Market Currents

• Monday, November 30, 2009

• 08:45 AM Goldman lifts U.S. steelmakers to Attractive. "Steel and scrap prices in the U.S. have bottomed in our view, Chinese prices are rising, inventories remain low, a weak dollar has brought the U.S. close to being a net exporter, and we expect better industrial and auto demand in 2010," firm says, adding U.S. Steel (X) to its Conviction Buy list while removing Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold (FCX). X +3.5% premarket. STLD +3.5%. AKS +2.7%. NUE +2.3%. FCX -0.1%. 3 Comments

• Monday, October 19, 2009

• 17:09 PM Steel Dynamics (STLD): Q3 EPS of $0.30 beats by $0.07. Revenue of $1.2B (-54%) vs. $1.1B. Shares +4.4% AH. (PR) Comment!
• 00:10 AM Notable post-market earnings: AAPL, ATHR, BSX, JDAS, LNCR, PKG, STLD, TXN, UDR, VLTR, WERN, ZION Comment!

• Tuesday, September 29, 2009

• 17:55 PM With markets up almost 50% since March, fund managers are generally treading carefully. Here are some stocks the group says may still have some juice: Commodities (RIG, STLD), healthcare (ABT, GILD), business spending (AMD, ASML), and top fliers that were left behind (BMY, VZ, WMT). 1 Comment

• Wednesday, July 22, 2009

• 17:58 PM Steel Dynamics (STLD): Q2 EPS of -$0.08 beats by $0.03. Revenue of $792M (-67%) vs. $740M. Shares +4.2% AH. (PR) Comment!
• 00:10 AM Notable earnings after Wednesday's close: ADS, BCR, CTXS, CVA, DOX, EBAY, EFX, EQIX, ETFC, FFIV, ISIL, ISRG, JAH, KNX, LHO, LOGI, MOS, NE, NFX, OMTR, OSIP, QCOM, RJF, RRC, SNDK, STLD, SWKS, TEX, TQNT, VMW, WLT Comment!

• Wednesday, June 3, 2009

• 09:00 AM Premarket gainers: TIVO +47%. PPHM +22%. TSRA +11%. SAY +11%. CTIC +11%. PMI +10%. AAI +8%. ANPI +6%. FE +6%. HEB +5%. CHLN +5%. TGB +5%. AIB +4%.
  Losers: VLO -12%. STLD -10%. JBLU -9%. FFBC -9%. AET -9%. RBS -7%. UBS -6%. BCS -6%. MT -5%. HOV -4%. GFI -4%. SOL -4%. Comment!

• Wednesday, May 13, 2009

• 13:20 PM Nasdaq leaders: APOL +2%. DTV +1%. Laggards: LINTA -11%. STLD -11%. FLEX -10%. WYNN -9%. LAMR -9%. EXPE -8%. LVLT -8%. SHLD -7%. NVDA -7%. UAUA -7%. DISH -7%. LBTYA -6%. LOGI -6%. AMAT -6%. VMED -5%. AMLN -5%. PCAR -5%. GRMN -5%. JOYG -5%. FAST -5%. WFMI -5%. MICC -5%. EBAY -5%. FWLT -5%. Comment!

• Wednesday, April 22, 2009

• 15:10 PM Notable earnings after Wednesday's close: AAPL, ADS, AF, AFFX, BCR, CVA, DOX, EBAY, EFX, EQIX, FFIV, FR, ISIL, KNX, LEG, LHO, LOGI, LRCX, NE, NFX, NVLS, PTV, QCOM, RHI, RJF, SLM, STLD, TMK, TQNT, VMW, XLNX, YUM Comment!
• 00:10 AM Notable earnings after Wednesday's close: AAPL, ADS, AF, AFFX, BCR, CVA, DOX, EBAY, EFX, EQIX, FFIV, FR, ISIL, KNX, LEG, LHO, LOGI, LRCX, NE, NFX, NVLS, PTV, QCOM, RHI, RJF, SLM, STLD, TMK, TQNT, VMW, XLNX, YUM Comment!

• Tuesday, January 27, 2009

• 14:42 PM Great day for steelmakers, what with solid earnings from United States Steel (X) and Nucor (NUE), and China appearing to be accumulating again. X +5.9%. NUE +7%. MT +8.1%. STLD +17.5%. RIO +5%. RTP +4.7%. BHP +4.8%. Comment!
• 09:00 AM Premarket gainers: CVTX +50%. AIB +21%. RBS +14%. LYG +14%. SLG +10%. NFLX +9%. ENR +9%. X +8%. AFL +7%. BTU +7%. ARMH +6%. FAS +6%. SAY +6%. SI +6%. MT +6%. AXP +6%. AU +5%. BCS +5%. F +5%. NOK +5%. STLD +5%. RTP +5%. BAC +5%. TXN +5%. Comment!

• Monday, January 26, 2009

• 15:10 PM Notable earnings after Monday's close: AMGN, AXP, CNW, JEC, MCK, NFLX, OLN, PRXL, PTV, QLGC, SLG, STLD, TXN, VMW, ZION Comment!
• 00:10 AM Notable earnings after Monday's close: AMGN, AXP, CNW, JEC, MCK, NFLX, OLN, PRXL, PTV, QLGC, SLG, STLD, TXN, VMW, ZION Comment!

• Wednesday, October 15, 2008

• 15:35 PM Notable earnings after Wednesday's close: CCK, EBAY, NVLS, PLCM, SPSN, STLD, XLNX Comment!
• 00:10 AM Notable earnings after Wednesday's close: CCK, EBAY, NVLS, PLCM, SPSN, STLD, XLNX Comment!