Stocks to Watch for 6/17/11: Fresh 52 Week Highs and Lows

Stocks trading at or near 52-week highs and lows provide excellent trading opportunities, as volatility tends to increase at such levels.

1) Raptor Pharmaceuticals

: Shares of Raptor Pharmaceuticals hit a 52-week high of $6.75 in Thursday's trading session. The stock closed at $6.57. The year-to-date performance of Raptor has been a gain of 80.4%. 2) Oncothyreon

: Shares of Oncothyreon hit a 52-week high of $7.99 in Thursday's trading session. The stock closed at $7.83. The year-to-date performance of Oncothyreon has been a gain of 140%. 3) Conn's

: Shares of Conn's hit a 52-week high of $6.99 in Thursday's trading session. The stock closed at $6.98. The year-to-date performance of Conn's has been a gain of 49%. 4) Crocs

: Shares of Crocs hit a 52-week high of $24.46 in Thursday's trading session. The stock closed at $23.66. The year-to-date performance of Crocs has been a gain of 38.2%. 5) MediaMind Technologies

: Shares of MediaMind hit a 52-week high of $22.49 in Thursday's trading session. The stock closed at $21.91. The year-to-date performance of MediaMind has been a gain of 59.9%. 6) Quest Diagnostics

: Shares of Quest Diagnostics hit a 52-week high of $60.23 in Thursday's trading session. The stock closed at $60.16. The year-to-date performance of Quest has been a gain of 11.9%. 7) Southern Union

: Shares of Southern Union hit a 52-week high of $34.21 in Thursday's trading session. The stock closed at $33.21. The year-to-date performance of Southern has been a gain of 37.9%.

1) Sony

: Shares of Sony hit a 52-week low of $24.66 in Thursday's trading session. The stock closed at $24.80. The year-to-date performance of Sony has been a loss of 30.5%. 2) Renesola

: Shares of Renesola hit a 52-week low of $4.93 in Thursday's trading session. The stock closed at $5.08. The year-to-date performance of Renesola has been a loss of 42%. 3) Gafisa S.A.

: Shares of Gafisa hit a 52-week low of $9.36 in Thursday's trading session. The stock closed at $9.47. The year-to-date performance of Gafisa has been a loss of 33.3%. 4) BPZ Resources

: Shares of BPZ Resources hit a 52-week low of $2.91 in Thursday's trading session. The stock closed at $2.02. The year-to-date performance of BPZ has been a loss of 36.5%. 5) Crexus Investment

: Shares of Crexus Investment hit a 52-week low of $10.19 in Thursday's trading session. The stock closed at $10.28. The year-to-date performance of Crexus has been a loss of 21.5%. 6) Linkedin

: Shares of Linkedin hit a 52-week low of $67.49 in Thursday's trading session. The stock closed at $68.27. The year-to-date performance of Linkedin has been a loss of 27.5%. 7) Hanover Insurance Group

: Shares of Hanover Insurance hit a 52-week low of $37.43 in Thursday's trading session. The stock closed at $37.70. The year-to-date performance of Hanover has been a loss of 18.3%. 8) MEMC Electronic Materials

: Shares of MEMC hit a 52-week low of $8.40 in Thursday's trading session. The stock closed at $8.47. The year-to-date performance of MEMC has been a loss of 24.7%. 9) Artio Global Investors

: Shares of Artio Global Investors hit a 52-week low of $12.00 in Thursday's trading session. The stock closed at $12.06. The year-to-date performance of Artio has been a loss of 17.9%. 10) Radioshack

: Shares of Radioshack hit a 52-week low of $12.28 in Thursday's trading session. The stock closed at $12.49. The year-to-date performance of Radioshack has been loss of 32.4%. 11) Fibria Celulose

: Shares of Fibria Celulose hit a 52-week low of $13.24 in Thursday's trading session. The stock closed at $13.35. The year-to-date performance of Fibria has been a loss of 14.6%. 12) CoreLogic

