Below is a list of some of the story stocks to watch for April 9, 2011
AOL Inc. (AOL) surged 42 percent to $26.12 and gained 44 percent earlier, the most intraday since at least November 2009. The Internet company, under shareholder pressure to make strategic changes as revenue declines, agreed to sell and license more than 800 patents to Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) in a deal worth $1.06 billion.
Great Wolf Resorts Inc. (WOLF) advanced 12 percent to $7.35, the highest intraday price since May 2008. The water- parks operator got a $234 million, or $7 a share, takeover offer from KSL Capital Partners LLC, topping a bid from Apollo Global Management LLC for a second time and extending a private-equity bidding contest.
MagicJack VocalTec Ltd. (CALL) rose 13 percent to $23.45 and rallied 14 percent earlier, the most intraday since Jan. 31. The developer of software for making phone calls over the Internet forecast first quarter-earnings excluding some items of 26 cents a share, double the average of two estimates, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.
Top Story Stocks Performance - 4/9/12
Ticker Company Performance
AOL AOL, Inc. 42.48%
CALL magicJack VocalTec Ltd. 14.08%
WOLF Great Wolf Resorts, Inc. 12.16%
GOLD Randgold Resources Limited 10.92%
DANG E-Commerce China Dangdang Inc. 6.71%
MCP Molycorp, Inc. 6.69%
REE Rare Element Resources Ltd. 4.44%
HEAT SmartHeat Inc. 3.81%
RIMM Research In Motion Limited 3.79%
SODA SodaStream International Ltd. 3.36%
SVU SUPERVALU Inc. 2.73%
STX Seagate Technology PLC 2.72%
CLNT Cleantech Solutions International, Inc. 2.28%
AUY Yamana Gold, Inc. 2.26%
NGD New Gold, Inc. 2.10%
VVUS VIVUS Inc. 1.82%
ABX Barrick Gold Corporation 1.69%
EBAY eBay Inc. 1.68%
RENN Renren Inc. 1.67%
HP Helmerich & Payne Inc. 1.49%
KGC Kinross Gold Corporation 1.31%
NEM Newmont Mining Corp. 1.30%
GG Goldcorp Inc. 1.27%
WDC Western Digital Corp. 1.26%
YOKU Youku Inc. 1.22%
ILMN Illumina Inc. 1.18%
VAL The Valspar Corporation 1.16%
DHI DR Horton Inc. 1.14%
IDIX Idenix Pharmaceuticals Inc. 1.10%
NLY Annaly Capital Management, Inc. 1.01%
SHW The Sherwin-Williams Company 0.96%
YHOO Yahoo! Inc. 0.86%
SINA Sina Corp. 0.86%
CCL Carnival Corporation 0.81%
LNG Cheniere Energy, Inc. 0.79%
ABC AmerisourceBergen Corporation 0.78%
FRO Frontline Ltd. 0.71%
GFI Gold Fields Ltd. 0.70%
SLW Silver Wheaton Corp. 0.67%
GBX Greenbrier Companies 0.61%
MPC Marathon Petroleum Corporation 0.59%
HPQ Hewlett-Packard Company 0.56%
AA Alcoa, Inc. 0.55%
AAPL Apple Inc. 0.51%
PTEN Patterson-UTI Energy Inc. 0.35%
LVS Las Vegas Sands Corp. 0.33%
KT KT Corp. 0.30%
SU Suncor Energy Inc. 0.29%
RRD R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company 0.26%
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