Precious Metals & Minerals

Endeavour Silver (NYSE: EXK) +6.11% after silver prices move higher. Aurizon Mines (NYSE: AZK) +5.35% on rising precious metal prices. Golden Star Resources (NYSE: GSS) +5.83% on rising precious metal prices. Hecla Mining Company (NYSE: HL) +5.42% on rising precious metal prices.

Shares of Minefinders (NYSE: MFN) are rising this morning; currently, shares are higher by 1.78%, trading at $17.13. MFN hit an intra-day high of $17.31 before pulling back slightly; this confirmed a breakout to new highs. Minefinders has been consolidating above the 20-day and 50-day moving...

The Market Vectors Junior Gold Miners ETF(NYSE: GDXJ) is trading higher by 0.06 cents to $37.41 a share. The popular ETF of the smaller gold mining stocks has rallied sharply higher since August 5, 2011 when it traded as low as $31.62 a share. Traders can watch for intra-day support around the $36....

CNH Global N.V. (NYSE: CNH) +5.47 on heavy volume. NovaGold Resources Inc. (NYSE: NG) +5.45% on rising gold price. Stillwater Mining Company (NYSE: SWC) +5.80% on rising gold price. Jazz Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: JAZZ) +6.25% on heavy volume. Lender Processing Services (NYSE: LPS) +6.17% after...

Barron's Jim McTague recently wrote an article highlighting GOP presidential contender Ron Paul's investing strategy. Not surprisingly, the Texas Congressman has whipped the markets with his stock picks, which consist primarily of buying precious metals miners. The author of the Barron's piece,...

Mountain Province Diamonds Inc. (NYSE: MDM) today announced that after receiving unsolicited expressions of interest from third parties the Company has decided to cease discussions and other engagement with those third parties in order to focus management's attention on the following key...

Ann Inc (NYSE: ANN) +12.97 on upbeat Q2 earnings. Intuit Inc. (NASDAQ: INTU) +11.87 on upbeat Q4 earnigs that were reported yesterday. Mentor Graphics Corporation (NASDAQ: MENT) +10.68% on upbeat Q2 earnings and Q3 guidance. Marvell Technology (NASDAQ: MRVL) +10.36% on upbeat Q2...

Paramount Gold and Silver Corp. (NYSE: PZG) announced today better-than-expected assay results from a drilling program on three separate waste dumps at its 100% owned Sleeper Gold Project. Preliminary results indicate that the waste dumps could make a meaningful contribution to the Sleeper Project...

Market selling shuffled the deck on top-8 qualifying stocks. Since the last update in July we have seen Cognizant Technology Solutions (CTSH) and Silver Wheaton Corporation (SLW) fall from the list and Priceline (PCLN) and FreeMcMoran (FCX) added, the latter making a return after its cut in May....

BMO Capital Markets provided color on Pan American Silver (NASDAQ: PAAS) and Orko Silver in a research report published today. BMO Capital Markets has previously given Pan American Silver an Outperform rating and and $45 price target. In the report, BMO Capital Markets states, "PAAS and OK...

Elizabeth Arden Inc (NASDAQ: RDEN) reported a strong rise in its fiscal fourth-quarter earnings. Elizabeth Arden reported its quarterly profit at $5.4 million, or $0.18 per share, up from $2.3 million, or $0.08 per share, in the year-ago period. Its sales surged 11% to $253.8 million. However,...

Pan American Silver Corp (NASDAQ: PAAS) swung to a second-quarter profit on Thursday. Pan American Silver reported its quarterly profit at $113.5 million, or $1.04 per share, versus a year-ago loss of $5.6 million, or $0.06 per share. Excluding a gain on derivatives and other impacts, Pan American...

J.P. Morgan is out with its report today on Pan American Silver (NASDAQ: PAAS), reiterating Underweight. In its report, J.P. Morgan writes, "The company will have to achieve a slightly better H2 to meet its annual production guidance. Without much certainty on law changes for Navidad, we remain...

Pan American Silver Corp. (NASDAQ: PAAS) and Orko Silver Corp. are pleased to report the positive results of a Preliminary Economic Assessment for the La Preciosa Project, located in the State of Durango, Mexico. Pan American and Orko are advancing the Project under a joint venture agreement by...

BMO reiterated its Outperform rating on Silver Standard Resources (NASDAQ: SSRI). At the same time, the rating agency left its price target on the company's stock unchanged at $40. On Wednesday, SSRI added 1.99% to its value to end the day at $26.17. Its shares lost 0.65% of its value in today's...