: Shares of CoreLogic hit a 52-week low of $16.64 in Thursday's trading session. The stock closed at $16.82. The year-to-date performance of CoreLogic has been a loss of 9.1%. 13) Bank of America

: Shares of Bank of America hit a 52-week low of $10.40 in Thursday's trading session. The stock closed at $10.60. The year-to-date performance of Bank of America has been a loss of 20.5%. 14) Lender Processing Services

: Shares of Lender Processing hit a 52-week low of $23.33 in Thursday's trading session. The stock closed at $23.37. The year-to-date performance of Lender Processing has been a loss of 20.3%. 15) Vanceinfo Technologies

: Shares of Vanceinfo hit a 52-week low of $19.62 in Thursday's trading session. The stock closed at $20.19. The year-to-date performance of Vanceinfo has been a loss of 41.5%.

17) VimpelCom

: Shares of VimpelCom hit a 52-week low of $13.03 in Thursday's trading session. The stock closed at $13.18. The year-to-date performance of VimpelCom has been a loss of 10.2%. 18) General Motors

: Shares of General Motors hit a 52-week low of $28.16 in Thursday's trading session. The stock closed at $28.59. The year-to-date performance of General Motors has been a loss of 22.4%. 19) Venoco

: Shares of Venoco hit a 52-week low of $12.40 in Thursday's trading session. The stock closed at $12.56. The year-to-date performance of Venoco has been a loss of 31.9%. 20) Desarrolladora Development

: Shares of Desarrolladora Development hit a 52-week low of $21.45 in Thursday's trading session. The stock closed at $21.75. The year-to-date performance of Desarrolladora Development has been a loss of 35.6%. 21) Gerdau S.A.

: Shares of Gerdau hit a 52-week low of $9.94 in Thursday's trading session. The stock closed at $10.07. The year-to-date performance of Gerdau has been a loss of 27.5%. 22) Boardwalk Pipeline Partners

: Shares of Boardwalk Pipeline Partners hit a 52-week low of $27.40 in Thursday's trading session. The stock closed at $27.51. The year-to-date performance of Boardwalk Pipeline has been a loss of 8.6%. 23) Exeter Resource

: Shares of Exeter Resource hit a 52-week low of $4.37 in Thursday's trading session. The stock closed at $4.41. The year-to-date performance of Exeter has been a loss of 28.9%. 24) Golden Star Resources

: Shares of Golden Star Resources hit a 52-week low of $2.18 in Thursday's trading session. The stock closed at $2.21. The year-to-date performance of Golden Star has been a loss of 51.8%. 25) Array BioPharma

: Shares of Array BioPharma hit a 52-week low of $2.05 in Thursday's trading session. The stock closed at $2.06. The year-to-date performance of Array has been a loss of 31%. 26) Asiainfo-Linkage

: Shares of Asiainfo-Linkage hit a 52-week low of $13.77 in Thursday's trading session. The stock closed at $13.81. The year-to-date performance of Asiainfo has been a loss of 16.6%. 27) Conceptus

: Shares of Conceptus hit a 52-week low of $11.99 in Thursday's trading session. The stock closed at $12.01. The year-to-date performance of Conceptus has been a loss of 12.9%. 28) Cree

: Shares of Cree hit a 52-week low of $35.18 in Thursday's trading session. The stock closed at $35.60. The year-to-date performance of Cree has been a loss of 45.9%. 29) Harbin Electric

: Shares of Harbin Electric hit a 52-week low of $5.82 in Thursday's trading session. The stock closed at $6.98. The year-to-date performance of Harbin has been a loss of 59.7%. 30) Logitech International

: Shares of Logitech hit a 52-week low of $11.49 in Thursday's trading session. The stock closed at $11.61. The year-to-date performance of Logitech has been a loss of 37.4%. 31) Marvell Technology

: Shares of Marvell hit a 52-week low of $13.66 in Thursday's trading session. The stock closed at $13.79. The year-to-date performance of Marvell has been a loss of 25.6%. 32) Shanda Interactive Entertainment

