During regular trading hours, there were many stocks that continued to break up to the upside. These stocks are usually going up with news.If you are looking to day trade today, you might want to check out the following stocks. I usually throw these on my watch list and monitor with resistance & support levels. Below are a list of stocks that I am watching for October 17, 2011.Also check out my Top 2011 Stock Gainers, Stocks to Buy 2011.You can also check previous stocks to buy reports- Right Here. Hot stocks Today Right Here.Market Technical analysis Right Here
Norway's Satoil (STO) has agreed to buy the outstanding shares in U.S. oil firm Brigham Exploration (BEXP) for $4.4B in a deal that values the latter at $4.7B. The offer of $36.50 a share represents a 20% premium to Brigham's close on Friday.
Top Story Stocks Performance - 10/17/11
Ticker Company Performance
IRE The Governor and Company of The Bank of Ireland 700.00%
EP El Paso Corp. 23.76%
BEXP Brigham Exploration Co. 19.80%
SNDA Shanda Interactive Entertainment Ltd. 17.17%
SQNM Sequenom Inc. 8.46%
KMI Kinder Morgan, Inc. 6.53%
OAS Oasis Petroleum Inc. 5.83%
NR Newpark Resources Inc. 5.65%
MMR McMoRan Exploration Co. 4.87%
APC Anadarko Petroleum Corporation 4.42%
LNG Cheniere Energy, Inc. 4.01%
ETP Energy Transfer Partners L.P. 3.91%
KMP Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP 3.79%
KMR Kinder Morgan Management LLC 3.70%
WAG Walgreen Co. 3.61%
HALO Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc. 3.28%
STT State Street Corp. 3.27%
KOG Kodiak Oil & Gas Corp. 3.21%
CIE Cobalt International Energy, Inc. 3.05%
SD SandRidge Energy, Inc. 3.02%
FBHS Fortune Brands Home & Security, 3.00%
WMB Williams Companies, Inc. 2.56%
WLL Whiting Petroleum Corp. 2.50%
AT Atlantic Power Corporation 2.33%
CHU China Unicom (Hong Kong) Limited 2.14%
FDO Family Dollar Stores Inc. 2.01%
COG Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation 1.92%
CLR Continental Resources Inc. 1.84%
IDIX Idenix Pharmaceuticals Inc. 1.75%
NI NiSource Inc. 1.75%
ASIA AsiaInfo-Linkage,Inc. 1.74%
SKM SK Telecom Co. Ltd. 1.71%
MPEL Melco Crown Entertainment Ltd. 1.65%
WPRT Westport Innovations Inc. 1.56%
ACHN Achillion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 1.55%
CLD Cloud Peak Energy Inc. 1.53%
NOG Northern Oil and Gas, Inc. 1.53%
TEVA Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Limited 1.53%
SNE Sony Corporation 1.48%
SWY Safeway Inc. 1.47%
EDU New Oriental Education & Technology Group 1.42%
SE Spectra Energy Corp. 1.39%
XCO EXCO Resources Inc. 1.38%
NTRS Northern Trust Corporation 1.30%
ESV Ensco plc 1.26%
ITRI Itron, Inc. 1.26%
NFLX Netflix, Inc. 1.23%
OKE ONEOK Inc. 1.19%
AKAM Akamai Technologies Inc. 1.19%
YOKU Youku.com Inc 1.18%
BP BP plc 1.13%
RRC Range Resources Corporation 1.02%
PGN Progress Energy Inc. 1.01%
WYNN Wynn Resorts Ltd. 0.94%
WIN Windstream Corporation 0.93%
DUK Duke Energy Corporation 0.88%
HRBN Harbin Electric, Inc. 0.86%
EQT EQT Corporation 0.86%
PRGO Perrigo Co. 0.85%
DG Dollar General Corporation 0.84%
RIG Transocean Ltd. 0.83%
JCP J. C. Penney Company, Inc. 0.77%
LOW Lowe's Companies Inc. 0.76%
UGI UGI Corp. 0.72%
VVUS VIVUS Inc. 0.70%
DNR Denbury Resources Inc. 0.70%
TSCO Tractor Supply Company 0.67%
HES Hess Corporation 0.66%
VRX Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc. 0.60%
PQ PetroQuest Energy Inc. 0.59%
COST Costco Wholesale Corporation 0.58%
CROX CROCS Inc. 0.56%
PEG Public Service Enterprise Group Inc. 0.54%
SO Southern Company 0.54%
LUV Southwest Airlines Co. 0.52%
ED Consolidated Edison Inc. 0.50%
NUAN Nuance Communications, Inc. 0.50%
DTE DTE Energy Co. 0.45%
IRM Iron Mountain Inc. 0.41%
HAS Hasbro Inc. 0.37%
SWN Southwestern Energy Co. 0.36%
FAST Fastenal Co. 0.33%
ATVI Activision Blizzard, Inc. 0.31%
ABV Companhia de Bebidas Das Americas (AMBEV) 0.30%
NSR NeuStar, Inc. 0.29%
GPOR Gulfport Energy Corp. 0.29%
FE FirstEnergy Corp. 0.29%
RBA Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers Incorporated 0.27%
T AT&T, Inc. 0.24%
CQB Chiquita Brands International Inc. 0.23%
ANN AnnTaylor Stores Corp. 0.23%
LBTYA Liberty Global Inc. 0.23%
LLL L-3 Communications Holdings Inc. 0.22%
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