Stocks to Watch for 6/20/11: 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 Friday's trading session: 1) Sally Beauty Holdings SBH: Shares of Sally Beauty hit a 52-week high of $16.90 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $16.57. The year-to-date performance of Sally Beauty has been a gain of 14%. 2) Colgate-Palmolive CL: Shares of Colgate-Palmolive hit a 52-week high of $88.02 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $87.88. The year-to-date performance of Colgate-Palmolive has been a gain of 10%. 3) Caliper Life Sciences CALP: Shares of Caliper Life Sciences hit a 52-week high of $7.87 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $7.77. The year-to-date performance of Caliper Life Sciences has been a gain of 23%. 4) Caribou Coffee CBOU: Shares of Caribou Coffee hit a 52-week high of $12.13 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $12.10. The year-to-date performance of Caribou Coffee has been a gain of 20%. 5) Liquidity Services LQDT: Shares of Liquidity Services hit a 52-week high of $22.20 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $21.80. The year-to-date performance of Liquidity Services has been a gain of 55%. 6) Equity Lifestyle Properties ELS: Shares of Equity Lifestyle Properties hit a 52-week high of $64.26 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $63.90. The year-to-date performance of Equity Lifestyle Properties has been a gain of 15%. 7) Gold Reserve GRZ: Shares of Gold Reserve hit a 52-week high of $3.00 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $2.99. The year-to-date performance of Gold Reserve has been a gain of 65%. 8) Oncothyreon ONTY: Shares of Oncothyreon hit a 52-week high of $8.24 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $8.10. The year-to-date performance of Oncothyreon has been a gain of 148%. 9) Casey's General Stores CASY: Shares of Casey's General Stores hit a 52-week high of $45.40 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $45.00. The year-to-date performance of Casey's has been a gain of 7%. 10) Conn's CONN: Shares of Conn's hit a 52-week high of $7.41 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $7.22. The year-to-date performance of Conn's has been a gain of 54%. 11) Pharmacyclics PCYC: Shares of Pharmacyclics hit a 52-week high of $9.53 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $9.26. The year-to-date performance of Pharmacyclics has been a gain of 52%. 12) Peet's Coffee & Tea PEET: Shares of Peet's Coffee & Tea hit a 52-week high of $55.19 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $53.69. The year-to-date performance of Peet's Coffee & Tea has been a gain of 29%. 13) InContact SAAS: Shares of InContact hit a 52-week high of $4.29 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $4.29. The year-to-date performance of InContact has been a gain of 30%. 14) Coffee Holding JVA: Shares of Coffee Holding hit a 52-week high of $16.20 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $15.59. The year-to-date performance of Coffee Holding has been a gain of 321%. 15) Quest Diagnostics DGX: Shares of Quest Diagnostics hit a 52-week high of $61.00 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $60.56. The year-to-date performance of Quest has been a gain of 13%. The following stocks hit new 52-week lows in Friday's trading session: 1) Applied Micro Circuits AMCC: Shares of Applied Micro Circuits hit a 52-week low of $8.35 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $8.40. The year-to-date performance of Applied Micro has been a loss of 20%. 2) Marvell Technology Group MRVL: Shares of Marvell Technology hit a 52-week low of $13.17 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $13.21. The year-to-date performance of Marvell has been a loss of 29%. 3) Research In Motion RIMM: Shares of Research In Motion hit a 52-week low of $27.08 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $27.75. The year-to-date performance of Research in Motion has been a loss of 52%. 4) LG Display LPL: Shares of LG Display hit a 52-week low of $13.00 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $13.12. The year-to-date performance of LG Display has been a loss of 26%. 5) LinkedIn LNKD: Shares of LinkedIn hit a 52-week low of $65.10 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $65.53. The year-to-date performance of LinkedIn has been a loss of 30%. 