: Shares of Shanda Interactive hit a 52-week low of $35.34 in Thursday's trading session. The stock closed at $35.98. The year-to-date performance of Shanda has been a loss of 9.2%. 33) Zoom Technologies

: Shares of Zoom Technologies hit a 52-week low of $2.02 in Thursday's trading session. The stock closed at $2.04. The year-to-date performance of Zoom has been a loss of 54.3%. 34) Oclaro

: Shares of Oclaro hit a 52-week low of $6.47 in Thursday's trading session. The stock closed at $6.66. The year-to-date performance of Oclaro has been a loss of 49.3%. 35) Fushi Copperweld

: Shares of Fushi Copperweld hit a 52-week low of $4.25 in Thursday's trading session. The stock closed at $4.52. The year-to-date performance of Fushi has been a loss of 49.1%. 36) Capella Education

: Shares of Capella hit a 52-week low of $42.97 in Thursday's trading session. The stock closed at $43.20. The year-to-date performance of Capella has been a loss of 35.1%. 37) Perfect World

: Shares of Perfect World hit a 52-week low of $18.58 in Thursday's trading session. The stock closed at $18.98. The year-to-date performance of Perfect World has been a loss of 19.7%. 38) China Gerui Advanced Materials

: Shares of China Gerui hit a 52-week low of $3.33 in Thursday's trading session. The stock closed at $3.39. The year-to-date performance of China Gerui has been a loss of 42.3%. 39) Smart Technologies

: Shares of Smart Technologies hit a 52-week low of $5.66 in Thursday's trading session. The stock closed at $5.72. The year-to-date performance of Smart Technologies has been a loss of 39.4%. 40) AllianceBernstein

: Shares of AllianceBernstein hit a 52-week low of $18.82 in Thursday's trading session. The stock closed at $18.84. The year-to-date performance of AllianceBernstein has been a loss of 16.1%. 41) AU Optronics

: Shares of AU Optronics hit a 52-week low of $7.40 in Thursday's trading session. The stock closed at $7.43. The year-to-date performance of AU Optronics has been a loss of 28.6%. 42) Dolby Laboratories

: Shares of Dolby Laboratories hit a 52-week low of $42.94 in Thursday's trading session. The stock closed at $43.13. The year-to-date performance of Dolby has been a loss of 35.3%. 43) Eldorado Gold

: Shares of Eldorado Gold hit a 52-week low of $13.51 in Thursday's trading session. The stock closed at $13.68. The year-to-date performance of Eldorado has been a loss of 26.3%. 44) Gol Linhas Aereas Inteligentes

: Shares of Gol Linhas Aereas Inteligentes hit a 52-week low of $11.21 in Thursday's trading session. The stock closed at $11.34. The year-to-date performance of Gol Linhas has been a loss of 25.5%. 45) China Life Insurance

: Shares of China Life Insurance hit a 52-week low of $49.25 in Thursday's trading session. The stock closed at $49.56. The year-to-date performance of China Life has been a loss of 17.6%. 46) Companhia Siderurgica Nacional

: Shares of Companhia Siderurgica hit a 52-week low of $11.99 in Thursday's trading session. The stock closed at $12.18. The year-to-date performance of Companhia has been a loss of 23.6%. 47) Ternium S.A.

: Shares of Ternium hit a 52-week low of $28.19 in Thursday's trading session. The stock closed at $28.46. The year-to-date performance of Ternium has been a loss of 31.2%. 48) NeoPhotonics

: Shares of NeoPhotonics hit a 52-week low of $6.78 In Thursday's trading session. The stock closed at $6.93. The year-to-date performance of NeoPhotonics has been a loss of 47.6%. 49) Fusion-io

: Shares of Fusion-io hit a 52-week low of $20.06 in Thursday's trading session. The stock closed at $20.29. The year-to-date performance of Fusion-io has been a loss of 23.2%. 50) Freescale Semiconductor

: Shares of Freescale Semiconductor hit a 52-week low of $15.06 in Thursday's trading session. The stock closed at $15.34. The year-to-date performance of Freescale has been a loss of 16.3%.