Market Maker Surveillance Report. EK, AUY, FNFG, PPDI, LLNW, POTG, Highest Net Sell Volume and Negative Price Friction For Tue
October 4, 2011 / M2 PRESSWIRE / BUYINS.NET / www.buyins.net, announced today its proprietary Market Maker Friction Factor Report for Tuesday. Since October 2008 market makers are now required to be on the bid as much as they are on the offer and for like amounts of stock. This Fair Market Making Requirement is designed to prevent market makers from manipulating stock prices. On Tuesday there were 4965 companies with "abnormal" market making, 2311 companies with positive Friction Factors and 3458 companies with negative Friction Factors. Here is a list of the top companies with the highest net sell volume on Tuesday and lowest negative price Friction (bearish). This means that there was more selling than buying in the stocks and their stock prices dropped faster with less Friction. EASTMAN KODAK CO (NYSE:EK), YAMANA GOLD INC (NYSE:AUY), FIRST NIAGARA FINANCIAL GRP (NASDAQ:FNFG), PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCT DEVEL (NASDAQ:PPDI), LIMELIGHT NETWORKS INC (NASDAQ:LLNW), (OTC:POTG). To access Friction Factor, Naked Short Data and SqueezeTrigger Prices on all stocks please visit http://www.buyins.net .
Market Maker Friction Factor is shown in the chart below:
Symbol Change Percent Buy Volume Buy %% Sell Volume Sell %% Net Volume Friction EK $-0.150 -11.19% 13,578,586 33.58% 14,500,013 35.86% -921,427 -61,428 AUY $-0.760 -5.67% 6,905,077 27.63% 9,026,772 36.12% -2,121,695 -27,917 FNFG $-0.230 -2.59% 6,642,559 42.20% 8,946,445 56.84% -2,303,886 -100,169 PPDI $-0.340 -1.05% 4,366,293 43.85% 5,358,521 53.82% -992,228 -29,183 LLNW $-0.120 -5.36% 1,349,265 37.43% 2,221,554 61.63% -872,289 -72,691 POTG $-0.173 -47.66% 17,746,498 42.71% 22,839,682 54.97% -5,093,184 -294,404Analysis of the Friction Factor chart above shows that each of the six stocks mentioned above have low price friction combined with more selling than buying (negative Net Volume) in their stocks. The Friction Factor displays how many more shares of buying than selling are required to move a stock higher by one cent or how many more shares of selling than buying moves a stock lower by 1 cent.
For example, the chart above shows EK down $-0.15000 with a Friction Factor of -61,428 and a Net Volume of -921,427. That means that it takes 61,428 more shares of selling than buying to drop EK by one penny. On Monday the Market Makers allowed the stock to move down on heavier selling than buying (low negative friction).
EASTMAN KODAK CO (NYSE:EK) - Eastman Kodak Company provides imaging technology products and services to the photographic and graphic communications markets worldwide. It operates in three segments: Consumer Digital Imaging Group (CDG); Film, Photofinishing, and Entertainment Group (FPEG); and Graphic Communications Group (GCG). The CDG segment offers consumer digital capture and devices, including digital still and pocket video cameras, digital picture frames, imaging essentials, accessories, memory products, snapshot printers and related media; retail kiosks and consumables, consumer and retailer software workflows, remote business monitoring, retail store merchandising and identity programs, and after sale service and support; imaging sensors; and all-in-one inkjet printers. It also provides online merchandise and sharing services. The FPEG segment comprises traditional photographic products and services, including paper, film, and chemistry used for consumer, professional, and industrial imaging applications, as well as those products and services used in the creation of motion pictures. It manufactures and markets motion picture, consumer, professional, industrial, and aerial films; one-time-use cameras; photographic paper and photo chemicals; and industrial components. The GCG segment provides digital and traditional prepress equipment and consumables, including plates, chemistry, and media; workflow software and digital controller development; color, and black and white electrophotographic equipment and consumables; commercial inkjet printing systems; production and workgroup document scanners; and micrographic peripherals and media. It also provides imaging services; and maintenance and professional services for other manufacturers products. This segment serves various customers in the creative, in-plant, data center, commercial printing, packaging, newspaper, and digital service bureau market segments. The company was founded in 1880 and is headquartered in Rochester, New York.
