Stocks to Watch for 07/1/11: Fresh 52 Week Highs and Lows

Stocks trading at or near 52-week highs and lows provide excellent trading opportunities, as volatility tends to increase at such levels. The following stocks hit new 52-week highs in Thursday's trading session: 1) Walter Investment Company WAC: Shares of Walter Investment hit a 52-week high of $22.22 in Thursday's trading session. The stock closed at $22.19. The year-to-date performance of Walter Investment has been a gain of 24%. 2) Affymetrix AFFX: Shares of Affymetrix hit a 52-week high of $8.07 in Thursday's trading session. The stock closed at $7.93. The year-to-date performance of Affymetrix has been a gain of 58%. 3) Ameristar Casinos ASCA: Shares of Ameristar Casinos hit a 52-week high of $23.85 in Thursday's trading session. The stock closed at $23.71. The year-to-date performance of Ameristar has been a gain of 53%. 4) DISH Network DISH: Shares of DISH Network hit a 52-week high of $30.84 in Thursday's trading session. The stock closed at $30.67. The year-to-date performance of DISH Network has been a gain of 56%. 5) Aspen Technology AZPN: Shares of Aspen Technology hit a 52-week high of $17.48 in Thursday's trading session. The stock closed at $17.18. The year-to-date performance of Aspen has been a gain of 35%. 6) Bed Bath & Beyond BBBY: Shares of Bed Bath & Beyond hit a 52-week high of $58.62 in Thursday's trading session. The stock closed at $58.37. The year-to-date performance of Bed Bath & Beyond has been a gain of 19%. 7) Caliper Life Sciences CALP: Shares of Caliper Life Sciences hit a 52-week high of $8.15 in Thursday's trading session. The stock closed at $8.11. The year-to-date performance of Caliper has been a gain of 28%. 8) Check Point Software Technologies CHKP: Shares of Check Point Software hit a 52-week high of $56.92 in Thursday's trading session. The stock closed at $56.65. The year-to-date performance of Check Point has been a gain of 23%. 9) Cepheid CPHD: Shares of Cepheid hit a 52-week high of $34.96 in Thursday's trading session. The stock closed at $34.64. The year-to-date performance of Cepheid has been a gain of 52%. 10) Cintas CTAS: Shares of Cintas hit a 52-week high of $33.12 in Thursday's trading session. The stock closed at $33.03. The year-to-date performance of Cintas has been a gain of 18%. 11) DIRECTV CTV: Shares of DIRECTV hit a 52-week high of $51.23 in Thursday's trading session. The stock closed at $50.82. The year-to-date performance of DIRECTV has been a gain of 56%. 12) 8x8 EGHT: Shares of 8x8 hit a 52-week high of $4.97 in Thursday's trading session. The stock closed at $4.89. The year-to-date performance of 8x8 has been a gain of 105%. 13) Green Mountain Coffee Roasters GMCR: Shares of Green Mountain Coffee Roasters hit a 52-week high of $90.01 in Thursday's trading session. The stock closed at $89.26. The year-to-date performance of Green Mountain has been a gain of 172%. 14) Helen of Troy HELE: Shares of Helen of Troy hit a 52-week high of $34.79 in Thursday's trading session. The stock closed at $34.53. The year-to-date performance of Helen of Troy has been a gain of 16%. 15) Haynes International HAYN: Shares of Haynes hit a 52-week high of $62.59 in Thursday's trading session. The stock closed at $61.93. The year-to-date performance of Haynes International has been a gain of 49%. 16) EasyLink Services International ESIC: Shares of EasyLink Services International hit a 52-week high of $5.85 in Thursday's trading session. The stock closed at $5.84. The year-to-date performance of EasyLink has been a gain of 42%. 17) Intersections INTX: Shares of Intersections hit a 52-week high of $18.28 in Thursday's trading session. The stock closed at $18.20. The year-to-date performance of Intersections has been a gain of 78%. 