Below is a list of some of the story stocks to watch for February 21, 2011
URS Corp. (URS) rose 4.8 percent to $44.97 and advanced to $45.41 earlier, the highest intraday price since July 8. The San Francisco-based construction company agreed to buy Flint Energy Services Ltd. (FES CN) for C$1.25 billion ($1.26 billion) in cash to add projects servicing oil and natural gas producers in Western Canada.
Wynn Resorts Ltd. (WYNN) rose the most in the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index, gaining 7.4 percent to $120.99. Japanese billionaire Kazuo Okada’s Universal Entertainment Corp. (6425 JP) said it will take legal action after Wynn Resorts, a casino operator, forcibly redeemed Universal’s stake at a 31 percent discount and accused Okada of improper payments.
Ticker Company Performance
THLD Threshold Pharmaceuticals Inc. 70.54%
PBH Prestige Brands Holdings, Inc. 20.11%
CHG CH Energy Group Inc. 12.10%
HL Hecla Mining Co. 10.36%
ASIA AsiaInfo-Linkage,Inc. 9.83%
MUX McEwen Mining Inc. Common Stock 7.91%
FRO Frontline Ltd. 7.80%
CBRL Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. 7.21%
WYNN Wynn Resorts Ltd. 6.80%
STM STMicroelectronics NV 6.76%
TSL Trina Solar Limited 6.74%
MTG MGIC Investment Corp. 6.54%
GFA Gafisa S.A. 6.40%
DWA DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc. 6.28%
LDK LDK Solar Co., Ltd. 6.19%
IMAX IMAX Corporation 5.94%
PPO Polypore International Inc. 5.82%
IRE The Governor and Company of The Bank of Ireland 5.41%
HLX Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc. 5.26%
MHR Magnum Hunter Resources Corp. 4.84%
EGY Vaalco Energy Inc. 4.77%
TPLM Triangle Petroleum Corporation 4.76%
CJES C&J Energy Services, Inc. 4.67%
URS URS Corporation 4.66%
SPWR SunPower Corporation 4.61%
M Macy's, Inc. 4.59%
SKS Saks Incorporated 4.51%
DGIT Digital Generation, Inc. 4.29%
AUY Yamana Gold, Inc. 4.25%
SWC Stillwater Mining Co. 4.23%
REXX Rex Energy Corporation 4.05%
CSTR Coinstar, Inc. 3.98%
EXK Endeavour Silver Corp. 3.98%
EGO Eldorado Gold Corp. 3.91%
CF CF Industries Holdings, Inc. 3.84%
CCJ Cameco Corp. 3.83%
FWLT Foster Wheeler AG 3.82%
AGCO AGCO Corporation 3.80%
JWN Nordstrom Inc. 3.79%
LGF Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. 3.74%
PCYC Pharmacyclics Inc. 3.72%
YNDX Yandex N.V. 3.72%
FTK Flotek Industries Inc. 3.71%
CDE Coeur d'Alene Mines Corporation 3.66%
QCOR Questcor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 3.61%
WPRT Westport Innovations Inc. 3.56%
AUQ AuRico Gold Inc. 3.53%
MOS The Mosaic Company 3.51%
WLT Walter Energy, Inc. 3.50%
RES RPC Inc. 3.49%
IAG IAMGOLD Corp. 3.43%
SWHC Smith & Wesson Holding Corporation 3.43%
SSRI Silver Standard Resources Inc. 3.37%
KGC Kinross Gold Corporation 3.28%
SWI SolarWinds, Inc. 3.28%
AA Alcoa, Inc. 3.27%
NEM Newmont Mining Corp. 3.26%
WNR Western Refining Inc. 3.17%
AEM Agnico-Eagle Mines Ltd. 3.16%
TEX Terex Corp. 3.14%
HLF Herbalife Ltd. 3.13%
JAG Jaguar Mining Inc. 3.12%
HFC HollyFrontier Corporation 3.10%
JNS Janus Capital Group, Inc. 3.06%
GTE Gran Tierra Energy, Inc. 3.05%
ONTY Oncothyreon Inc 3.02%
ROC Rockwood Holdings, Inc. 2.93%
ABX Barrick Gold Corporation 2.91%
BHI Baker Hughes Incorporated 2.90%
MT Arcelor Mittal 2.89%
TYC Tyco International Ltd. 2.86%
SLW Silver Wheaton Corp. 2.86%
AGU Agrium Inc. 2.86%
ATPG ATP Oil & Gas Corp. 2.84%
OI Owens-Illinois, Inc. 2.83%
INFA Informatica Corporation 2.77%
STI SunTrust Banks, Inc. 2.73%
NG NovaGold Resources Inc. 2.73%
NFLX Netflix, Inc. 2.72%
CS Credit Suisse Group 2.71%
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