Market Currents

• Tuesday, November 17, 2009

• 11:05 AM Applied Materials (AMAT -1.1%) to acquire Semitool (SMTL +30%) for $364M, or $11/share, a 31% premium to Monday's close. Semitool is a supplier of electrochemical plating and wafer-surface preparation equipment used by companies doing business in chip packaging and chip production. (PR) 1 Comment
• 09:00 AM Premarket gainers: SMTL +30%. AGO +12%. HLCS +12%. CSE +11%. APWR +11%. DDS +10%. NGSX +9%. SINA +7%. SKS +6%. EJ +6%. CTIC +6%. DPTR +5%. MPEL +4%.
  Losers: PSUN -22%. SPWRA -16%. JEC -10%. AOB -9%. BCRX -9%. IRE -9%. CPSL -8%. SII -7%. AIB -7%. NLST -6%. TGP -6%. HOLX -5%. THOR -4%. 2 Comments