Top Percentage Gainers And Losers As Of 10 a.m. 4/12/2011 (CYH, THC, SKH, JPM, EXEL, GS, TIBX, HPQ, SIFY, WMS, GFRE, EXTR, SB, AIB, CCRT, GIL, THLD, BRNC, SIMG)

Best 1) Community Health Systems CYH: Shares are vaulting 16.57% to $30.18. The stock took a huge hit in yesterday's session, trading down as low as $22.32 after Tenet Healthcare THC filed a lawsuit against the company alleging illegal admission of patients in order to benefit financially. The stock is also up despite a downgrade from Above Average to Average at Caris. 2) Skilled Healthcare Group SKH: Stock is enjoying an 11.48% jump. The company recently retained J.P. Morgan JPM to assist in a possible sale of the company. 3) Excelixis EXEL: Trading 7.78% to the upside at $12.34 after a report came out saying that the company is working Goldman Sachs GS to prepare for takeover offers. The possible sale is in response to a positive study regarding its experimental prostate-cancer drug. 4) TIBCO Software TIBX: Shares are enjoying a 6.22% run to $28.70. News surfaced that Hewlett-Packard HPQ explored a possible purchase of the company two weeks ago. 5) Sify Technologies SIFY: Stock is getting a 6.86% pop to $4.83 this morning. The stock has put in a new 52-week high in today's action. Other notable movers: Gildan Activewear GIL: Up 5.31% to $33.72; Threshold Pharmaceuticals THLD: Up 4.62% to $2.04. Worst 1) WMS Industries WMS: Equity is plunging 14.8% to $20.86 after missing Wall Street earnings estimates yesterday. 2) CompuCredit Holdings CCRT: Putting in a 12.84% loss to $5.77. 3) Gulf Resources GFRE: Losing 11.52% to $4.53. Extreme Networks EXTR: Shares are plunging 10.32% to $3.04 after warning of a shortfall in its third quarter revenue. Had been down as much as 20% in pre-market trading. 4) Safe Bulkers SB: Currently trading down 10.15% to $8.32. The company is offering 5 million shares at a 9.3% discount to Monday's closing price. 5) Allied Irish Banks AIB: Stock is taking a 9.43% hit to $3.17. The company reported that its 2010 net loss rose to 10.23 billion Euros from 2.41 billion Euros in the prior year. Other notable movers: Bronco Drilling Company BRNC: Down 8.95% to $9.56; Silicon Image SIMG: Down 7.92% to $6.98.
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