Market Currents

• Monday, January 4, 2010

• 09:00 AM Premarket gainers: BFRM +61%. IRE +13%. AIB +9%. IDN +7%. TSEM +6%. ING +6%. ALU +6%. LPL +6%. CHK +5%. TSO +5%. EXXI +5%. UNG +5%. CGEN +5%. STEC +5%. VLNC +4%. AU +4%. WYNN +4%. LVS +4%. MS +4%. TTM +4%. TEN +4%. PAL +4%. LYG +4%. CS +4%. MT +4%.
  Losers: ACL -4%. Comment!

• Wednesday, December 16, 2009

• 09:00 AM Premarket gainers: GIGM +12%. SOL +9%. FGXI +9%. DPTR +7%. ING +5%. KERX +5%. DB +5%. CS +4%.
  Losers: AIB -4%. RTK -4%. Comment!

• Tuesday, December 15, 2009

• 09:00 AM Premarket gainers: LIMS +46%. ARRY +27%. WY +13%. Q +4%. JASO +4%.
  Losers: RTK -14%. AIB -12%. IRE -6%. BBY -5%. RTP -4%. ING -4%. BCS -4%. Comment!

• Friday, December 11, 2009

• 09:00 AM Premarket gainers: ING +4%. NOK +4%. FRO +4%.
  Losers: DEER -26%. USEG -6%. KGS -6%. Comment!
• 08:09 AM ING Group (ING) said Friday it will return €5B in state aid - or half of what it owes - and said it may get renegotiated terms for repaying the other half. ING will use a €7.5B rights issue to finance the repayment. While ING didn't give a time-frame for repaying the remaining €5B, the firm's CEO said the group expects to use retained earnings and proceeds from asset sales to do so. Shares +4.4% premarket. Comment!

• Thursday, December 10, 2009

• 09:00 AM Premarket gainers: ONTY +10%. ING +4%. APC +4%. NLST +3%. FACT +3%. BCS +3%. IOC +3%. GFI +3%.
  Losers: SIGA -13%. IT -8%. CIEN -3%. LLY -3%. Comment!

• Wednesday, December 2, 2009

• 09:00 AM Premarket gainers: SNTS +27%. DYAX +26%. KERX +14%. CYTR +14%. TSTR +7%. NVAX +7%. UAUA +5%. AMR +4%. RFMD +4%. HEAT +4%.
  Losers: RBS -6%. RGNC -5%. ING -5%. DPTR -4%. Comment!

• Monday, November 30, 2009

• 07:14 AM Thirty giant financial institutions were selected by the FSB for cross-border systemic-risk oversight, and will be asked to write "living wills" that outline wind-down plans in the aftermath of a crisis. They include: AEG AXA AZ BAC BCS BFR CS DB GS HBC ING JPM MFG MTU NMR RBS RY STD UBS. 1 Comment

• Friday, November 27, 2009

• 09:00 AM Premarket gainers: Short ETFs (EDZ, DTO, SCO, TZA, FXP, EEV, FAZ, SPXU BGZ, VXX, TWM, SMN...)
  Losers: ING -18%. LYG -11%. CBAK -8%. MGM -8%. NG -8%. SQNM -8%. MBI -7%. AIB -7%. HBC -7%. BCS -7%. RBS -7%. TS -7%. HL -7%. APWR -7%. RTK -7%. SNV -7%. MPEL -7%. CHLN -6%. PMI -6%. AEG -6%. DB -6%. KGC -6%. IAG -6%. NBG -6%. EGO -6%. ESLR -6%. AU -6%. NLST -6%. EGLE -6%. JASO -6%. EXM -6%. SOLF -6%. AUG -6%. 1 Comment
• 07:23 AM Dutch financial services company ING Group (ING) prices its €7.5B rights issue at a hefty 52% discount of €4.24/share, or 37.3% post dilution. ING will use the money repay the government half of its €10B bailout loan ahead of schedule. Shares -18% premarket. Comment!

• Tuesday, November 24, 2009

• 09:00 AM Premarket gainers: AMLN +9%. SEED +8%. GNVC +6%. TLAB +5%. MDT +5%. AEO +5%. FEED +4%. DLTR +4%.
  Losers: ING -8%. BRCD -3.5%. 1 Comment

• Monday, November 23, 2009

• 09:00 AM Premarket gainers: SEED +40%. FIF +36%. DDRX +28%. LDK +15%. TSEM +11%. FEED +10%. INO +7%. ZION +7%. HL +5%. AIB +4%. PBCT +4%. ING +4%. ANN +4%. VVUS +4%.
  Losers: CEPH -8%. CIEN -6%. 1 Comment

• Friday, November 20, 2009

• 09:15 AM Premarket gainers: NLST +11%. INO +11%. STEM +5%. DDS +5%. SYAX +4%. SJM +4%.
  Losers: ADCT -17%. TYH -16%. EDC -15%. ERX -12%. NVAX -10%. WTSLA -9%. BCRX -7.5%. CHOP -9%. DELL -7%. DHI -7%. LOGM -7%. DRYS -6%. NGD -5%. XOMA -5%. AMSI -5%. ING -4%. PHM -4%. AAI -4%. BCS -4%. EGLE -4%. 1 Comment

• Wednesday, November 11, 2009

• 09:00 AM Premarket gainers: CHLN +42%. TOL +7%. ING +6%. RFMD +5%. MPEL +5%. HOV +5%. ALU +4%. MBI +4%. HL +4%. GSS +4%. ABK +4%.
  Losers: HEB -14%. IRE -5%. M -4%. CVM -4%. Comment!
• 07:51 AM ING Group (ING): Q3 net profit of €778M vs. €229M last quarter and -€568M a year ago. CEO Jan Hommen said ING wants to repay the remainder of the €10B in rescue funds it received, and plans to pay back €5B before year-end. Shares +6.4% premarket. (PR) Comment!

• Friday, November 6, 2009

• 09:00 AM Premarket gainers: GSI +10%. KFN +8%. FAZ +5%. RBS +5%. NVDA +4%. SWKS +4%.
  Losers: CVI -13%. FRE -12%. FNM -12%. AIG -11%. CROX -10%. IRE -7%. FIG -6%. SD -6%. ABK -4%. CRH -4%. BCRX -4%. CNO -4%. CTIC -4%. CBS -4%. ING -4%. RCL -4%. MT -4%. 1 Comment