Below is a list of some of the story stocks to watch for April 30, 2011
Demand Media Inc. (DMD) rallied 23 percent to $8.90 after reaching $9.51, the highest intraday price since Aug. 15. A deal by Thomas H. Lee Partners to take private the operator of websites eHow.com and LiveStrong.com for $1.2 billion fell apart, AllThingsD said, without saying where it got the information.
Gen-Probe Inc. (GPRO) climbed 19 percent, the most intraday since April 2011, to $81.85. The developer of testing for sexually transmitted disease agreed to be bought by Hologic Inc. (HOLX) for about $3.7 billion in cash. Hologic slipped 8.9 percent to $19.34.
Harman International Industries Inc. (HAR) increased 11 percent to $52.42 and jumped 12 percent earlier, the most intraday since Oct. 21. The maker of audio equipment for cars and homes reported third-quarter earnings excluding some items of 74 cents a share, exceeding the average analyst estimate of 67 cents.
Top Story Stocks Performance - 4/30/12
Ticker Company Performance
BKS Barnes & Noble, Inc. 63.45%
CPTS Conceptus, Inc. 27.87%
DMD Demand Media, Inc. 21.79%
CLNT Cleantech Solutions International, Inc. 20.93%
YRCW YRC Worldwide Inc. 20.13%
SUN Sunoco, Inc. 19.53%
GPRO Gen-Probe Inc. 18.83%
WCRX Warner Chilcott plc 17.24%
HAR Harman International Industries Inc. 9.37%
ZAGG ZAGG Inc. 7.24%
FRAN Francesca's Holdings Corporation 6.49%
IDIX Idenix Pharmaceuticals Inc. 6.43%
WWW Wolverine World Wide Inc. 6.23%
MDRX Allscripts Healthcare Solutions, Inc. 6.21%
ETE Energy Transfer Equity, L.P. 4.54%
AMRN Amarin Corporation plc 4.00%
EXPE Expedia Inc. 3.52%
RIMM Research In Motion Limited 3.49%
SD SandRidge Energy, Inc. 3.45%
IOC InterOil Corporation 3.07%
ETP Energy Transfer Partners LP 2.88%
WDC Western Digital Corp. 2.82%
DNDN Dendreon Corp. 2.73%
STX Seagate Technology PLC 2.67%
AH Accretive Health, Inc. 2.63%
CERN Cerner Corporation 2.62%
CPN Calpine Corp. 2.57%
ELY Callaway Golf Co. 2.42%
MRK Merck & Co. Inc. 2.34%
FRO Frontline Ltd. 2.33%
WPRT Westport Innovations Inc. 2.23%
CY Cypress Semiconductor Corporation 2.20%
LSI LSI Corporation 2.09%
SKX Skechers USA Inc. 2.06%
ITMN InterMune Inc. 2.03%
NCT Newcastle Investment Corp. 1.99%
RSG Republic Services, Inc. 1.96%
EQT EQT Corporation 1.82%
MS Morgan Stanley 1.59%
PCS MetroPCS Communications, Inc. 1.57%
EXK Endeavour Silver Corp. 1.53%
CHRW CH Robinson Worldwide Inc. 1.51%
CROX Crocs, Inc. 1.40%
MDT Medtronic, Inc. 1.33%
DPS Dr Pepper Snapple Group, Inc. 1.28%
AMZN Amazon.com Inc. 1.28%
HAL Halliburton Company 1.26%
ERIC LM Ericsson Telephone Co. 1.26%
BHI Baker Hughes Incorporated 1.24%
VECO Veeco Instruments Inc. 1.22%
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