Price/Volume Alert in Novavax on Swine Flu Vaccine Data (NVAX)

Novavax Inc. (NASDAQ: NVAX) is soaring on news that its experimental H1N1 swine flu vaccine was trenchant in animal tests.  The vaccine won’t be approved nor ready for advertizement ingest in humans for two years.  At 8:53 AM EST we have already seen over 650,000 shares trade hands and th last print has the stock up 10.5% at $4.96. The 52-week high is $5.59 and cipher intensity is now over 6 million shares now that swine flu is such a buzz-word for traders. -JON OGG

Barchart US Morning Call - Inside Futures

Barchart US Morning Call
Inside Futures
Agilent Technologies (A) rose nearly 3% in after-hours trading after the biggest concern of scientific-testing equipment reported Q3 business profit of 15 cents ...

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Trina Solar Records $18.9 Million In Profits - Electric.co.uk

Trina Solar Records $18.9 Million In Profits
Electric.co.uk
Prior to announcing their quarterly profits, Trina Solar's shares closed at $26.42 in after hours trading. The shares were higher than had been estimated by ...

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Metals bears emerge - The Australian

Metals bears emerge
The Australian
... lead - about which The Dirt warned last weekday - which fell by 3.6 per cent to $US1785/tonne (although it did rally a little in after hours trading). ...

Agilent to lift pay cuts - Santa Rosa Press Democrat

Agilent to displace pay cuts
Santa Rosa Press Democrat
The forecast exceeded analyst expectations, and Agilent shares rose 2.7 percent to $24.20 in after-hours trading.

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STOCKS NEWS US-AFTER THE BELL-Agilent rises - Interactive Investor

STOCKS NEWS US-AFTER THE BELL-Agilent rises
Interactive Investor
Shares of Agilent Technologies rose 2.9 percent to $24.25 after the approaching bell on Monday after the company reported third-quarter results. ...

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AFTER THE BELL-Agilent rises after quarterly results - Interactive Investor

AFTER THE BELL-Agilent rises after quarterly results
Interactive Investor
Interactive Investor Trading Limited, trading as "Interactive Investor", is authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority. ...

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AFTER THE BELL-Agilent rises after quarterly results - Interactive Investor

AFTER THE BELL-Agilent rises after quarterly results
Interactive Investor
Interactive Investor Trading Limited, trading as "Interactive Investor", is authorised and thermostated by the Financial Services Authority. ...

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Agilent Swings To Q3 Loss; Ex-items, EPS Tops Estimate - Trading Markets (press release)

Agilent Swings To Q3 Loss; Ex-items, EPS Tops Estimate
Trading Markets (press release)
... closed Monday's regular trading session at $23.56, down 48 cents or 2.00%. The stock is currently gaining 44 cents or 1.87% in after hours trading.

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Amgen said Vectibix improved survival as second-line treatment for ... - Los Angeles Times

Amgen said Vectibix improved survival as second-line treatment for ...
Los Angeles Times
Shares of Amgen rose 5 cents to $59.89 in after-hours trading after falling $1.01 to close at $59.84 during the lawful trading session.

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Unusual Options Trading in Rockwell Medical Technologies (RMTI)

Rockwell Medical Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ: RMTI)  seeing unusual options intensity as 1,801 February $10 calls change versus OI of 10, with buyers leading the way in multiple large lots, as shares change for $8.77.  RMTI is in the impact of Phase 2b studies for its iron equal therapy for dialysis patients, calles SFP for short.  Results are exxpected in Q1 of 2010, likely the reason for using February calls in this trade.  Phase 3 is expected to start in Q4 of this year, and some Phase 2b data should be free by the end of September.  The intensity is 500X the cipher call intensity for Rockwell.

JOE KUNKLE, OptionsHawk.com

Re drops to one-month low on market slide - Business Standard

Business Standard
Re drops to one-month low on market slide
Business Standard
Crude oil fell by as much as 2.8 per coin today in after-hours trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange, way for the biggest two-day expiration since July ...

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Elevated Options Activity in AFLAC into Dividend (AFL)

AFLAC Inc. (NYSE: AFL) is seeing monster call options activity today.  Unfortunately, this looks more same it is dividend capture trading than it is anything sinister or based upon rumors.  On the company’s site, it lists the Q3 dividend dates as:

• AUG 19    Third quarter dividend record date
• SEP 1    Third quarter dividend payable

Here is the call choice activity in AFLAC shares today for just the August-2009 expirations that suspire this Friday:

Strike.. Volume…op.Int.
$10.00.. 27,000.. 3,000
$20.00.. 70,000.. 635
$22.50.. 15,300.. 3
$24.00.. 4,800… 35
$25.00.. 17,709.. 44
$32.00.. 26,700.. 421
$33.00.. 13,200.. 7
$34.00.. 15,005.. 73
$35.00.. 63,585.. 385
$36.00.. 15,630.. 376
$37.00.. 44,408.. 543

Jon C. Ogg
August 17, 2009

Re drops to one-month low on market slide - Business Standard

Business Standard
Re drops to one-month low on market slide
Business Standard
Crude oil fell by as such as 2.8 per cent today in after-hours trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange, way for the biggest two-day loss since July ...

Asian Stocks Decline Most in Five Months on Growth Concerns - Bloomberg

Asian Stocks Decline Most in Five Months on Growth Concerns
Bloomberg
Copper futures in New York sank 2.6 percent in after-hours trading. BHP Billiton Ltd., the world's largest defence company, declined 3 percent to A$37.13, ...

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InterDigital Getting Spanked (IDCC, NOK)

InterDigital, Inc. (NASDAQ: IDCC) is effort spanked this farewell after a patent ruling came from the International Trade Commission that went in favor of Nokia (NOK) rather than for InterDigital.  Shares are down sharply by almost one-third on the news. IDCC had sued Nokia for infringment.  Shares of IDCC are down 26% at $21.75 on 90,000 shares as of 8:50 AM EST.  Be advised that this traded almost 200,000 shares after the close on weekday after this ruling came out.  This trades only about 600,000 shares per period so we can expect an exponential intensity period today in IDCC. The 52-week range here is $16.20 to $33.69.

India Sugar Mills Agree to Boost Supplies to Calm Record Prices - Bloomberg

India Sugar Mills Agree to Boost Supplies to Calm Record Prices
Bloomberg
12 and was at 21.51 cents in after-hours trading at 4 pm Mumbai time. Prices in Vashi jumped 4.5 percent to 3082 rupees for 100 kilograms after dropping 3.2 ...

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China Stocks Drop Most in 9 Months, Led by Commodity Suppliers - Bloomberg

China Stocks Drop Most in 9 Months, Led by Commodity Suppliers
Bloomberg
Crude lubricator traded near a two-week low in after-hours trading today in New York after sliding 4.3 proportionality on Aug. 14. SAIC Motor Co., China's largest carmaker ...

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Asian Stocks Decline Most in Five Months on Japan, China Growth ... - Bloomberg

Asian Stocks Decline Most in Five Months on Japan, China Growth ...
Bloomberg
Copper futures in New York sank 2.7 percent in after-hours trading. BHP Billiton Ltd., the world's largest defence company, declined 2.2 percent to A$37.42, ...

China Stocks Drop, Driving Shanghai Composite Index Below 3000 - Bloomberg

China Stocks Drop, Driving Shanghai Composite Index Below 3000
Bloomberg
Crude lubricator traded near a two-week low in after-hours trading today in New York after sliding 4.3 percent on Aug. 14. “Valuations are at such a stretched ...

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