Stocks to Watch for Monday 7/18/2011: 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 (listed from highest total volume to lowest): 1) Petrohawk Energy HK: Shares of Petrohawk Energy hit a 52-week high of $38.37 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $38.17. The year-to-date performance of Petrohawk has been a gain of 109%. 2) Apple AAPL: Shares of Apple hit a 52-week high of $365.00 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $364.92. The year-to-date performance of Apple has been a gain of 13.1%. 3) Clorox CLX: Shares of Clorox hit a 52-week high of $75.10 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $74.5. The year-to-date performance of Clorox has been a gain of 19.8%. 4) Southwestern Energy SWN: Shares of Southwestern hit a 52-week high of $47.62 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $47.53. The year-to-date performance of Southwestern Energy has been a gain of 27%. 5) Range Resources RRC: Shares of Range Resources hit a 52-week high of $61.99 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $61.78. The year-to-date performance of Range has been a gain of 37.4%. 6) Melco Crown Entertainment MPEL: Shares of Melco Crown hit a 52-week high of $14.50 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $14.47. The year-to-date performance of Melco Crown has been a gain of 127.5%. 7) Plains Exploration & Production PXP: Shares of Plains Exploration hit a 52-week high of $40.42 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $40.36. The year-to-date performance of Plains Exploration has been a gain of 25.6%. 8) Temple-Inland TIN: Shares of Temple-Inland hit a 52-week high of $31.58 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $31.43. The year-to-date performance of Temple-Inland has been a gain of 49.6%. 9) Western Refining WNR: Shares of Western Refining hit a 52-week high of $21.13 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $21.13. The year-to-date performance of Western Refining has been a gain of 99.7%. 10) Patterson-UTI Energy PTEN: Shares of Patterson hit a 52-week high of $33.51 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $33.50. The year-to-date performance of Patterson-UTI has been a gain of 56%. 11) Ariad Pharmaceuticals ARIA: Shares of Ariad Pharmaceuticals hit a 52-week high of $12.62 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $12.58. The year-to-date performance of Ariad has been a gain of 146.6%. 12) EQT EQT: Shares of EQT hit a 52-week high of $58.49 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $57.50. The year-to-date performance of EQT has been a gain of 28.8%. 13) Phillips-Van Heusen PVH: Shares of Phillips-Van Heusen hit a 52-week high of $74.04 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $73.79. The year-to-date performance of Phillips has been a gain of 17.2%. 14) Wynn Resorts WYNN: Shares of Wynn hit a 52-week high of $162.70 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $162.62. The year-to-date performance of Wynn has been a gain of 56.5%. 15) Basic Energy Services BAS: Shares of Basic Energy hit a 52-week high of $37.76 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $37.59. The year-to-date performance of Basic Energy has been a gain of 128.1%. 16) Aberdeen Asia Pacific Income Fund FAX: Shares of Aberdeen Asia hit a 52-week high of $7.64 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $7.60. The year-to-date performance of Aberdeen has been a gain of 15.5%. 17) Midway Gold MDW: Shares of Midway Gold hit a 52-week high of $2.71 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $2.69. The year-to-date performance of Midway Gold has been a gain of 224%. 18) Ocwen Financial OCN: Shares of Ocwen hit a 52-week high of $13.45 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $13.40. The year-to-date performance of Ocwen has been a gain of 40.5%. 19) Church & Dwight CHD: Shares of Church & Dwight hit a 52-week high of $42.60 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $42.59. The year-to-date performance of Church % Dwight has been a gain of 24.5%. 20) Energizer ENR: Shares of Energizer hit a 52-week high of $78.55 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $78.40. The year-to-date performance of Energizer has been a gain of 7.5%. 21) Nu Skin Enterprises NUS: Shares of Nu Skin hit a 52-week high of $40.00 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $40.00. The year-to-date performance of Nu Skin has been a gain of 33.2%. 22) Bankrate RATE: Shares of Bankrate hit a 52-week high of $18.89 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $17.94. The year-to-date performance of Bankrate has been a gain of 16.9%. 23) Radiant Systems RADS: Shares of Radiant Systems hit a 52-week high of $28.97 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $28.88. The year-to-date performance of Radiant has been a gain of 47.5%. 24) Associated Estates Realty AEC: Shares of Associated Estates hit a 52-week high of $17.71 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $17.48. The year-to-date performance of Associated Estates has been a gain of 16.6%. 25) Chunghwa Telecom CHT: Shares of Chunghwa hit a 52-week high of $36.96 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $36.90. The year-to-date performance of Chunghwa has been a gain of 46%. 26) EV Energy Partners EVEP: Shares of EV Energy hit a 52-week high of $62.00 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $60.59. The year-to-date performance of EV Energy has been a gain of 56.4%. 27) Meridian Bioscience VIVO: Shares of Meridian hit a 52-week high of $26.95 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $26.57. The year-to-date performance of Meridian has been a gain of 15.6%. 28) Arch Chemicals ARJ: Shares of Arch Chemicals hit a 52-week high of $47.76 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $47.69. The year-to-date performance of Arch has been a gain of 26.4%. 29) ONEOK Partners OKS: Shares of ONEOK hit a 52-week high of $44.72 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $44.45. The year-to-date performance of ONEOK has been a gain of 13.3%. 30) Endeavour International END: Shares of Endeavour hit a 52-week high of $16.43 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $16.39. The year-to-date performance of Endeavour has been a gain of 18.7%. 31) Balchem BCPC: Shares of Balchem hit a 52-week high of $45.38 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $45.00. The year-to-date performance of Balchem has been a gain of 33%. 32) Prestige Brand PBH: Shares of Prestige hit a 52-week high of $13.49 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $13.44. The year-to-date performance of Prestige has been a gain of 12.5%. 