Ashland Inc. (ASH) rose 13 percent, the biggest gain in the Russell 1000 Index, to $69.24. The maker of Valvoline motor oil agreed to buy closely-held International Specialty Products Inc.
Central Vermont Public Service Corp. (CV) surged 41 percent to $34.30 for the biggest increase in the Russell 2000 Index. The utility agreed to be bought by Fortis Inc. (FTS CN), Canada’s biggest publicly traded electric utility, for about $470 million, or $35.10 a share.
Funtalk China Holdings Ltd. (FTLK) jumped 14 percent, the most intraday since Aug. 4, to $6.70. The operator of the mainland’s second-biggest chain selling mobile phones agreed to be bought by Fortress Group Ltd., a group which includes Arch Digital Holdings Ltd. and GM Investment Co., for $7.20 a share in a “going private” transaction.
Ticker Company Performance
YONG Yongye International, Inc. 46.13%
AGYS Agilysys Inc. 38.08%
ASH Ashland Inc. 9.85%
YGE Yingli Green Energy Holding Co. Ltd. 9.38%
LDK LDK Solar Co., Ltd. 9.33%
VHC VirnetX Holding Corp 7.34%
TZOO Travelzoo Inc. 7.25%
ZLC Zale Corporation 6.76%
OPTR Optimer Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 6.70%
JASO JA Solar Holdings Co., Ltd. 6.70%
SOLR GT Solar International, Inc. 6.42%
PKD Parker Drilling Co. 6.36%
SQNS Sequans Communications S.A. Ame 6.01%
SPIL Siliconware Precision Industries Co. Ltd. 5.92%
CIGX Star Scientific, Inc. 5.44%
STP Suntech Power Holdings Co. Ltd. 5.10%
TSL Trina Solar Ltd. 4.90%
MDCO Medicines Co. 4.46%
SOL ReneSola Ltd. 4.30%
WFR MEMC Electronic Materials Inc. 4.25%
CSIQ Canadian Solar Inc. 4.20%
PDS Precision Drilling Corporation 4.13%
GD General Dynamics Corp. 4.10%
NR Newpark Resources Inc. 4.08%
STD Banco Santander, S.A. 4.03%
STO Statoil ASA 3.58%
CDTI Clean Diesel Technologies Inc. 3.55%
MSO Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia Inc. 3.50%
VRML Vermillion, Inc. 3.49%
PWER Power-One Inc. 3.32%
DYN Dynegy Inc. 3.23%
TSM Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. 3.21%
FSLR First Solar, Inc. 3.10%
SINA Sina Corp. 2.91%
ALTR Altera Corp. 2.85%
TCK Teck Resources Limited 2.81%
TOT Total SA 2.65%
MOTR Motricity, Inc. 2.48%
XLNX Xilinx Inc. 2.42%
CNQ Canadian Natural Resources Limited 2.40%
SAP SAP AG 2.39%
CAM Cameron International Corporation 2.31%
FLEX Flextronics International Ltd. 2.25%
AUO AU Optronics Corp. 2.12%
OVTI OmniVision Technologies Inc. 2.05%
MT Arcelor Mittal 2.04%
BIG Big Lots Inc. 2.00%
NBR Nabors Industries Ltd. 1.99%
SNY Sanofi-Aventis 1.99%
GS The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. 1.94%
AAPL Apple Inc. 1.92%
MCP Molycorp, Inc. 1.90%
ERIC LM Ericsson Telephone Co. 1.84%
KEG Key Energy Services Inc. 1.83%
ELN Elan Corp. plc 1.81%
EXK Endeavour Silver Corp. 1.80%
CY Cypress Semiconductor Corporation 1.80%
BP BP plc 1.76%
GFI Gold Fields Ltd. 1.75%
MHS MedcoHealth Solutions Inc. 1.72%
SWC Stillwater Mining Co. 1.69%
AGU Agrium Inc. 1.60%
OXY Occidental Petroleum Corporation 1.57%
ANR Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. 1.56%
MEE Massey Energy Co. 1.56%
MPEL Melco Crown Entertainment Ltd. 1.55%
BHI Baker Hughes Incorporated 1.55%
BEXP Brigham Exploration Co. 1.55%
TXT Textron Inc. 1.54%
TLM Talisman Energy Inc. 1.53%
LSI LSI Corporation 1.50%
DOV Dover Corp. 1.49%
NYX NYSE Euronext, Inc. 1.49%
AMZN Amazon.com Inc. 1.48%
PTIE Pain Therapeutics Inc. 1.47%
EBAY eBay Inc. 1.47%
COP ConocoPhillips 1.46%
BIDU Baidu, Inc. 1.46%
AMGN Amgen Inc. 1.45%
ESV Ensco plc 1.44%
WY Weyerhaeuser Co. 1.44%
GLUU Glu Mobile, Inc. 1.41%
LYB LyondellBasell Industries NV 1.40%
AMB AMB Property Corp. 1.40%
MTG MGIC Investment Corp. 1.39%
SNDK SanDisk Corp. 1.39%
CVX Chevron Corp. 1.39%
NWSA News Corp. 1.33%
DELL Dell Inc. 1.33%
DF Dean Foods Co. 1.33%
WMB Williams Companies, Inc. 1.32%
POT Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan, Inc. 1.32%
INTC Intel Corporation 1.31%
KERX Keryx Biopharmaceuticals Inc. 1.31%
AMAT Applied Materials Inc. 1.30%
HAL Halliburton Company 1.28%
SVM Silvercorp Metals Inc. 1.26%
IBN ICICI Bank Ltd. 1.25%
CTSH Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. 1.23%
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