Semiconductors

  Following the market opening Thursday, the Dow traded up 0.07 percent to 17,972.28 while the NASDAQ declined 0.01 percent to 5,105.12. The S&P also rose, gaining 0.07 percent to 2,099.41. Leading and Lagging Sectors Thursday morning, basic materials shares gained by 0.63 percent...

The list of below stocks is notable as the shares have rallied for three days in a row on no news spanning the trading days from October 31 to November 2. Delta Air Lines, Inc. (NYSE: DAL) – On Wednesday, Delta reported a 6.5 percent year-over-year drop in consolidated passenger unit...

The following stocks posted three-day sell offs on increasing volume spanning the trading days from October 10 to October 12: Global Ship Lease Inc (NYSE: GSL) Auris Medical Holding AG (NASDAQ: EARS) Cavium Inc (NASDAQ: CAVM) F5 Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: FFIV) Fluidigm Corporation...

The following stocks posted four-day rallies spanning the trading days from September 27 to September 30 and then saw profit taking during Monday's session: Accenture Plc (NYSE: ACN) Boston Beer Company Inc (NYSE: SAM) Ralph Lauren Corp (NYSE: RL) Western Gas Equity Partners LP...

  Deutsche Bank raised the price target for Navistar International Corp (NYSE: NAV) from $14 to $21. Navistar shares closed at $19.12 on Thursday. D.A. Davidson raised the price target on HomeStreet Inc (NASDAQ: HMST) from $27 to $29. HomeStreet shares closed at $27.15 on Thursday...

It’s critical to know whether a stock you plan on buying has an ex-dividend status, because in case it does, the dividend would be paid out to the seller. The person who owns the stock on the ex-dividend date will be awarded the payment, which means that you’ll have to wait for the...

  Myriad Genetics, Inc. (NASDAQ: MYGN) shares declined 32.1 percent to $20.00 after the company posted weaker-than-expected Q4 results and issued a downbeat guidance. SunPower Corporation (NASDAQ: SPWR) shares declined 30.2 percent to $10.32 after the company posted a loss for its...

Gainers Clean Energy Fuels Corp (NASDAQ: CLNE) rose 23 percent to $3.58 in pre-market trading after the company posted stronger-than-expected quarterly earnings. Yelp Inc (NYSE: YELP) rose 14.1 percent to $37.24 in pre-market trading as the company reported a surprise profit for the...

  Castlight Health Inc (NYSE: CSLT) climbed 27.7 percent to $4.34. Castlight Health reported a Q2 loss of $0.17 per share on revenue of $23.58 million. Monster Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE: MWW) shares gained 25.6 percent to $3.47 after Randstad announced plans to acquire Monster Worldwide...

  Hecla Mining Company (NYSE: HL) shares gained 4 percent to reach a new 52-week high of $7.05. JP Morgan upgraded Hecla Mining from Neutral to Overweight.. Jacobs Engineering Group Inc (NYSE: JEC) shares reached a new 52-week high of $54.91 as the company posted better-than-expected...

  Citi raised the price target for Analog Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADI) from $60 to $68. Analog Devices shares closed at $62.87 on Tuesday. BTIG raised Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) price target from $115 to $124. Apple shares closed at $96.67 on Tuesday. Axiom lowered Twitter Inc...

Analog Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADI) has agreed to acquire Linear Technology Corporation (NASDAQ: LLTC) in a cash and stock transaction that values the latter at $14.8 billion. Citi’s Christopher Danely downgraded the rating on Analog Devices from Buy to Neutral, while raising the price...