18) LivePerson LPSN: Shares of LivePerson hit a 52-week high of $14.21 in Thursday's trading session. The stock closed at $14.14. The year-to-date performance of LivePerson has been a gain of 25%. 19) Magellan Health Services MGLN: Shares of Magellan Health Services hit a 52-week high of $54.81 in Thursday's trading session. The stock closed at $54.74. The year-to-date performance of Magellan has been a gain of 16%. 20) Mitcham Industries MIND: Shares of Mitcham Industries hit a 52-week high of $17.45 in Thursday's trading session. The stock closed at $17.30. The year-to-date performance of Mitcham has been a gain of 49%. 21) Monro Muffler Brake MNRO: Shares of Monro Muffler Brake hit a 52-week high of $37.38 in Thursday's trading session. The stock closed at $37.29. The year-to-date performance of Monro Muffler Brake has been a gain of 8%. 22) O'Reilly Automotive ORLY: Shares of O'Reilly Automotive hit a 52-week high of $65.64 in Thursday's trading session. The stock closed at $65.51. The year-to-date performance of O'Reilly has been a gain of 8%. 23) OSI Systems OSIS: Shares of OSI Systems hit a 52-week high of $43.18 in Thursday's trading session. The stock closed at $43.00. The year-to-date performance of OSI Systems has been a gain of 18%. 24) Pegasystems PEGA: Shares of Pegasystems hit a 52-week high of $47.14 in Thursday's trading session. The stock closed at $46.55. The year-to-date performance of PegaSystems has been a gain of 27%. 25) Sigma-Aldrich SIAL: Shares of Sigma-Aldrich hit a 52-week high of $73.60 in Thursday's trading session. The stock closed at $73.38. The year-to-date performance of Sigma-Aldrich has been a gain of 11%. 26) ACI Worldwide ACIW: Shares of ACI hit a 52-week high of $34.65 in Thursday's trading session. The stock closed at $33.77. The year-to-date performance of ACI has been a gain of 26%. 27) Global Crossing GLBC: Shares of Global Crossing hit a 52-week high of $38.56 in Thursday's trading session. The stock closed at $38.38. The year-to-date performance of Global Crossing has been a gain of 197%. 28) IAC/InterActiveCorp IACI: Shares of IAC/InterActiveCorp hit a 52-week high of $38.37 in Thursday's trading session. The stock closed at $38.17. The year-to-date performance of IAC/InterActiveCorp has been a gain of 33%. 29) Volcano VOLC: Shares of Volcano hit a 52-week high of $32.50 in Thursday's trading session. The stock closed at $32.29. The year-to-date performance of Volcano has been a gain of 18%. 30) CommVault Systems CVLT: Shares of CommVault Systems hit a 52-week high of $44.90 in Thursday's trading session. The stock closed at $44.45. The year-to-date performance of CommVault has been a gain of 55%. 31) Avago Technologies AVGO: Shares of Avago Technologies hit a 52-week high of $38.70 in Thursday's trading session. The stock closed at $38.00. The year-to-date performance of Avago Technologies has been a gain of 34%. 32) Insulet PODD: Shares of Insulet hit a 52-week high of $22.33 in Thursday's trading session. The stock closed at $22.17. The year-to-date performance of Insulet has been a gain of 43%. 33) Fortinet FTNT: Shares of Fortinet hit a 52-week high of $27.34 in Thursday's trading session. The stock closed at $27.29. The year-to-date performance of Fortinet has been a gain of 69%. 34) Companhia de Bebidas Das Americas ABV: Shares of Companhia de Bebidas Das Americas hit a 52-week high of $33.80 in Thursday's trading session. The stock closed at $33.73. The year-to-date performance of Companhia de Bebidas Das Americas has been a gain of 10%. 35) Avista AVA: Shares of Avista hit a 52-week high of $25.83 in Thursday's trading session. The stock closed at $25.69. The year-to-date performance of Avista has been a gain of 17%. 