Market Currents

• Thursday, May 7, 2009

• 15:10 PM Notable earnings after Thursday's close: AGO, AIG, ALL, ATVI, BYI, CBS, CNQ, CROX, DCT, FCH, GNW, HANS, IPI, LEAP, MCHP, MRX, NHP, NVDA, PDLI, POM, PSA, RMD, SAPE, SD, SGMS, SHO, SVR, VRSN Comment!
• 00:10 AM Notable earnings after Thursday's close: AGO, AIG, ALL, ATVI, BYI, CBS, CNQ, CROX, DCT, FCH, GNW, HANS, IPI, LEAP, MCHP, MRX, NHP, NVDA, PDLI, POM, PSA, RMD, SAPE, SD, SGMS, SHO, SVR, VRSN Comment!

• Thursday, March 19, 2009

• 09:00 AM Premarket gainers (hold on tight): FRE +51%. FNM +49%. AIG +33%. CNO +38%. DRYS +28%. ABK +23%. MRX +20%. LYG +19%. AEG +17%. NM +15%. EGLE +13%. ETFC +14%. HBAN +12%. LVS +12%. DB +12%. EXM +11%. ING +11%. LVLT +10%. ORCL +10%. GNW +10%. FITB +10%. MTG +9%. GNK +9%. F +8%. BAC +8%. BCS +8%. UBS +7%. RTP +7%. DFS +7%. HBC +7%. CS +7%. C +7%. SIRI +7%. Comment!

• Wednesday, March 18, 2009

• 09:01 AM Premarket losers: MRX -25%. RDS.A -4%. GIS -4%. EGLE -4%. GNW -4%. HBC -4%. MU -4%. IBM -3%. AZN -3%. Comment!

• Wednesday, February 25, 2009

• 16:12 PM Medicis Pharmaceutical (MRX): Q4 EPS of $0.42 beats by $0.11. Revenue of $136M (+1.4%) vs. $127M. Sees Q1 EPS of $0.15-0.18 vs. $0.30 and revenue of $125-130M vs. $129.5M. (PR) Comment!
• 00:10 AM Notable earnings after Wednesday's close: AGO, CLF, CRM, ESRX, FLR, FLS, GDP, GNK, KEG, LTD, MEDX, MRX, PDGI, PXP, SCI, SVNT, TS, USU Comment!

• Thursday, February 5, 2009

• 09:22 AM Natixis Bleichroeder downgrades Medicis (MRX) to Hold from Buy, noting the firm will  likely start losing money if it loses Solodyn to generics, and may not win the race to gets Solodyn "2.0" approved. N.B. lowers target to $12, but sees downside risk to $7. Shares -3.1% premarket. Comment!

• Tuesday, December 2, 2008

• 09:03 AM Premarket gainers: MRX +17%. GFI +17%. TS +11%. GOLD +11%. LIZ +10%. AU +10%. HMY +10%. GM +8.5%. WB +8%. MT +9%. F +8%. MTL +8%. C +7%. S +7%. KB +6.5%. RIO +6%. LVS +6%. DB +5%. AUY +5%. JAVA +5%. ALU +5%. BP +5%. ESLR +5%. ERIC +5%. HIG +5%. Comment!

• Monday, November 10, 2008

• 15:10 PM Notable earnings after Monday's close: FMCN, HPT, KFN, LVS, MR, MRX, REG, ROK, SBUX, SIRI, TMA Comment!
• 00:10 AM Notable earnings after Monday's close: FMCN, HPT, KFN, MR, MRX, REG, ROK, SBUX, SIRI, TMA Comment!