Market Currents

• Thursday, September 3, 2009

• 12:24 PM Russian mining/steel/power giant Mechel (MTL) up 16.1% after Prime Minister Vladimir Putin arranges government support, including urging state banks to buy $313M of the company's bonds and setting potential tax breaks for a coal deposit development that could be Russia's largest. The firm already had debts of $5.8B as of March. Comment!

• Thursday, June 25, 2009

• 09:00 AM Premarket gainers: JAZZ +47%. TWB +20%. HTZ +10%. BBBY +5%. LEN +4%. SLM +4%. JEF +4%.
  Losers: INSM -48%. RHT -6%. HEB -5%. PAYX -5%. NVLS -5%. NKE -5%. MTL -5%. CTIC -4%. FSLR -4%. AIB -4%. Comment!

• Tuesday, June 23, 2009

• 09:00 AM Premarket gainers: ALVR +15%. PCS +9%. BSX +8%. ETFC +7%. UBS +6%. MTL +5%. OCNF +5%. AAUK +5%. STJ +4%. CENX +4%. CF +4%. ACAS +4%.
  Losers: RMBS -10%. HALO -9%. CTIC -5%. Comment!

• Thursday, April 30, 2009

• 09:04 AM Premarket gainers: MGM +55%. HGSI +28%. PCX +22%. AEG +20%. LVS +19%. FSLR +15%. DOW +14%. MPEL +12%. ARRS +11%. ING +11%. IP +10%. ESLR +10%. DRYS +9%. BCS +9%. AKAM +9%. SRZ +9%. OMX +8%. CMCSA +8%. SOL 8%. SOLF +8%. ACAS +8%. JASO +8%. SPWRA +8%. LDK +7%. RFMD +7%. UBS +7%. TYC +6%. AIB +8%. HBAN +6%. FITB +6%. WYNN +6%. RAD +6%. HBC +6%. AZ +6%. TSM +6%. RF +6%. ETFC +6%. ORLY +5%. LSI +5%. GM +5%. BAC +5%. MTL +5%. CTXS +5%. C +5%. Comment!

• Monday, April 27, 2009

• 09:02 AM Premarket losers on swine-flu speculation: FEED -14%. RCL -13%. SFD -13%. LCC -11%. AMR -10%. CAL -9%. UAUA -9%. CCL -9%. DAL -8%. LVS -7%. MGM -5%. JBLU -5%. HST -5%.
  Other premarket losers: MTL -7%. EGLE -7%. CIT -6.5%. RF -6%. AIG -5%. STI -5%. HBAN -5%. STO -5%. HBC -5%. DRYS -4%. C -4%. BAC -4%. ABB -4%. WFFC -4%. FCX -4%. Comment!

• Monday, April 6, 2009

• 09:00 AM Premarket gainers: IFX +15%. SAY +13%. DNDN +12%. SLM +8%. RFMD +6%. MGM +5%. CNO +5%. LVLT +5%. GM +5%. CENX +5%.
  Losers: JAVA -22%. RTP -10%. CBST -6%. UBS -7%. HL -6%. USB -6%. CDE -5%. BCS -5%. DB -5%. MT -4%. ETFC -4%. FITB -4%. BHP -4%. WFC -4%. STI -4%. GNW -4%. HIG -4%. BAC -4%. RDS.A -4%. MTL -4%. 1 Comment

• Tuesday, February 17, 2009

• 09:00 AM Premarket losers: lyg -21%. MTG -17%. AEE -16%. AEG -15%. MTL -13%. DB -13%. ING -13%. MT -11%. FAS -11%. BHP -10%. IBN -10%. BAC -9%. RBS -9%. MGM -8%. DAI -8%. AAUK -8%. PHG -8%. CS -8%. CRXL -8%. WFC -8%. LVS -7%. UBS -7%. HBC -7%. WFT -7%. GM -7%. AMAG -7%. ABB -7%. STI -7%. DE -7%. Comment!

• Tuesday, January 20, 2009

• 09:00 AM Premarket losers: RBS -66%. LYG -57%. BCS -42%. STT -38%. ING -20%. HBC -15%. BK -15%. CS -15%. DB -14%. LOGI -13%. RF -12%. NTRS -11%. WFC -10%. UBS -9%. BAC -8%. PHG -7%. ERIC -7%. SAP -7%. BHP -6%. JPM -6%. MT -6%. MTL -6%. BP -6%. PALM -6%. Comment!

• Tuesday, January 6, 2009

• 09:05 AM Premarket gainers: IDEV +74%. ACAS +13%. OREX +15%. TCK +10%. MT +9%. MT +9%. MTL +7%. ACGY +7%. RIO +7%. HOGS +7%. DRYS +6.5%. EXM +6.5%. PCX +6%. AAUK +6%. TSN +5%. Comment!

• Monday, December 29, 2008

• 09:00 AM Premarket gainers: LINE +12%. SAY +10%. HL +6%. UBS +6%. MT +6%. F +5%. AUY +5%. SI +5%. SLW +4%. MTL +4%. PBR +4%. AAUK +4%. RIG +4%. AMD +4%. Comment!

• Thursday, December 18, 2008

• 09:00 AM Premarket gainers: GGP +30%. AUXL +19%. NG +12%. NM +11%. MTL +8%. EGLE +8%. GNW +8%. ESLR +7%. CX +7%. HUN +6%. CSIQ +7%. SOL +6%. GERN +6%. JASO +6%. YGE +5%. FSLR +5%. STP +5%. CIT +4%. SI +4%. NWL +4%. Comment!

• Tuesday, December 16, 2008

• 09:00 AM Premarket gainers: CIT +11%. JASO +10%. BBY +10%. BIDU +7%. EXM +7%. XL +7%. DRYS +6%. MOS +6%. HUN +5%. POT +5%. ALU +5%. MTL +4%. GS +4%. SAP +4%. LVS +4%. MS +4%. 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 17, 2008

• 08:53 AM Premarket losers: UTHR -29.4%. RBS -9.8%. MTL -9.5%. AEG -8.5%. CF -8.2%. BIDU -7.2%. HD -6.5%. HIG -6.25%. TGT -5.7%. FCX -5.5%. DELL -5.3%. YGE -5.3%. JASO -4.6%. AA -4.5%. GS -4.2%. ING -4%. AUY -4%. AMZN -3.8%. Comment!

• Tuesday, November 4, 2008

• 08:33 AM Premarket gainers: ADM +15.5%. AEG +15%. CIT +15%. ESLR +13%. MA +12%. TSL +11%. FRO +11%. S +10.5%. SOLF +10%. JASO +10%. SOL +9.5%. MT +9%. ABK +9%. LVS +9%. ING +9%. MTL +8%. HIG +7.5%. Comment!

• Thursday, October 30, 2008

• 09:39 AM Shares of Russian coal and steel miner Mechel (MTL) are up 37%. It will significantly reduce its $5.5B capital expenditure program over the next five years due to the financial crisis. Comment!