. (NASDAQ:XLNX) is currently trading at $37.9 up 7.4% in after-hours on 439310 shares traded. XLNX’s RSI is currently at 70.94 which indicates that the stock is overbought. XLNX is trading 9.61% above its 50 day moving average and 10.30% above its 200 day moving average. XLNX is -4.38% below its 52-week high and 33.72% above its 52-week low. XLNX’s PE ratio is 15.16 and their market cap is $8.75B.
Xilinx, Inc. designs, develops and markets programmable platforms, including advanced integrated circuits, software design tools and predefined system functions delivered as intellectual property cores.
Lattice Semiconductor Corporation (NASDAQ:LSCC) is currently trading at $7.33 up 7.0% in after-hours on 10740 shares traded. LSCC is trading 8.42% above its 50 day moving average and 12.19% above its 200 day moving average. LSCC is -7.18% below its 52-week high and 45.74% above its 52-week low. LSCC’s PE ratio is 15.57 and their market cap is $767.67M.
Lattice Semiconductor Corporation designs, develops and markets high performance programmable logic products and related software.
State Street Corp. (NYSE:STT) is currently trading at $42.75 up 7.0% in after-hours on 34200 shares traded. STT is trading -0.36% below its 50 day moving average and -0.12% below its 200 day moving average. STT is -19.04% below its 52-week high and 34.38% above its 52-week low. STT’s PE ratio is 13.40 and their market cap is $21.03B.
State Street Corporation provides a range of investment management strategies, investment management advisory services and other financial services for corporations, public funds and other sophisticated investors.
Kosmos Energy Ltd (NYSE:KOS) is currently trading at $14.35 up 6.9% in after-hours on 4140 shares traded. KOS is trading 3.75% above its 50 day moving average and -7.29% below its 200 day moving average. KOS is -31.88% below its 52-week high and 32.87% above its 52-week low.
Kosmos Energy Ltd is an independent oil and gas exploration and production company focused on under-explored regions in Africa.
F5 Networks Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) is currently trading at $115.25 up 6.3% in after-hours on 546610 shares traded. FFIV is trading 0.65% above its 50 day moving average and 10.75% above its 200 day moving average. FFIV is -25.57% below its 52-week high and 57.17% above its 52-week low. FFIV’s PE ratio is 35.79 and their market cap is $8.45B.
F5 Networks provides technology that optimizes the delivery of network-based applications and the security, performance and availability of servers, data storage devices and other network resources.
Bridgepoint Education Inc. (NYSE:BPI) is currently trading at $26.11 up 5.3% in after-hours on 7000 shares traded. BPI is trading 10.31% above its 50 day moving average and 13.48% above its 200 day moving average. BPI is -19.01% below its 52-week high and 57.96% above its 52-week low. BPI’s PE ratio is 8.56 and their market cap is $1.35B.
Bridgepoint Education, Inc. is a provider of postsecondary education services. It offer associate’s, bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral programs in the disciplines of business, education, psychology, social sciences and health sciences.
Skechers USA Inc. (NYSE:SKX) is currently trading at $12.64 up 5.2% in after-hours on 7400 shares traded. SKX is trading -5.68% below its 50 day moving average and -20.94% below its 200 day moving average. SKX is -49.20% below its 52-week high and 7.23% above its 52-week low.
Skechers USA, Inc. designs, develops, markets and distributes footwear. It also operates retail stores and an e-commerce business.
Altera Corp. (NASDAQ:ALTR) is currently trading at $42.75 up 5.0% in after-hours on 76540 shares traded. ALTR is trading 11.35% above its 50 day moving average and 2.47% above its 200 day moving average. ALTR is -17.43% below its 52-week high and 34.28% above its 52-week low. ALTR’s PE ratio is 14.15 and their market cap is $11.89B.
Altera Corp. designs, manufactures and markets high-performance, high-density programmable logic devices, HardCopy ASIC devices, pre-defined design building blocks, cores and associated development tools.
USEC Inc. (NYSE:USU) is currently trading at $1.53 up 4.8% in after-hours on 36600 shares traded. USU is trading 8.49% above its 50 day moving average and -44.16% below its 200 day moving average. USU is -76.07% below its 52-week high and 35.19% above its 52-week low.
USEC Inc. is a global energy company, which is a supplier of low enriched uranium for commercial nuclear power plants.
Ultrapar Holdings Inc. (NYSE:UGP) is currently trading at $21.14 up 4.7% in after-hours on 2900 shares traded. UGP’s RSI is currently at 74.74 which indicates that the stock is overbought. UGP is trading 14.73% above its 50 day moving average and 16.90% above its 200 day moving average. UGP is 2.02% above its 52-week high and 42.01% above its 52-week low. UGP’s PE ratio is 21.28 and their market cap is $2.62B.
Ultrapar Holdings Inc. through its subsidiaries, distributes liquefied petroleum gas to residential, commercial, and industrial customers primarily in the south, southeast, and northeast regions of Brazil.
EGShares Emerging Markets Metals/Mining (NYSE:EMT) is currently trading at $16.35 up 4.4% in after-hours on 2000 shares traded. EMT is trading 1.56% above its 50 day moving average and -14.18% below its 200 day moving average. EMT is -31.33% below its 52-week high and 16.34% above its 52-week low.
The investment seeks investment results that correspond (before fees and expenses) to the price and yield performance of the Dow Jones Emerging Markets Metals & Mining Titans 30 IndexSM. The fund normally invests at least 80% of its net assets in securitie
BankUnited Inc. (NYSE:BKU) is currently trading at $25.94 up 4.0% in after-hours on 9200 shares traded. BKU is trading 12.66% above its 50 day moving average and 4.45% above its 200 day moving average. BKU is -14.60% below its 52-week high and 32.69% above its 52-week low. BKU’s PE ratio is 51.88 and their market cap is $2.52B.
BankUnited, Inc. is a savings and loan holding company, which through two subsidiaries: BankUnited & BankUnited Investment Services, Inc. provides depository services & wealth management products and financial planning services.
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