Market Currents

• Thursday, December 17, 2009

• 08:02 AM Rite Aid (RAD): Q3 EPS of -$0.10 beats by $0.08. Revenue of $6.35B (-1.8%) in-line. Prescriptions filled +1.5%. Shares +12.8% premarket. (PR) Comment!
• 00:05 AM Notable pre-market earnings: ATU, DFS, FDX, GIS, PIR, RAD, WGO Comment!

• Saturday, October 10, 2009

• 16:17 PM In aggregate, short interest in U.S. stocks continues to decline. But that doesn't mean shorts have gone away altogether. Current favorites: Eastman Kodak (EK), Rite Aid (RAD), Baker Hughes (BHI), Starbucks (SBUX) and JetBlue Airways (JBLU). 1 Comment

• Thursday, September 24, 2009

• 09:00 AM Premarket gainers: RHT +8%. NPG +6%. CVM +5%. BBI +4%. ABK +4%. CCL +4%.
  Losers: NMR -8%. RAD -7%. WR -6%. PPS -6%. ARE -6%. LPX -4%. Comment!
• 07:52 AM Rite Aid (RAD): Q2 EPS of -$0.14 beats by $0.02. Revenue of $6.32B (-2.7%) vs. $6.4B. "A more discount-driven customer buying more items on sale continued to have a negative impact on front end results. Because we expect these negative trends and a tough economy to continue throughout the second half of the year, we have lowered our outlook for fiscal 2010." (PR) 2 Comments
• 00:05 AM Notable earnings before Thursday's open: COMS, MKC, RAD, SCS, TXI Comment!

• Monday, September 21, 2009

• 09:00 AM Premarket gainers: PER +66%.
  Losers: AIB -7%. IRE -6%. RAD -6%. MT -5%. S -5%. POT -5%. AUY -4%. SLW -4%. HL -4%. Q -4%. MOS -4%. AU -4%. Comment!

• Friday, September 18, 2009

• 09:00 AM Premarket gainers: ETFC +8%. IOC +8%. AXL +5%. WNR +5%. HOV +4%. AIB +4%. RAD +4%.
  Losers: FSP -11%. NMM -7%. ARNA -6%. Comment!

• Monday, September 14, 2009

• 10:25 AM With aging baby boomers and forecasts that the over-65 population will double by 2030, companies like Walgreen (WAG), Rite Aid (RAD) and Family Dollar (FDO) are rethinking their store layouts to accommodate older shoppers. 1 Comment

• Thursday, July 2, 2009

• 09:00 AM Premarket gainers: GST +37%. ELN +19%. ESLR +7%. RZ +7%. IPCR +5%.
  Losers: SEPR -16%. TIVO -15%. ILMN -14%. HMY -7%. RAD -6%. GFI -5%. XLNX -5%. CHU -5%. FRPT -5%. HEB -5%. ING -4%. LUV -4%. Comment!

• Tuesday, June 30, 2009

• 08:59 AM Premarket gainers: VICL +23%. GERN +18%. XCO +15%. STEM +11%. AEZS +9%. APOL +7%. RAD +6%. AIB +5%.
  Losers: CNA -4%. ELX -3%. Comment!

• Wednesday, June 24, 2009

• 07:49 AM Rite Aid (RAD): Q1 EPS of -$0.11 beats by $0.02. Revenue of $6.5B (-1.2%) in-line. (PR) Comment!
• 00:05 AM Notable earnings before Wednesday's open: MON, RAD Comment!

• Friday, June 5, 2009

• 09:00 AM Premarket gainers: GNBT +21%. HEB +16%. SOL +10%. XOMA +9%. RTP +9%. FLIR +9%. RAD +8%. AIB +8%. CSUN +8%. BHP +7%. CENX +7%. CRBC +7%. ING +7%. JASO +6%. CLF +6%. PMI +6%. GES +6%. SOLF +6%. CIT +5%. VALE +5%. KEY +5%. GNW +4%. FRO +4%. AIG +4%. DPTR +4%. FEED +4%. LDK +4%. CNB +4%. YGE +4%. AMD +4%. PCX +4%. Comment!

• Thursday, June 4, 2009

• 09:00 AM Premarket gainers: WIND +44%. NVAX +32%. AGEN +19%. CONN +13%. HGSI +12%. TCL +12%. AVII +11%. TER +8%. RAD +7%. AHD +6%. HEB +4%. KEY +4%. ERX +4%. CTIC +4%. CGV +4%. ANPI +4%.
  Losers: CODI -14%. GU -12%. CIEN -8%. ANF -8%. VPHM -7%. ICON -7%. RTP -6%. SKS -6%. HBAN -6%. CAR -5%. UAUA -5%. AIB -4%. TIVO -3%. Comment!

• Wednesday, May 13, 2009

• 09:02 AM Premarket gainers: QTM +7%. VNDA +5%. FTR +4%. SHPGY +4%. ETFC +3%. SNY +3%. AMD +2%.
  Losers: MDCO -44%. KRG -23%. SOLR -18%. CNB -18%. AIB -17%. BMR -14%. CTIC -14%. RBS -13%. MGM -12%. ODP -11%. NAT -11%. ING -11%. HBAN -10%. CLF -10%. AAAW -10%. BBT -9%. BCS -9%. LYG -9%. UBS -8%. AXA -8%. GNW -7%. BMC -7%. ACGY -7%. RAD -7%. DB -7%. HBC -7%. AXL -7%. ALU -7%. FIG -7%. FLEX -7%. RTP -7%. MBI -6%. HIG -6%. CNO -6%. VIP -6%. ABK -6%. RF -5%. FITB -5%. DPTR -5%. SI -5%. ABB -5%. Comment!