33) Delek US Holdings DK: Shares of Delek hit a 52-week high of $16.90 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $16.76. The year-to-date performance of Delek has been a gain of 131.5%. 34) CVR Partners UAN: Shares of CVR hit a 52-week high of $24.24 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $24.08. The year-to-date performance of CVR has been a gain of 37.2%. 35) America's Car-Mart CRMT: Shares of America's Car-Mart hit a 52-week high of $36.76. The stock closed at $36.55. The year-to-date performance of America's Car-Mart has been a gain of 35%. 36) Saia SAIA: Shares of Saia hit a 52-week high of $18.31 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $18.22. The year-to-date performance of Saia has been a gain of 9.8%. The following stocks hit new 52-week lows in Friday's trading session (listed from highest total volume to lowest): 1) Bank of America BAC: Shares of Bank of America hit a 52-week low of $9.88 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $10.00. The year-to-date performance of Bank of America has been a loss of 25%. 2) Delta Air Lines DAL: Shares of Delta Air Lines hit a 52-week low of $8.31 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $8.41. The year-to-date performance of Delta Air Lines has been a loss of 33.2%. 3) AMR AMR: Shares of AMR hit a 52-week low of $4.90 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $5.01. The year-to-date performance of AMR has been a loss of 35.7%. 4) Gerdau S.A. GGB: Shares of Gerdau hit a 52-week low of $9.41 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $9.49. The year-to-date performance of Gerdau has been a loss of 31.7%. 5) US Airways Group LCC: Shares of US Airways hit a 52-week low of $7.35 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $7.44. The year-to-date performance of US Airways has been a loss of 25.7%. 6) Companhia Siderurgica Nacional SID: Shares of Companhia Siderurgica hit a 52-week low of $11.10 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $11.19. The year-to-date performance of Companhia has been a loss of 29.9%. 7) KB Home KBH: Shares of KB Home hit a 52-week low of $9.29 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $9.35. The year-to-date performance of KB Home has been a loss of 30.2%. 8) VimpelCom VIP: Shares of VimpelCom hit a 52-week low of $11.80 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $11.89. The year-to-date performance of VimpelCom has been a loss of 19%. 9) Gafisa S.A. GFA: Shares of Gafisa hit a 52-week low of $8.35 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $8.39. The year-to-date performance of Gafisa has been a loss of 40.8%. 10) Greenhill & Co. GHL: Shares of Greenhill hit a 52-week low of $45.47 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $46.50. The year-to-date performance of Greenhill has been a loss of 42.6%. 11) Northern Trust NTRS: Shares of Northern Trust hit a 52-week low of $43.83 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $44.29. The year-to-date performance of Northern Trust has been a loss of 19.5%. 12) Logitech International LOGI: Shares of Logitech hit a 52-week low of $9.85 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $10.03. The year-to-date performance of Logitech has been a loss of 45.9%. 13) Knight Capital Group KCG: Shares of Knight Capital hit a 52-week low of $10.56 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $10.60. The year-to-date performance of Knight Capital has been a loss of 23.1%. 14) Rubicon Technology RBCN: Shares of Rubicon hit a 52-week low of $14.89 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $15.01. The year-to-date performance of Rubicon has been a loss of 28.7%. 15) Investment Technology Group ITG: Shares of Investment Technology hit a 52-week low of $10.91 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $11.00. The year-to-date performance of Investment Technology has been a loss of 32.8%. 16) Motricity MOTR: Shares of Motricity hit a 52-week low of $6.93 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $6.96. The year-to-date performance of Motricity has been a loss of 62.5%. 17) Lumber Liquidators LL: Shares of Lumber Liquidators hit a 52-week low of $17.18 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $17.23. The year-to-date performance of Lumber Liquidators has been a loss of 30.8%. 18) CoreLogic CLGX: Shares of CoreLogic hit a 52-week low of $15.87 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $16.00. The year-to-date performance of CoreLogic has been a loss of 13.6%. 19) MDC Holdings MDC: Shares of MDC hit a 52-week low of $23.75 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $23.80. The year-to-date performance of MDC has been a loss of 16.5%. 20) National CineMedia NCMI: Shares of National CineMedia hit a 52-week low of $14.98 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $15.08. The year-to-date performance of National CineMedia has been a loss of 22.5%. 21) Cleveland BioLabs CBLI: Shares of Cleveland BioLabs hit a 52-week low of $3.13 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $3.13. The year-to-date performance of Cleveland BioLabs has been a loss of 56.6%. 22) Green Dot GDOT: Shares of Green Dot hit a 52-week low of $29.66 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $30.23. The year-to-date performance of Green Dog has been a loss of 46.7%. 23) Smart Technologies SMT: Shares of Smart Technologies hit a 52-week low of $5.00 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $5.12. The year-to-date-performance of Smart Technologies has been a loss of 45.7%. 24) Empresas ICA ICA: Shares of Empresas ICA hit a 52-week low of $8.19 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $8.25. The year-to-date performance of Empresas has been a loss of 19.1%. 25) Portugal Telecom SGPS PT: Shares of Portugal Telecom hit a 52-week low of $8.28 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $8.36. The year-to-date performance of Portugal Telecom has been a loss of 21%. 26) Baltic Trading BALT: Shares of Baltic Trading hit a 52-week low of $4.91 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $4.93. The year-to-date performance of Baltic has been a loss of 50.4%. 27) Bacterin International BONE: Shares of Bacterin hit a 52-week low of $2.21 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $2.32. The year-to-date performance of Bacterin has been a loss of 50.6%. 28) Quad Graphics QUAD: Shares of Quad hit a 52-week low of $34.61 in Friday's trading session. The stock closed at $35.23. The year-to-date performance of Quad Graphics has been a loss of 14.2%.