Most Active Stocks (AA, LVS, AAI, DRYS, AUY)

Alcoa Inc. (NYSE: AA) is among the most active stocks and rallied 2.97% to $14.63 on 59.13 million shares after it reported third-quarter net income of $77 million or $0.08 per share versus net income of $268 million or $0.33 per share in the same quarter a year before. This was way ahead the street’s estimated as On average, 15 analysts polled by Thomson Reuters expected the company to report a loss of $0.09 per share for the quarter.

Las Vegas Sands Corp. (NYSE: LVS) rallied 6.40% to $18.46 with 19.60 million shares changed hand. Today Jeffrey Logsdon of BMO Capital Markets lifted some of his earnings estimates and reaffirmed an "Outperform" rating.

AirTran Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: AAI) climbed 4.53% to $5.32 with 18.85 million shares after it has priced its offering of $100,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 5.25% Convertible Senior Notes due 2016. AirTran also announced it has granted the underwriters of the notes offering a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional $15 million aggregate principal amount of the notes, solely to cover over-allotments.

DryShips Inc. (NASDAQ: DRYS) rose 5.50% to $7.10 on 15.06 million shares on no news. The stock has a 52-week range of $2.72-$25.98.

Yamana Gold Inc. (USA) (NYSE: AUY) increased 6.44% to $12.23 on 13.97 million shares after Michael Curran, analyst with RBC Capital Markets, maintains an Outperform rating for the company and raising his target price to $13 from $12.