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Monday, March 26, 2012

After-Hours Movers: (HTS), (NBIX), (GGAL), (FRO), (PKD)

Hatteras Financial Corp (NYSE: HTS): fell by 2.57% or $-0.72/share in after hours trading to $27.32. In today's trading session, HTS traded higher by 0.72% or $0.2/share to $28.04. In the past year, the shares have traded as low as $22.33 and as high as $29.39. On average, 820962 shares of HTS exchange hands on a given day and today's volume is recorded at 1840742. The shares are currently trading below the 50-day moving average but above the 200-day moving average. The stock may be range bound between these two levels where the 50-day moving average of $28.31 represents resistance and the 200-day moving average of $26.73 would be an area of support.

Neurocrine Biosciences Inc. (NASDAQ: NBIX): fell by 10.57% or $-0.95/share in after hours trading to $8.04. In today's trading session, NBIX fell by 0.22% or $-0.02/share to $8.99. In the past year, the shares have traded as low as $5.42 and as high as $9.98. On average, 625448 shares of NBIX exchange hands on a given day and today's volume is recorded at 1018202. The shares are currently trading below the 50-day moving average but above the 200-day moving average. The stock may be range bound between these two levels where the 50-day moving average of $8.45 represents resistance and the 200-day moving average of $7.38 would be an area of support.

Grupo Financiero Galicia S.A. (NASDAQ: GGAL): traded higher by 3.13% or $0.2/share in after hours trading to $6.58. In today's trading session, GGAL fell by 4.20% or $-0.28/share to $6.38. In the past year, the shares have traded as low as $5.60 and as high as $14.76. On average, 436193 shares of GGAL exchange hands on a given day and today's volume is recorded at 893538. The shares are currently trading below the 50-day and 200-day moving averages which indicates that the shares have been experiencing downward momentum. The stock may bounce back to test the 200-day moving average. Thus, you may want to pay close attention for a move up to the $7.08 area but be careful because the stock may face selling pressure at this level.

Frontline Ltd. (NYSE: FRO): fell by 3.08% or $-0.21/share in after hours trading to $6.60. In today's trading session, FRO fell by 4.62% or $-0.33/share to $6.81. In the past year, the shares have traded as low as $2.52 and as high as $25.09. On average, 2536190 shares of FRO exchange hands on a given day and today's volume is recorded at 3220392. The shares are currently trading above the 50-day moving average which indicates that the shares have been experiencing strong upward momentum as the 50 DMA is above the 200 DMA. The stock may come back down to test the 50-day moving average, so look for a move back to the $5.60 area where the stock will likely see buying pressure.

Parker Drilling Co. (NYSE: PKD): fell by 2.65% or $-0.17/share in after hours trading to $6.13. In today's trading session, PKD traded higher by 7.33% or $0.43/share to $6.30. In the past year, the shares have traded as low as $3.60 and as high as $7.62. On average, 992366 shares of PKD exchange hands on a given day and today's volume is recorded at 1165362. The shares are currently trading below the 200-day moving average which indicates that the shares have been suffering from downward momentum lately. The stock may bounce higher to test the 200-day moving average, so look for a move up to the $6.16 area where the stock may encounter resistance.