Volume Spike Investor

These are this Wednesday’s top active stocks with moves on news or continued trends of yesterday.  We have offered price and volume data as well as added color where appropriate:
American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. (NYSE: AEO) is trading higher after it announced last night that it was closing down its MARTIN+OSA concept store brand.  Shares actually [...]

SOLAR STOCKS ON FIRE……..  As of 1:25 PM EST
First Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR)  $155.38 (+$21.40)
Day’s Range: $135.65 to $158.49; 52wk Range: $85.28 to $317.00
Volume:    5,305,547; Avg Vol: 4.1 million
LDK Solar Co. (NYSE: LDK) $8.35  +$2.46; +41.77%)
Day’s Range: $6.20 to $8.47; 52wk-Range: $3.75 to $52.40
Volume:    8,962,559
Avg Vol: 2.2 million
SunPower Corporation (NASDAQ: SPWRA) $27.81 (+$3.77; +15.68%)
Day’s Range: [...]

As of 9:09 AM EST we are seeing a substantial interest in the price of solar power stocks.  Stocks in general rising are helping out, and the pop of $2.00 in oil today probably is not hurting matters.

First Solar (NASDAQ: FSLR) $92.81 close, $98.00 last, +5.6% on 23,000 shares.
GT Solar (NASDAQ: SOLR) $2.49 close, $2.86 [...]

GT Solar International, Inc. (NASDAQ: SOLR) has posted some strong earnings and mixed guidance, but shares are rallying sharply as the valuations here are dirt cheap. This closed down 14% in regular trading at $4.48, but the stock is back up 10% at $4.96 in after hours coverage on more than 32,000 shares as of [...]

Maybe things aren’t all that bad over at GT Solar International Inc. (NASDAQ: SOLR).  It posted net income of $5.1 million and earnings of $0.03 on revenues of $57.1 million.  These compare to a net loss of $5.0 million for the same quarter last year and a loss of -$0.04 EPS.  This was also a [...]

This alternative energy player GT Solar International Inc. (NASDAQ: SOLR) came public just yesterday and was already given a poor reception on its debut day. But that is looking like chicken feed compared to today’s trading in the stock.
At 9:48 AM EST we have already seen over 5 million shares trade hands and stock [...]