YAMANA GOLD INC (NYSE:AUY) - Yamana Gold Inc. engages in gold and other precious metals mining and related activities, including exploration, extraction, processing, and reclamation. It also explores for copper and silver properties. The company holds interests in the gold production, gold development stage, and exploration stage properties, as well as land positions in Brazil, Chile, Argentina, Mexico, and Colombia. Its producing mines include the Chapada, Jacobina, and Fazenda Brasileiro mines located in Brazil; the El Penon and Minera Florida mines in Chile; and the Gualcamayo mine in Argentina. The company was founded in 2003 and is based in Toronto, Canada.
FIRST NIAGARA FINANCIAL GRP (NASDAQ:FNFG) - First Niagara Financial Group, Inc. operates as the holding company for First Niagara Bank, N.A. that provides retail and commercial banking, and other financial services to individuals, families, and businesses. It offers retail deposit accounts, which include savings, negotiable order of withdrawal, checking, money market, and certificate of deposit accounts, as well as provides business savings and checking, money market, cash management accounts, and municipal deposit accounts. The companys loan portfolio comprises commercial real estate and multi-family loans; commercial business loans; residential real estate loans; home equity loans; and consumer loans consisting of indirect mobile home loans, and personal secured and unsecured loans. It also sells insurance products, including commercial and personal insurance, surety bond, life, disability, and long-term care coverage products. In addition, the company offers risk management consulting services comprising alternative risk and self-insurance services, claims investigation and adjusting services, and third party administration services for self insured workers compensation plans. Further, it provides employee benefits plan and compensation consulting services. Additionally, First Niagara Financial Group offers wealth management services that manage client funds utilizing various third party investment vehicles consisting of stocks, bonds, mutual funds, and annuities, as well as other investment products, such as individual retirement accounts, education savings plans, and retirement plans. As of December 31, 2010 it operated 257 bank branches, including 115 in Upstate New York and 142 branches in Pennsylvania. The company was founded in 1870 and is based in Buffalo, New York.
PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCT DEVEL (NASDAQ:PPDI) - Pharmaceutical Product Development Inc., a contract research organization, provides drug discovery and development services, post-approval expertise, and compound partnering programs. Its Discovery Sciences segment offers preclinical program design, toxicology consulting, lab services, and technical writing and regulatory submissions, as well as compound collaboration programs. The Development segment provides Phase 1 clinical testing, lab services, and Phases 2 through 4 clinical trial management services (such as study design, investigator recruitment, clinical data management and bio-statistical analysis). The company also offers product launch services and patient and disease registry programs, and has operations worldwide. Pharmaceutical Product Development, founded in 1985, is headquartered in Wilmington, N.C.
LIMELIGHT NETWORKS INC (NASDAQ:LLNW) - Limelight Networks, Inc. provides content delivery network (CDN) services in the United States, Europe, and the Asia Pacific. The company delivers content for traditional and emerging media companies or content providers, including businesses operating in the television, music, radio, newspaper, magazine, movie, videogame, software, and social media industries; online businesses operating e-commerce storefronts; and government organizations and corporate or enterprise businesses that operate a Web site. Its services include LimelightDELIVER that provides HTTP/Web distribution of digital media files, such as video, music, games, software, and social media; LimelightSTREAM, which provides on-demand and/or live streaming for various formats, including Adobe Flash, MP3 audio, QuickTime, RealNetworks RealPlayer, and Windows Media; LimelightSITE that speeds the delivery of the static and personalization elements; LimelightREACH, which helps publishers deliver device optimized content to various media-enabled mobile handset by auto-detecting the end-user device; and LimelightADS that allows publishers to present dynamic pre-, mid-, or post-roll video and audio advertising into media that is delivered to mobile or connected users. The company also provides LimelightPS, which offers professional services to help customers determine content distribution strategies, network architecture design, content storage infrastructure, live event execution, and practices for the design, deployment, and management of online Web infrastructure; and LimelightSUPPORT that provides on-demand engineering resources, which keep customers online initiatives a priority. In addition, Limelight Networks, Inc. offers a Web-based customer portal that provides management information reports and a download manager that simplifies the downloading process for the end user. The company was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Tempe, Arizona.
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