36) Franklin Resources BEN: Shares of Franklin Resources hit a 52-week high of $131.65 in Thursday's trading session. The stock closed at $131.29. The year-to-date performance of Franklin Resources has been a gain of 19%. 37) Core Laboratories CLB: Shares of Core Laboratories hit a 52-week high of $112.10 in Thursday's trading session. The stock closed at $111.54. The year-to-date performance of Core Laboratories has been a gain of 26%. 38) CLARCOR CLC: Shares of CLARCOR hit a 52-week high of $47.51 in Thursday's trading session. The stock closed at $47.28. The year-to-date performance of CLARCOR has been a gain of 11%. 39) Canadian National Railway CNI: Shares of Canadian National Railway hit a 52-week high of $80.47 in Thursday's trading session. The stock closed at $79.90. The year-to-date performance of Canadian National has been a gain of 21%. 40) Cooper Companies COO: Shares of Cooper Companies hit a 52-week high of $79.26 in Thursday's trading session. The stock closed at $79.24. The year-to-date performance of Cooper Companies has been a gain of 41%. 41) Carpenter Technology CRS: Shares of Carpenter Technology hit a 52-week high of $59.04 in Thursday's trading session. The stock closed at $57.68. The year-to-date performance of Carpenter Technology has been a gain of 44%. 42) Cash America International CSH: Shares of Cash America International hit a 52-week high of $58.32 in Thursday's trading session. The stock closed at $57.87. The year-to-date performance of Cash America has been a gain of 57%. 43) Ecolab ECL: Shares of Ecolab hit a 52-week high of $56.45 in Thursday's trading session. The stock closed at $56.38. The year-to-date performance of Ecolab has been a gain of 13%. 44) El Paso Electric EE: Shares of El Paso Electric hit a 52-week high of $32.40 in Thursday's trading session. The stock closed at $32.30. The year-to-date performance of El Paso Electric has been a gain of 18%. 45) Endeavour International END; Shares of Endeavour hit a 52-week high of $15.14 in Thursday's trading session. The stock closed at $15.07. The year-to-date performance of Endeavour has been a gain of 9%. 46) CGI Group GIB: Shares of CGI Group hit a 52-week high of $24.74 in Thursday's trading session. The stock closed at $24.65. The year-to-date performance of CGI has been a gain of 43%. 47) Goodrich GR: Shares of Goodrich hit a 52-week high of $96.12 in Thursday's trading session. The stock closed at $95.50. The year-to-date performance of Goodrich has been a gain of 9%. 48) W.W. Grainger GWW: Shares of W.W. Grainger hit a 52-week high of $154.68 in Thursday's trading session. The stock closed at $153.65. the year-to-date performance of W.W. Grainger has been a gain of 12%. 49) Marsh & McLennan Companies MMC: Shares of Marsh & McLennan hit a 52-week high of $31.40 in Thursday's trading session. The stock closed at $31.19. The year-to-date performance of Marsh & McLennan has been a gain of 15%. 50) Northrop Grumman NOC: Shares of Northrop Grumman hit a 52-week high of $72.50 in Thursday's trading session. The stock closed at $69.35. The year-to-date performance of Northrop Grumman has been a gain of 20%. 51) EnPro Industries NPO: Shares of EnPro hit a 52-week high of $48.46 in Thursday's trading session. The stock closed at $48.07. The year-to-date performance of EnPro has been a gain of 16%. 52) Ocwen Financial OCN: Shares of Ocwen Financial hit a 52-week high of $12.83 in Thursday's trading session. The stock closed at $12.76. The year-to-date performance of Ocwen has been a gain of 34%. 53) OM Group OMG: Shares of OM Group hit a 52-week high of $40.67 in Thursday's trading session. The stock closed at $40.64. The year-to-date performance of OM Group has been a gain of 6%. 54) Precision Castparts PCP: Shares of Precision Castparts hit a 52-week high of $165.12 in Thursday's trading session. The stock closed at $164.65. The year-to-date performance of Precision Castparts has been a gain of 18%. 