Monday's Midday Movers: Greece's Bank Shuts Down; Puerto Rico Unable To Pay Debts

The world is cautious of Greece and what will arise in the next couple of days, but yet Monday still contains many notable movers:

Gainers:

Ameriana Bancorp ASBI - Ameriana spiked nearly 33 percent after it agreed to be acquired by First Merchants Corporation FRME for $22.71 per share, amounting to a total of $68.8 million.

Aratana Therapeutics Inc PETX - Moved up 18 percent after it announced on Friday that the study of its capromorelin indicated significant increases in appetite as opposed to placebo in an active study in some dogs; shares are trading in higher volumes than usual.

Peabody Energy Corporation BTU - Jumped ~9 percent on a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that opposed the Obama Administration; According to CNBC, it failed to acknowledge costs when choosing to regulate mercury pollution from power plants.

Synthetic Biologics Inc SYN - Was up ~6.5 percent on the company’s report to initiate a Phase II clinical trial of SYN-010 to treat “irritable bowel syndrome with constipation.”

GigOptix Inc GIG - Was up 6.25 percent after the semiconductor supplier raised its second quarter revenue guidance higher than consensus; guidance raised to sales of ~$9.8 million as opposed to previous range of $9.3-$9.5 million.

Losers:

National Bank Of Greece (ADR) NBG - Slides down ~22 percent after Greece shut down its banking system until Thursday.

Blue Earth Inc BBLU - Was down nearly 13 percent after it reported $2 million registered direct offering to an institutional investor.

Cheetah Mobile Inc CMCM - Was down 11 percent on high volume trading as opposed to its normal trading volume.

Popular Inc BPOP - Dwindled down 11 percent after Peurto Rico’s Alejandro Padilla commented that it cannot pay its debts; debts total to about $72 billion.

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