6) PartnerRe PRE: Shares of PartnerRe hit a 52-week low of $67.62 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $68.00. The year-to-date performance of PartnerRe has been a loss of 14%. 7) Venoco VQ: Shares of Venoco hit a 52-week low of $11.97 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $12.30. The year-to-date performance of Venoco has been a loss of 33%. 8) The Dolan Company DM: Shares of Dolan hit a 52-week low of $8.54 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $8.62. The year-to-date performance of Dolan has been a loss of 38%. 9) Zhongpin HOGS: Shares of Zhongpin hit a 52-week low of $10.26 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $10.79. The year-to-date performance of Zhongpin has been a loss of 47%. 10) Smith & Wesson SWHC: Shares of Smith & Wesson hit a 52-week low of $2.88 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $2.94. The year-to-date performance of Smith & Wesson has been a loss of 21%. 11) Deer Consumer Products DEER: Shares of Deer Consumer Products hit a 52-week low of $4.88 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $5.07. The year-to-date performance of Deer Consumer has been a loss of 55%. 12) Perfect World PWRD: Shares of Perfect World hit a 52-week low of $17.35 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $17.38. The year-to-date performance of Perfect World has been a loss of 27%. 13) Rubicon Technology RBCN: Shares of Rubicon Technology hit a 52-week low of $15.51 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $16.36. The year-to-date performance of Rubicon Technology has been a loss of 22%. 14) China Gerui Advanced Materials CHOP: Shares of China Gerui Advanced Materials hit a 52-week low of $2.82 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $2.99. The year-to-date performance of China Gerui has been a loss of 49%. 15) Hilltop Holdings HTH: Shares of Hilltop Holdings hit a 52-week low of $8.82 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $8.87. The year-to-date performance of Hilltop has been a loss of 11%. 16) AU Optronics AUO: Shares of AU Optronics hit a 52-week low of $7.05 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $7.06. The year-to-date performance of AU Optronics has been a loss of 32%. 17) Dolby Laboratories DLB: Shares of Dolby Laboratories hit a 52-week low of $42.48 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $42.70. The year-to-date performance of Dolby has been a loss of 36%. 18) China Life Insurance LFC: Shares of China Life Insurance hit a 52-week low of $47.77 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $47.77. The year-to-date performance of China Life has been a loss of 20%. 19) NutriSystem NTRI: Shares of NutriSystem hit a 52-week low of $12.62 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $12.76. The year-to-date performance of NutriSystem has been a loss of 38%. 20) MEMC Electronic Materials WFR: Shares of MEMC Electronic hit a 52-week low of $8.36 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $8.46. The year-to-date performance of MEMC has been a loss of 25%. 21) Oclaro OCLR: Shares of Oclaro hit a 52-week low of $6.28 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $6.36. The year-to-date performance of Oclaro has been a loss of 52%. 22) Cogo Group COGO: Shares of Cogo hit a 52-week low of $4.92 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $4.92. The year-to-date performance of Cogo Group has been a loss of 44%. 23) Hanover Insurance THG: Shares of Hanover Insurance hit a 52-week low of $37.00 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $37.05. The year-to-date performance of Hanover has been a loss of 20%. 24) Sun Healthcare SUNH: Shares of Sun Healthcare hit a 52-week low of $8.56 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $8.56. The year-to-date performance of Sun Healthcare has been a loss of 32%. 25) Infinera INFN: Shares of Infinera hit a 52-week low of $5.91 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $6.02. The year-to-date performance of Infinera has been a loss of 42%. 26) Comverge COMV: Shares of Comverge hit a 52-week low of $2.55 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $2.62. The year-to-date performance of Comverge has been a loss of 62%. 27) Shanda Interactive Entertainment SNDA: Shares of Shanda Interactive Entertainment hit a 52-week low of $35.31 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $35.69. The year-to-date performance of Shanda Interactive has been a loss of 10%. 