Below is a list of some of the story stocks to watch for April 2, 2011
Avon Products Inc. (AVP) surged 19 percent to $23.01 after rallying 21 percent earlier, the most intraday since April 2000. Coty Inc. offered to buy the door-to-door cosmetics seller conducting an internal bribery probe, for about $10 billion. The cash proposal of $23.25 a share is 20 percent higher than Avon’s closing price on March 30. Coty has said it has held “extensive discussions” about financing a deal.
Express Scripts Inc. (ESRX) rose 4.8 percent to $56.76, the highest intraday price since July 25. The pharmacy benefits manager’s $29.1 billion bid for rival Medco Health Solutions Inc. (MHS) won unconditional approval from U.S. antitrust regulators, clearing the way to create the biggest manager of prescription-drug benefits for corporate and government clients. Medco added 2 percent to $71.71.
Towerstream Corp. (TWER) gained 12 percent to $5.31 after jumping to $5.86, the highest intraday price since June 2007. The Middletown, Rhode Island-based wireless broadband provider has signed a Wi-Fi agreement with a national wireless carrier that uses its current and future rooftop assets, the company said in filing.
Top Story Stocks Performance - 4/2/12
Ticker Company Performance
AVP Avon Products Inc. 16.58%
DANG E-Commerce China Dangdang Inc. 12.10%
TWER Towerstream Corporation 11.79%
IOC InterOil Corporation 6.54%
AFFY Affymax, Inc. 6.05%
RNDY Roundy's, Inc. 5.77%
RENN Renren Inc. 5.25%
HMA Health Management Associates Inc. 4.91%
KITD KIT digital, Inc. 4.86%
AINV Apollo Investment Corporation 4.32%
AEM Agnico-Eagle Mines Ltd. 3.95%
ANF Abercrombie & Fitch Co. 3.53%
ESRX Express Scripts Inc. 3.51%
HCA HCA Holdings, Inc. 3.44%
REE Rare Element Resources Ltd. 3.34%
NGD New Gold, Inc. 3.34%
MCP Molycorp, Inc. 3.22%
SWC Stillwater Mining Co. 3.16%
SWHC Smith & Wesson Holding Corporation 3.10%
ANR Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. 2.97%
EXK Endeavour Silver Corp. 2.90%
INVN InvenSense, Inc. 2.76%
JRCC James River Coal Co. 2.73%
CYH Community Health Systems, Inc. 2.61%
YOKU Youku Inc. 2.50%
ARMH ARM Holdings plc 2.44%
WLT Walter Energy, Inc. 2.40%
NXY Nexen Inc. 2.40%
AUQ AuRico Gold Inc. 2.37%
IVN Ivanhoe Mines Ltd. 2.22%
CLF Cliffs Natural Resources Inc. 2.21%
TTM Tata Motors Ltd. 2.19%
KSS Kohl's Corp. 2.16%
KGC Kinross Gold Corporation 2.15%
HIG Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. 2.13%
OVTI OmniVision Technologies Inc. 2.10%
MBI MBIA Inc. 2.04%
SPLS Staples, Inc. 1.98%
ADM Archer Daniels Midland Company 1.96%
HRB H&R Block, Inc. 1.94%
YNDX Yandex N.V. 1.94%
AUY Yamana Gold, Inc. 1.92%
MPEL Melco Crown Entertainment Ltd. 1.91%
SVM Silvercorp Metals Inc. 1.89%
CNX CONSOL Energy Inc. 1.88%
DNR Denbury Resources Inc. 1.87%
TRIP TripAdvisor Inc. 1.82%
NEM Newmont Mining Corp. 1.80%
VALE Vale S.A. 1.78%
SBH Sally Beauty Holdings Inc. 1.77%
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