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Caraco Pharma Labs (AMEX: CPD) shares have been cut roughly in half on a late-session volume spike. The stock is trading at more than 1.5 times normal volume after Reuters reported that marshals have seized drug products manufactured at its Michigan plants, including generic heart, pain and psychiatric medications, due to potential manufacturing standards violations. [...]

Monsanto Co (NYSE: MON) shares are trading at nearly twice their average volume as of 2 p.m. Eastern on Thursday, after analysts weighed in today on the company’s third-quarter results. As VolumeSpikeInvestor.com pointed out in a brief earnings preview ahead of yesterday’s results, the key to upside for MON shares was the outlook and margins in the [...]

SIRIUS XM Radio Inc. (NASDAQ: SIRI) has already crossed above its average volume for the day.  It is actually almost twice-normal volume for a whole day.  With 84 million shares having traded hands, that compares to under 50 million shaes for an average day.   If this continues, we could have close to three-times normal [...]

Genzyme Corp. (Nasdaq: GENZ) shares are at session highs and have seen their most active trade of the day in the past 20 minutes as of about noon Eastern after the company said it’s making progress toward restoring production at its Allston Landing manufacturing facility. — Mike Tarsala For full details, go to BioHealthInvestor.com  

Insurance company Aegon NV (AEG) shares are up about 4% and have traded more than half their usual daily volume in roughly the past 5 minute as of 11:50 a.m. Eastern. Market chatter is that there was an intraday upgrade of the stock that is responsible for the move. Assuming that the company can make [...]

First Solar  Inc. (Nasdaq: FSLR) shares are down about 4% as of 11:10 a.m. Eastern, on strong relative volume compared to its average first two hours of trading. The company’s first analyst day in more than a year was hosted in Las Vegas yesterday, and it received a lukewarm response from investors and analysts. The [...]

Shares of AthenaHealth Inc. are up 4% and have traded more than half their average volume by 11 a.m. Eastern, as the company benefits from an Outperform rating by a boutique brokerage firm. The company is being seen as a beneficiary of a projected spending boost in healthcare spending, as a result of the American Recovery and [...]

Devon Energy Corp. (NYSE: DVN) shares are rising on an intraday volume spike at about 10:40 a.m. Eastern, as market chatter circulates that the company could be considered an acquisition target of larger oil players such as Exxon Mobil (NYSE: XOM). Devon shares have had strong price momentum in recent trading days. The company has [...]

Insmed Inc. (Nasdaq: INSM) is getting killed on about 10-times trading volume after only about 50 minutes of trading since the market opened.  You can see the full news analysis, plus the question over the CEO stepping down, over at BioHeathInvestor.com, but we wanted to run a more detailed analysis of what happens when Insmed [...]

Valeant Pharmaceuticals International (VRX) shares are rising slightly on a strong early uptick in volume at around 9:45 a.m. Eastern. The stock rose to a new 5-year high in the previous session, and has gained rapidly since late April. There is no new news out on the stock this morning.