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National Bank of Greece SA (NYSE: NBG) has 90 minutes to go before the closing bell, and traders are still perfectly yoked at equilibrium…. Greece finally asks for help and the new line has shares effectively flat at $3.13 on over 13.6 million shares as of 2:30 PM EST.  Average volume is only 6.6+ million, [...]

National Bank of Greece SA (NYSE: NBG) is down yet again.  The Greek budget deficit was worse than expected, causing more woes to Greece and therefor to NBG as it is the proxy stock which investors use to bet their daily trades on in Greece.  Shares are trading down almost 4% at $3.20 per ADS [...]

National Bank of Greece SA (NYSE: NBG) is trading higher this morning on the Greek bailout.  The E.U. is coming in with 30 billion Euros for Greece if it requests the assistance. NBG has become the proxy for the country, but the stock was up more on the preliminary reports that aid was coming on [...]

National Bank of Greece SA (NYSE: NBG) is indicated lower this morning after more woes in Greece. Greek banks and stocks got trounced overseas after yield spreads continue to widen out in Greece.  Shares are indicated down around $3.49 per ADR versus a $3.73 close. UPDATE 9:20 AM EST shares are down 5.4% at $3.53 [...]

American Apparel, Inc. (AMEX: APP) is losing its edge.  After earnings, the company’s profit slid but was in-line.  It has deferred on offering a 2010 outlook.  Most importantly, it announced layoffs.  That doesn’t sound like a growth story anymore, does it… Shares are down 9.3% t $3.48 on 17,000 shares at 8:48 AM EST. Cost [...]

Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO) is trading up another 0.8% at $26.34 and challenging yesterday’s $26.36 52-week high.  At 8:26 AM EST we have seen over 900,000 shares trade hands ahead of the 11 AM announcement that will “forever change the internet.” UPDATE 9:11 up 0.7% at $26.32 on 2.4 million shares. China Armco Metals, [...]

These are this morning’s top day trader and active trader alerts seen in the pre-market activity.  We have news summaries and background data where applicable on each. STEC Inc. (NASDAQ: STEC) is getting crushed after last night’s news. We have seen three downgrades and expect more after the company continues to get hit on asset [...]

We have many key movers, and many up by double-digit percentages.  These are this morning’s top day trader and active trader alert stocks: Adobe Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: ADBE)  is trading up 3.5% at $33.45 on about 76,000 shares after two different analyst upgrades. Athersys, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATHX) is trading up big after it received a [...]

National Bank of Greece SA (NYSE: NBG) is up on hopes that that either a German-led or EU-led bailout or aid package will end the country’s woes.  It is not just important by how much higher this stock is today, but the notion of the major trading volume is extremely important.  This has become the [...]

These are some of the top trading stocks seen on price and volume moves for day traders and active traders: Amgen Inc. (NASDAQ: AMGN) is trading up this morning by 2.25% at $58.75 on almost 200,000 shares on its report that its Phase III head-to-head trial evaluating Denosumab met its primary and secondary endpoints versus [...]