Friday, May 20, 2011

Biggest Stock Gainers 5/20/11 May 20, 2011

Friday, during regular trading hours, there were many stocks that continued to break up to the upside. These stocks are usually going up with news.If you are looking to day trade today, you might want to check out the following stocks. I usually throw these on my watch list and monitor with resistance & support levels. Below are a list of stocks that I am watching for May 20, 2011.Also check out my Top Stocks to Buy 2011.Also more stock to watch for today .

Below is a list of some of the story stocks to watch for May 20, 2011

Barnes & Noble (BKS)- Liberty Media Corp. said it’s offered to buy in a deal valuing the bookseller chain at about $1 billion. Terms call for the purchase of Barnes & Noble at a price of $17 a share. A committee of Barnes & Noble directors will consider the offer.

Foot Locker(FL) : Reports Q1 (Apr) earnings of $0.60 per share, $0.16 better than the Thomson Reuters consensus of $0.44; revenues rose 13.3% year/year to $1.45 bln vs the $1.34 bln consensus. Merchandise inventory at the end of the first quarter was $1,159 million, which was $13 million, or 1.1 percent, higher than at the end of the same period last year.

Salesforce.com (CRM): Reports Q1 (Apr) earnings of $0.28 per share, excluding non-recurring items, $0.01 better than the Thomson Reuters consensus of $0.27; revenues rose 33.9% year/year to $504.4 mln vs the $482.5 mln consensus. Subscription and support revenues were $474 million, an increase of 35% on a YoY basis.

Top Story Stocks Performance - 5/20/11

Ticker Company Performance
BKS Barnes & Noble, Inc. 29.91%
RRGB Red Robin Gourmet Burgers Inc. 20.65%
ACOR Acorda Therapeutics, Inc. 15.46%
STEC STEC, Inc. 12.83%
VRML Vermillion, Inc. 12.70%
FL Foot Locker, Inc. 12.31%
KNXA Kenexa Corp. 12.04%
CRM Salesforce.com 9.56%
BRCD Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. 7.67%
CIS Camelot Information Systems Inc. 7.41%
DANG E-Commerce China Dangdang Inc. 7.05%
AKAM Akamai Technologies Inc. 5.85%
OCZ Ocz Technology Group Inc. 5.41%
FINL Finish Line Inc. 5.22%
CHU China Unicom (Hong Kong) Limited 4.96%
APC Anadarko Petroleum Corporation 4.56%
ZUMZ Zumiez, Inc. 4.30%
TRGT Targacept, Inc. 4.05%
QPSA Quepasa Corp. 3.95%
HIBB Hibbett Sports, Inc. 3.92%
WBMD WebMD Health Corp. 3.73%
SPPI Spectrum Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 3.03%
S Sprint Nextel Corp. 3.00%
NXPI NXP Semiconductors NV 2.90%
DVR Cal Dive International Inc 2.70%
TZOO Travelzoo Inc. 2.38%
QIHU Qihoo 360 Technology Co. Ltd. A 2.00%
SFSF SuccessFactors, Inc. 1.92%
STX Seagate Technology PLC 1.87%
VVUS VIVUS Inc. 1.86%
VMW VMware, Inc. 1.71%
GILD Gilead Sciences Inc. 1.57%
EXPE Expedia Inc. 1.50%
MMI Motorola Mobility Holdings, Inc. 1.46%
HK Petrohawk Energy Corporation 1.45%
HYC Hypercom Corp. 1.44%
AES The AES Corporation 1.43%
BP BP plc 1.39%
CTXS Citrix Systems, Inc. 1.34%
ALKS Alkermes, Inc. 1.21%
ELN Elan Corp. plc 1.05%
BIIB Biogen Idec Inc. 1.02%
KFT Kraft Foods Inc. 1.00%
MBT Mobile Telesystems OJSC 0.81%
FNFG First Niagara Financial Group Inc. 0.74%
ATHR Atheros Communications, Inc. 0.69%
DKS Dick's Sporting Goods Inc. 0.68%
MAS Masco Corporation 0.65%
NFX Newfield Exploration Co. 0.61%
GME GameStop Corp. 0.59%
KNX Knight Transportation Inc. 0.58%
PAY VeriFone Systems, Inc 0.57%
PHM PulteGroup, Inc. 0.53%
HEK Heckmann Corporation 0.52%
AMRN Amarin Corporation plc 0.50%
BRFS BRF - Brasil Foods S.A. 0.49%
IVZ Invesco Ltd. 0.49%
WDC Western Digital Corp. 0.41%
CREE Cree Inc. 0.40%
HPQ Hewlett-Packard Company 0.39%
SNDK SanDisk Corp. 0.39%
AVP Avon Products Inc. 0.37%
JNPR Juniper Networks, Inc. 0.36%
BRCM Broadcom Corp. 0.33%
BEXP Brigham Exploration Co. 0.31%
TOL Toll Brothers Inc. 0.29%
MDR McDermott International Inc. 0.29%
TIBX Tibco Software, Inc. 0.28%
KBH KB Home 0.27%
PWR Quanta Services, Inc. 0.25%
MMC Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. 0.25%
AMTD TD AMERITRADE Holding Corporation 0.24%
FRX Forest Laboratories Inc. 0.23%
FLEX Flextronics International Ltd. 0.22%
HUM Humana Inc. 0.20%
QCOM QUALCOMM Incorporated 0.19%
VOD Vodafone Group plc 0.18%
NLY Annaly Capital Management, Inc. 0.17%
CSE CapitalSource Inc. 0.16%
HOT Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc. 0.15%
BIG Big Lots Inc. 0.15%
CTSH Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. 0.11%
UBS UBS AG 0.11%
EMC EMC Corporation 0.11%