28) Toreador Resources TRGL: Shares of Toreador Resources hit a 52-week low of $3.48 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $3.65. The year-to-date performance of Toreador has been a loss of 76%. 29) Metabolix MBLX: Shares of Metabolix hit a 52-week low of $6.62 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $6.90. The year-to-date performance of Metabolix has been a loss of 43%. 30) Emulex ELX: Shares of Emulex hit a 52-week low of $8.02 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $8.08. The year-to-date performance of Emulex has been a loss of 31%. 31) Artio Global Investors ART: Shares of Artio Global Investors hit a 52-week low of $11.89 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $11.98. The year-to-date performance of Artio Global has been a loss of 18%. 32) Gerdau S.A. GGB: Shares of Gerdau hit a 52-week low of $9.85 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $9.96. The year-to-date performance of Gerdau has been a loss of 28%. 33) Citi Trends CTRN: Shares of Citi Trends hit a 52-week low of $14.84 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $14.87. The year-to-date performance of Citi Trends has been a loss of 39%. 34) VisionChina Media VISN: Shares of VisionChina Media hit a 52-week low of $2.38 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $2.39. The year-to-date performance of VisionChina has been a loss of 48%. 35) Somaxon Pharmaceuticals SOMX: Shares of Somaxon Pharmaceuticals hit a 52-week low of $2.08 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $2.13. The year-to-date performance of Somaxon has been a loss of 32%. 36) Freescale Semiconductor FSL: Shares of Freescale Semiconductor hit a 52-week low of $14.88 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $14.99. The year-to-date performance of Freescale has been a loss of 18%. 37) Brookfield Residential Properties BRP: Shares of Brookfield Residential Properties hit a 52-week low of $9.70 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $9.95. The year-to-date performance of Brookfield Residential has been a loss of 18%. 38) NeoPhotonics NPTN: Shares of NeoPhotonics hit a 52-week low of $6.74 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $6.75. The year-to-date performance of NeoPhotonics has been a loss of 49%. 39) Wausau Paper WPP: Shares of Wausau Paper hit a 52-week low of $5.83 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $5.86. The year-to-date performance of Wausau Paper has been a loss of 31%. 40) Geron GERN: Shares of Geron hit a 52-week low of $3.86 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $3.86. The year-to-date performance of Geron has been a loss of 26%. 41) Enzon Pharmaceuticals ENZN: Shares of Enzon Pharmaceuticals hit a 52-week low of $9.93 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $9.97. The year-to-date performance of Enzon has been loss of 18%. 42) Voyager Oil & Gas VOG: Shares of Voyager Oil & Gas hit a 52-week low of $2.27 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $2.30. The year-to-date performance of Voyager Oil & Gas has been a loss of 60%. 43) Conceptus CPTS: Shares of Conceptus hit a 52-week low of $11.56 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $11.59. The year-to-date performance of Conceptus has been a loss of 16%. 44) Eagle Bulk Shipping EGLE: Shares of Eagle Bulk Shipping hit a 52-week low of $2.30 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $2.31. The year-to-date performance of Eagle Bulk has been a loss of 54%. 45) Cree CREE: Shares of Cree hit a 52-week low of $33.93 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $34.27. The year-to-date performance of Cree has been a loss of 48%. 46) China Xiniya Fashion XNY: Shares of China Xiniya Fashion hit a 52-week low of $2.60 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $2.86. The year-to-date performance of China Xiniya Fashion has been a loss of 69%. 47) Cardiome Pharma CRME: Shares of CardioMe Pharma hit a 52-week low of $3.92 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $4.02. The year-to-date performance of Cardiome has been a loss of 37%. 48) China Finance Online JRJC: Shares of China Finance Online hit a 52-week low of $3.02 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $3.02. The year-to-date performance of China Finance Online has been a loss of 54%. 49) Qihoo 360 Technology QIHU: Shares of Qihu hit a 52-week low of $16.53 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $17.48. The year-to-date performance of Qihoo 360 has been a loss of 49%.