Market Update After Hours March 1
Market Summary
| Dow Jones | 14,089.66 | ||
| S&P 500 | 1,518.20 | 3.52 | -0.23% |
| Nasdaq | 3,169.74 | 9.55 | -0.30% |
Top Gainers
Deckers Outdoor Corp. (NASDAQ:DECK) 46.62 +6.21 (15.37%)
DECK reported fourth quarter EPS of $2.77 after the bell Thursday, down from $3.18 in the previous year. The consensus estimate was for EPS of $2.61. The company expects to report a first quarter loss of $0.12 and expects full year EPS to increase approximately 5% over 2012 levels. The consensus estimates are for EPS of $0.06 and $3.70.
Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:SBGI) 15.86 +1.78 (12.64%)
Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc.’s stock soared after it announced plans to buy 18 television stations owned by Barrington Broadcasting Group for $370 million.
Groupon Inc. (NASDAQ:GRPN) 5.10 +0.57 (12.58%)
Groupon announced that it has replaced Andrew Mason as CEO with Executive Chairman Eric Lefkofsky and Vice Chairman Ted Leonsis. Mr. Lefkofsky and Mr. Leonsis will serve as CEOs on an interim basis as the company searches for a new CEO.
Turquoise Hill Resources Ltd (USA) (NYSE:TRQ) 7.06 +0.70 (11.01%)
Turquoise Hill and Rio Tinto continue to have productive discussions with the Government of Mongolia on a range of issues related to the implementation of the Investment Agreement, including project development and costs, operating budget, project financing, management fees and governance. While progress on these issues was made during the latest meetings, all parties have agreed to continue discussions during March 2013 with a goal of resolving the issues in the near term.
Intuitive Surgical, Inc. (NASDAQ:ISRG) 553.40 +43.51 (8.53%)
ISRG moved up after fears settled regarding an investigation by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
Top Losers
Atlantic Power Corp. (NYSE:AT) 7.12 -2.85 (-28.59%)
Atlantic Power Corp. on Thursday reported that its fourth-quarter net loss widened by a substantial margin to $57.9 million or $0.50 per share, from $27.8 million or $0.27 per share in the same quarter last year, echoing a spike in project expenses.
Icahn Enterprises, L.P. (NASDAQ:IEP) 60.05 -11.44 (-16.00%)
IEP down after the company announced that its registered public offering of 3,174,604 shares of depositary units representing limited partner interests in Icahn Enterprises, has been priced at $63.00 per depositary unit.
Foster Wheeler AG (NASDAQ:FWLT) 20.22 -3.84 (-15.96%)
FWLT reported fourth quarter adjusted net income of $0.27 per share Friday morning, down from $0.39 per share last year. The consensus estimate was for EPS of $0.46. The company expects to report full year 2013 adjusted EPS to be flat to moderately down as compared to the $1.54 reported in 2012. The consensus estimate is for EPS of $2.05.
McDermott International (NYSE:MDR) 10.70 -2.02 (-15.88%)
MDR down following the company’s fourth-quarter earnings report after the closing bell on Thursday. The company swung to a fourth-quarter profit, but projected 2013 revenue below average analyst expectations.
During the fourth quarter, McDermott reported net income of $40.5 million, with earnings per share of $0.17, with our full year net income of $206.7 million or $0.87 per share.
OI S.A. (NYSE:OIBR.C) 4.14 -0.36 (-8.00%)
OIBR declared a special dividend on Thursday, February 28th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, March 26th will be given a dividend of $0.26 per share on Monday, April 8th. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, March 22nd.
After Hours Most Active
NYSE Ten Most Active Share Volume
| Symbol | Company | Last Sale | Share Volume |
| ABT | Abbott Laboratories | $33.64 | 2,078,381 |
| SBGL | Sibanye Gold Limited | $6.12 | 2,058,647 |
| ABBV | AbbVie Inc. | $37.81 | 2,057,147 |
| BAC | Bank of America Corporation | $11.33 | 1,539,928 |
| NOK | Nokia Corporation | $3.57 | 1,127,010 |
| KT | KT Corporation | $16.26 | 1,015,840 |
| GE | General Electric Company | $23.15 | 761,897 |
| AMD | Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. | $2.43 | 652,855 |
| AA | Alcoa Inc. | $8.45 | 593,589 |
| IPG | Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc. (The) | $12.79 | 586,540 |
NASDAQ Ten Most Active Share Volume
| Symbol | Company | Last Sale | Share Volume |
| CERS | Cerus Corporation | $3.65 | 2,821,468 |
| SIRI | Sirius XM Radio Inc. | $3.14 | 2,271,553 |
| VOD | Vodafone Group Plc | $25.42 | 1,831,629 |
| SYMC | Symantec Corporation | $23.68 | 891,215 |
| QQQ | PowerShares QQQ Trust, Series 1 | $67.45 | 737,938 |
| INTC | Intel Corporation | $21.10 | 731,291 |
| ORCL | Oracle Corporation | $34.70 | 376,574 |
| HOLX | Hologic, Inc. | $21.61 | 366,664 |
| MSFT | Microsoft Corporation | $27.92 | 350,440 |
| WCRX | Warner Chilcott plc | $13.50 | 348,905 |
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Post Written By: Ed Liston
Ed Liston is a senior contributing editor at TheStockMarketWatch.com. An active market watcher and investor, Ed guides an independent team of experienced analysts and writes for multiple stock trader publications. He is widely quoted in various financial publications on the Internet. When Ed is not writing about stocks, investing in stocks, talking about stocks, or otherwise doing something stock related, he likes to go sailing and fishing in his yacht.
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