Top Percentage Gainers and Losers as of 12pm 06/13/11

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Best
1) Timberland
TBL
: Shares of Timberland are trading up 42.5% from Friday's close to $42.71. The company is being bought by VF Corp
VFC
for $43.00 per share. The deal is valued at around $2 billion. 2) Harvest Natural Resources
HNR
: Shares of Harvest Natural are trading up 18% from Friday's close to $12.40. The company announced that it has found oil at one of its West African offshore oil wells. Shares have broken above their 50- and 200-day moving averages (one year daily chart) in today's session. 3) Graham Packaging
GRM
: Shares of Graham Packaging are trading up 18% from Friday's close to $25.89. The company received an unsolicited third party acquisition proposal for $25 per share in cash. Graham already had a pending buyout offer from Silgan Holdings
SLGN
for $19.56 per share in cash. 4) A123 Systems
AONE
: Shares of A123 Systems are trading up 15.3% from Friday's close to $5.20. The company was raised from Equalweight to Overweight at Morgan Stanley
MS
. Analysts said, “Near-term catalyst and revenue visibility offer favorable risk-reward.” 5) Ness Technologies
NSTC
: Shares of Ness Technologies are trading up 14% from Friday's close to $7.61. An investigation on behalf of investors has been launched regarding potential breaches of fiduciary duty and other violations in relation to the proposed acquisition of the company by an affiliate of Citi Venture Capital International. The proposed offer is for $7.75 per share, but the book value of Ness is $9.34 per share. The company was downgraded from Positive to Neutral at Susquehanna. Ness was also cut from Buy to Hold by BGB Securities.
Other Notable Gainers
BioCryst Pharmaceuticals
BCRX
: Shares of BioCryst are trading up 13.9% from Friday's close to $4.04. An
article
regarding the company was published on Sunday by Seeking Alpha. Prana Biotechnology
PRAN
: Shares of Prana are trading up 13.5% from Friday's close to $2.19. The stock started out the day in neutral territory, but heavy buying volume began pushing the stock up at 11:15am. Transatlantic Holdings
TRH
: Shares of Transatlantic are trading up 11% from Friday's close to $48.86. Transatlantic agreed to merge with Allied World Assurance Company Holdings
AWH
. Transatlantic shareholders will receive 0.85 ($51.10) shares of Allied Common for every one share held. The deal is valued at 62.4 million. Transatlantic was cut from Buy to Hold by S&P Equity Research.
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Worst
1) Alliance One International
AOI
: Shares of Alliance are trading down 13.4% from Friday's cloe to $3.05. On Friday, the company reported a loss of $0.81 per share versus earnings of $0.89 per share for the same period last year. Shares hit a 52-week low of $2.99 in today's session. 2) E-Commerce China Dangdang
DANG
: Shares of E-Commerce China Dangdang are trading down 12.6% from Friday's close to $11.61. A negative
article
at Forbes regarding Chinese companies was published today. The stock hit a 52-week low of $11.51 in today's session. 3) China New Borun
BORN
: Shares of China New Borun are trading down 12.5% from Friday's close to $3.91. Shares started out the day in positive territory, but began coming under heavy selling pressure at 9:35am. Shares hit a 52-week low of $3.84 in today's session. 4) Yuhe International
YUII
: Shares of Yuhe are trading down 12.5% from Friday's close to $3.70. Shares started out the day in positive territory, but began coming under heavy selling pressure at 9:33am. Shares hit a 52-week low of $3.51 in today's session. 5) Petroleum Development
PETD
: Shares of Petroleum Development are trading down 9% from Friday's close to $29.81. The company named James M. Trimble as President and CEO over the weekend.
Other Notable Losers
Zion Oil & Gas
ZN
: Shares of Zion are trading down 9% from Friday's close to $6.32. Renren
RENN
: Shares of Renren are trading down 9% from Friday's close to $8.47. Sky-mobi
MOBI
: Shares of Sky-mobi are trading down 9% from Friday's close to $6.15.
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