Pre-Market Biggest Stock Gainers - 12/15/11

During Pre-market trading hours, there were many stocks that continued to break up to the upside.These stocks are usually going up or down on 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 today.You can also check previous stocks to buy reports- Right Here

Pre-market there are some of the story stocks gainer - December 15, 2011 

Lam Research (LRCX) agrees to acquire Novellus Systems (NVLS) in an all-stock transaction valued at $3.3B. NVLS shareholders will receive 1.125 shares of LRCX for each of their shares, valuing NVLS at $44.42/share, or ~12.5% above its closing price today. Lam also announces a $1.6M common stock repurchase program. NVLS +10.2% before trading halted, LRCX -3% AH

VeriFone (PAY): FQ4 EPS of $0.53 beats by $0.02. Revenue of $410M (+51% Y/Y) in-line

DFC Global (DLLR) announces its Board of Directors has approved a 5M share stock buyback. Shares +0.6% AH. 

Aetna (AET) gains 1% AH after using an 8-K to lift its 2011 EPS guidance to $5.15 from $5, and its 2012 EPS guidance to $5 from $4.80. The company also says it will have 18.4M members enrolled in medical plans at year's end, but that this figure will decline to 17.9M by the end of Q1 2012. Aetna is hosting its annual investor conference tomorrow.

Today's Upgrade & Downgrade  

  
Below the stocks are rising from low

Apple Inc. (AAPL)
Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN)
Baidu Inc. (BIDU)
Brigham Exploration (BEXP)
Caterpillar Inc. (CAT)
Akamai Technologies Inc. (AKAM)
Repros Therapeutics Inc. (RPRX)
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD)
Alcoa, Inc. (AA)
Astea International Inc. (ATEA)
CryptoLogic Limited (CRYP)
Body Central Corp. (BODY)
Orexigen Therapeutics, Inc. (OREX)
General Maritime Corp. (GMR)
1-800-Flowers.com Inc. (FLWS)
NVIDIA Corporation (NVDA)  
International Business Machines Corp. (IBM)
MGM Resorts International (MGM)
Micron Technology, Inc. (MU)
NetApp Inc. (NTAP)
Netflix, Inc. (NFLX)
Nike Inc. (NKE)
Starbucks Corp. (SBUX)
BioSante Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (BPAX)
STEC, Inc. (STEC)
Time Warner Inc. (TWX)
Cirrus Logic Inc. (CRUS)
DryShips, Inc. (DRYS)
Exxon Mobil Corp. (XOM) 
OmniVision Technologies Inc. (OVTI)
Panera Bread Co. (PNRA)
Pfizer Inc. (PFE)
Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan, Inc. (POT)
Salesforce.com (CRM)
SodaStream International Ltd. (SODA)
Sohu.com Inc. (SOHU)
Biostar Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (BSPM)
ZAGG Incorporated (ZAGG)
Subaye, Inc. (SBAY)
Threshold Pharmaceuticals Inc. (THLD)
Prana Biotechnology Ltd. (PRAN)
Mecox Lane Limited (MCOX)
Marina Biotech, Inc. (MRNA)
VirnetX Holding Corp (VHC)
Ciena Corporation (CIEN)
F5 Networks, Inc. (FFIV)
Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. (FCX)
Finisar Corp. (FNSR)
Funtalk China Holdings Limited (FTLK)
Eastman Kodak Co. (EK)
Inhibitex Inc. (INHX)
Warren Resources Inc. (WRES)
China Valves Technology, Inc. (CVVT)
Belo Corp. (BLC)
GigaMedia Ltd. (GIGM)
Micromet, Inc. (MITI)
TravelCenters of America LLC (TA)
Saba Software Inc. (SABA)
Youku.com Inc. (YOKU)
Hot Topic Inc. (HOTT)
Sunrise Senior Living Inc. (SRZ)
iPath S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures ETN (VXX)
Whole Foods Market, Inc. (WFMI)
JDS Uniphase Corporation (JDSU)
Level 3 Communications Inc. (LVLT)
Limelight Networks, Inc. (LLNW)
Uranium Resources, Inc. (URRE)
ICAgen Inc. (ICGN)
Wet Seal Inc. (WTSLA)
Charming Shoppes Inc. (CHRS)
Brunswick Corporation (BC)
Travelzoo Inc. (TZOO)
Zalicus Inc. (ZLCS)
LogMeIn, Inc. (LOGM)
USA Technologies Inc. (USAT)
Accretive Health, Inc. (AH)
China Information Technology, Inc. (CNIT)
Active Power Inc. (ACPW)
Majestic Capital, Ltd. (MAJC)
Bionovo, Inc. (BNVI)
Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. (CMG)
Fuqi International, Inc. (FUQI)
General Electric Company (GE)
Hewlett-Packard Company (HPQ)
Hyperdynamics Corporation (HDY) 
Cisco Systems Inc. (CSCO)
Comcast Corporation (CMCSA)
China Life Insurance Co. Ltd. (LFC)
China Petroleum & Chemical Corp. (SNP)
Coca-Cola Company (KO)
Deutsche Bank AG (DB)
Dell Inc. (DELL)
Diageo plc (DEO)
DIRECTV (DTV)
DuPont de Nemours & Co. (DD)
Ebay Inc. (EBAY)
Eli Lilly & Co. (LLY)
EMC Corporation (EMC)
Emerson Electric Co. (EMR)
Ford Motor Co. (F)
France Telecom (FTE)
Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. (FCX)
GlaxoSmithKline plc (GSK)
General Electric Company (NYSE:GE)
Goldcorp Inc. (GG)
Home Depot, Inc. (HD)
Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (HMC)
HSBC Holdings plc (HBC)
Halliburton Company (HAL)
Infosys Technologies Ltd. (INFY)
ING Groep NV (ING)
Intel Corporation (INTC)
Ita (ITUB)
iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index (EEM)
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ)
JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM)
Kraft Foods Inc. (KFT)
Lloyds Banking Group plc (LYG)
LM Ericsson Telephone Co. (ERIC)
MetLife, Inc. (MET)
Monsanto Co. (MON)
Mosaic Co. (MOS)
3M Co. (MMM)
McDonald's Corp. (MCD) 

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