55) PolyOne POL: Shares of PolyOne hit a 52-week high of $15.51 in Thursday's trading session. The stock closed at $15.47. The year-to-date performance of PolyOne has been a gain of 25%. 56) Ryder System R: Shares of Ryder hit a 52-week high of $57.04 in Thursday's trading session. The stock closed at $56.85. The year-to-date performance of Ryder has been a gain of 9%. 57) Robbins & Myers RBN: Shares of Robbins & Myers hit a 52-week high of $53.00 in Thursday's trading session. The stock closed at $52.85. The year-to-date performance of Robbins & Myers has been a gain of 48%. 58) Strategic Hotels & Resorts BEE: Shares of Strategic Hotels & Resorts hit a 52-week high of $7.14 in Thursday's trading session. The stock closed at $7.08. The year-to-date performance of Strategic Hotels & Resorts has been a gain of 34%. 59) Worthington Industries WOR: Shares of Worthington Industries hit a 52-week high of $23.48 in Thursday's trading session. The stock closed at $23.10. The year-to-date performance of Worthington Industries has been a gain of 27%. 60) Towers Watson & Co TW: Shares of Towers Watson & Co hit a 52-week high of $65.98 in Thursday's trading session. The stock closed at $65.71. The year-to-date performance of Towers Watson has been a gain of 27%. 61) Wolverine World Wide WWW: Shares of Wolverine World Wide hit a 52-week high of $41.79 in Thursday's trading session. The stock closed at $41.75. The year-to-date performance of Wolverine World Wide has been a gain of 32%. 62) Holly HOC: Shares of Holly hit a 52-week high of $69.87 in Thursday's trading session. The stock closed at $69.40. The year-to-date performance of Holly has been a gain of 71% 63) Transdigm TDG: Shares of Transdigm hit a 52-week high of $91.31 in Thursday's trading session. The stock closed at $91.19. The year-to-date performance of Transdigm has been a gain of 27%. 64) Delek US Holdings DK: Shares of Delek US Holdings hit a 52-week high of $15.83 in Thursday's trading session. The stock closed at $15.70. The year-to-date performance of Delek has been a gain of 117%. 65) Broadridge Financial Solutions BR: Shares of Broadridge Financial hit a 52-week high of $24.21 in Thursday's trading session. The stock closed at $24.07. The year-to-date performance of Broadridge Financial has been a gain of 11%. 66) Teradata TDC: Shares of Teradata hit a 52-week high of $60.40 in Thursday's trading session. The stock closed at $60.20. The year-to-date performance of Teradata has been a gain of 46%. 67) Hillenbrand HI: Shares of Hillenbrand hit a 52-week high of $23.80 in Thursday's trading session. The stock closed at $23.65. The year-to-date performance of Hillenbrand has been a gain of 16%. 68) Bankrate RATE: Shares of Bankrate hit a 52-week high of $17.00 in Thursday's trading session. The stock closed at $16.58. The year-to-date performance of Bankrate has been a gain of 8%. The following stocks hit new 52-week lows in Thursday's trading session: 1) Ballantyne Strong BTN: Shares of Ballantyne Strong hit a 52-week low of $4.60 in Thursday's trading session. The stock closed at $4.69. The year-to-date performance of Ballantyne has been a loss of 40%. 2) POZEN POZN: Shares of POZEN hit a 52-week low of $4.19 in Thursday's trading session. The stock closed at $4.20. The year-to-date performance of POZEN has been a loss of 37%. 3) BioMimetic Therapeutics BMTI: Shares of BioMimetic Therapeutics hit a 52-week low of $4.99 in Thursday's trading session. The stock closed at $5.12. The year-to-date performance of BioMimetic has been a loss of 60%. 4) Vanguard Health Systems VHS: Shares of Vanguard Health Systems hit a 52-week low of $16.62 in Thursday's trading session. The stock closed at $17.17. The year-to-date performance of Vanguard Health Systems has been a loss of 5%.