V, DELL, MPEL, CBS, JNJ Hit New 52-Week Highs


List of stocks who have just hit new 52-week highs as of Friday, July 01, 2011.

VISA Inc (NYSE:V) hit a new 52 week high of $88.93 in intraday trading and closed at $87.97 +1.62% on 15,419,180 shares traded. Visa Inc. is a global payments technology company that connects consumers, businesses, banks and governments around the world, enabling them to use digital currency instead of check and cash.

DELL Inc (NASDAQ:DELL) hit a new 52 week high of $17.00 in intraday trading and closed at $16.98 +3.41% on 13,750,928 shares traded. Dell Inc. is a technology company, which offers a broad range of product categories, including mobility products, desktop PCs, software and peripherals, servers and networking, and storage.

Melco Crown Entertainment Limit (NASDAQ:MPEL) hit a new 52 week high of $13.75 in intraday trading and closed at $13.59 +7.26% on 14,063,048 shares traded. Melco Crown Entertainment, Ltd. is a holding Company, which through its subsidiaries, develops, owns and operates casino gaming and entertainment resort facilities focused on the Macau market.

CBS Corp CL B (NYSE:CBS) hit a new 52 week high of $28.72 in intraday trading and closed at $28.55 +0.67% on 11,644,960 shares traded. CBS Corporation is a mass media company with operations in the following segments: Entertainment, Cable networks, publishing, local broadcasting and outdoor.

Johnson AND Johns DC (NYSE:JNJ) hit a new 52 week high of $67.36 in intraday trading and closed at $67.30 +1.49% on 9,162,840 shares traded. Johnson & Johnson is a holding company, which is engaged in the research and development, manufacture and sale of a range of products in the health care field.

Halliburton CO (NYSE:HAL) hit a new 52 week high of $51.38 in intraday trading and closed at $51.29 +2.95% on 8,453,909 shares traded. Halliburton Company provides services and products for the exploration, development, and production of oil and natural gas around the world. It operates in two segments: Completion and Production segment and the Drilling and Evalution segment.

Accenture LTD (NYSE:ACN) hit a new 52 week high of $60.91 in intraday trading and closed at $60.87 +1.60% on 8,133,600 shares traded. Accenture plc is a global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company.

Unitedhealth Group (NYSE:UNH) hit a new 52 week high of $53.27 in intraday trading and closed at $53.13 +3.08% on 8,128,700 shares traded. UnitedHealth Group, Inc. designs products, provides services and applies technologies that improve access to health and well-being services, simplify the health care experience and make health care more affordable.

Northwest Bancorp Inc. (NASDAQ:NWBI) hit a new 52 week high of $12.93 in intraday trading and closed at $12.83 +2.72% on 12,752,506 shares traded. Northwest Bancshares Inc MD is a federal savings and loan holding company, which through its subsidiary Northwest Savings Bank offers traditional deposit and loan products.

Amerigroup Corp (NYSE:AGP) hit a new 52 week high of $73.37 in intraday trading and closed at $72.30 +2.48% on 7,424,400 shares traded. Amerigroup Corporation focuses on serving people who receive healthcare benefits through publicly sponsored programs, including Medicaid, Children’s Health Insurance Program, Medicaid expansion programs and Medicare Advantage.


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.

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