Below is a list of some of the story stocks to watch for March 5, 2011
Archipelago Learning Inc. (ARCL) rallied 21 percent, the most in the Russell 2000 Index, to $10.98. The subscription- based education company agreed to be bought by Plato Learning for $11.10 a share.
Molycorp Inc. (MCP) increased 4.4 percent to $25.62 for the biggest gain in the Russell 1000 Index. The owner of the largest rare-earth deposit outside China may benefit from a recovery in prices as demand increases after a 25 percent decline this year, according to Morgan Stanley, which reiterated its overweight recommendation on the stock. The rating means the company is projected to perform better over the next 12 to 18 months than other stocks the analyst covers.
Nature’s Sunshine Products Inc. (NATR) climbed 16 percent to $16.95 after jumping 18 percent earlier, the most intraday since Aug. 3. The maker of nutritional and personal care products said that, excluding some items, it earned 48 cents a share in the fourth quarter.
Pandora Media Inc. (P) had the second-biggest advance in the Russell 1000 Index, rising 4.1 percent to $14.47. The online music service provider was upgraded to buy from hold at Stifel Nicolaus & Co., which cited the expansion of the company’s advertising sales staff.
Top Story Stocks Performance - 3/5/12
Ticker Company Performance
ARCL Archipelago Learning, Inc. 21.68%
P Pandora Media, Inc. 7.55%
FIRE Sourcefire, Inc. 4.57%
CLNE Clean Energy Fuels Corp. 4.48%
REE Rare Element Resources Ltd. 4.47%
MCP Molycorp, Inc. 4.36%
BIG Big Lots Inc. 3.49%
AIG American International Group, Inc. 3.09%
WPX WPX Energy, Inc. 2.94%
SCSS Select Comfort Corporation 2.66%
PIR Pier 1 Imports, Inc. 2.41%
LPX Louisiana-Pacific Corp. 2.37%
ACN Accenture plc 2.20%
ELX Emulex Corporation 2.11%
URBN Urban Outfitters Inc. 1.99%
ZAGG ZAGG Inc. 1.96%
XLS Exelis, Inc. 1.85%
DRI Darden Restaurants, Inc. 1.83%
ACOM Ancestry.com Inc. 1.78%
LEG Leggett & Platt, Incorporated 1.78%
RGC REGAL ENTERTAINMENT GROUP 1.69%
WAG Walgreen Co. 1.68%
GME GameStop Corp. 1.59%
BP BP plc 1.58%
GFA Gafisa S.A. 1.56%
HEK Heckmann Corporation 1.56%
DMND Diamond Foods, Inc. 1.49%
CSC Computer Sciences Corporation 1.44%
WPRT Westport Innovations Inc. 1.39%
MET MetLife, Inc. 1.33%
HFC HollyFrontier Corporation 1.23%
VVUS VIVUS Inc. 1.20%
GSK GlaxoSmithKline plc 1.18%
IVR Invesco Mortgage Capital Inc. 1.14%
CINF Cincinnati Financial Corp. 1.07%
LIZ Liz Claiborne Inc. 1.05%
AZN AstraZeneca PLC 0.98%
PRU Prudential Financial, Inc. 0.98%
MRK Merck & Co. Inc. 0.97%
SNY Sanofi 0.95%
NVS Novartis AG 0.94%
RTN Raytheon Co. 0.93%
STX Seagate Technology PLC 0.92%
LGF Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. 0.91%
BBBY Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. 0.89%
ANF Abercrombie & Fitch Co. 0.87%
BMY Bristol-Myers Squibb Company 0.83%
ORCL Oracle Corporation 0.80%
MFA MFA Financial, Inc. 0.80%
BGCP BGC Partners, Inc. 0.79%
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