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Market Maker Surveillance Report. EK, BRCD, DUK, AA, BMY, TXT, Highest Net Sell Volume and Negative Price Friction For Wednesd

^{Published on 2011-10-12 18:00:56 - WOPRAI}
 

October 12, 2011 / M2 PRESSWIRE / BUYINS.NET / www.buyins.net, announced today its proprietary Market Maker Friction Factor Report for Wednesday. 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 Wednesday there were 3735 companies with "abnormal" market making, 4653 companies with positive Friction Factors and 1762 companies with negative Friction Factors. Here is a list of the top companies with the highest net sell volume on Wednesday 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), BROCADE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, INC. (NASDAQ:BRCD), DUKE ENERGY CORP (NYSE:DUK), ALCOA INC (NYSE:AA), BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB CO (NYSE:BMY), TEXTRON INC (NYSE:TXT). 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         $-0.170      -12.06%      3,950,833       32.92%       4,977,840       41.48%       -1,027,007      -60,412 
     BRCD       $-0.390      -8.01%       8,046,060       45.02%       9,819,366       54.94%       -1,773,306      -45,469 
     DUK        $-0.130      -0.65%       3,610,000       29.29%       4,849,282       39.34%       -1,239,282      -95,329 
     AA         $-0.300      -2.88%       32,525,870      30.27%       34,090,695      31.73%       -1,564,825      -52,161 
     BMY        $-0.170      -0.52%       3,437,932       28.27%       4,393,879       36.13%       -955,947        -56,232 
     TXT        $-0.180      -0.97%       3,279,808       26.39%       4,266,913       34.33%       -987,105        -54,839 

For example, the chart above shows EK down $-0.17000 with a Friction Factor of -60,412 and a Net Volume of -1,027,007. That means that it takes 60,412 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.

BROCADE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, INC. (NASDAQ:BRCD) - Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. supplies networking equipment comprising end-to-end Internet protocol based Ethernet and storage area networking solutions. Its Data Storage segment provides infrastructure products and solutions, including directors, switches, routers, fabric-based software applications, distance/extension products, management applications, and utilities to centralize data management; and host bus adapters, converged network adapters, mezzanine cards, and switch modules for bladed servers. The companys Ethernet Products segment offers Open Systems Interconnection Reference Model (OSI) Layer 2-3 switches and routers, which enable the use of bandwidth-intensive network business applications and digital entertainment on local area networks and wide area networks; and OSI Layer 47 switches that allow enterprises and service providers to build network infrastructures to direct the flow of traffic, and file area network products and associated management solutions. The companys Global Services segment provides break/fix maintenance, extended warranty, installation, consulting, network management, and related software maintenance and support services; consulting and support services that assist customers in designing, implementing, deploying, and managing networking solutions; and post-contract customer support and extended warranties. It serves various businesses and organizations, which include global enterprises and service providers, such as telecommunication firms, cable operators, and mobile carriers. The company has a strategic partnership with LG-Ericsson. It offers its products and services to end-user customers directly, and through various distribution partners comprising original equipment manufacturers, distributors, systems integrators, and value-added resellers in the United States, western Europe, Japan, and the greater Asia Pacific region. The company was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in San Jose, California.

DUKE ENERGY CORP (NYSE:DUK) - Duke Energy Corporation operates as an energy company in the Americas. It operates through three segments: U.S. Franchised Electric and Gas, Commercial Power, and International Energy. The U.S. Franchised Electric and Gas segment generates, transmits, distributes, and sells electricity in central and western North Carolina, western South Carolina, southwestern Ohio, Indiana, and northern Kentucky; and transports and sells natural gas in southwestern Ohio and northern Kentucky. This segment supplies electric service to 4 million residential, commercial, and industrial customers with approximately 152,200 miles of distribution lines and a 20,900 mile transmission system; and sells electricity on wholesale to incorporated municipalities, electric cooperative utilities, and other load serving entities. It generates electricity through nuclear, coal-fired, hydroelectric, combustion turbine, and natural gas plants, as well as a solar power plant. The Commercial Power segment owns, operates, and manages power plants, as well as engages in the wholesale marketing and procurement of electric power, fuel, and emission allowances related to plants. This segment also retails electricity to customers in southwest, west central, and northern Ohio. The International Energy segment owns, operates, and manages power generation facilities; sells and markets electric power and natural gas; and produces natural gas liquids, methanol, and methyl tertiary butyl ether. This segment serves retail distributors, electric utilities, independent power producers, marketers, and industrial/commercial companies. The company also develops, owns, and operates a fiber optic communications network, primarily in the southeast U.S., serving wireless, local and long-distance communications companies, Internet service providers, and other businesses and organizations. Duke Energy Corporation was founded in 1916 and is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina.

ALCOA INC (NYSE:AA) - Alcoa, Inc. engages in the production and management of aluminum, fabricated aluminum, and alumina. The company operates in four segments: Alumina, Primary Metals, Flat-Rolled Products, and Engineered Products and Solutions. The Alumina segment engages in mining of bauxite, which is then refined into alumina. The Primary Metals segment produces aluminum. The Flat-Rolled Products segment engages in the production and sale of aluminum plate, sheet, and foil. The Engineered Products and Solutions segment produces and sells titanium, aluminum, and super alloy investment castings, hard alloy extrusions, forgings and fasteners, aluminum wheels, integrated aluminum structural systems, and architectural extrusions. Its products are used in aircraft, automobiles, commercial transportation, packaging, building and construction, oil and gas, defense, and industrial applications. The company holds interests in bauxite mining activities. It operates primarily in the United States, Australia, Spain, Brazil, the Netherlands, Norway, France, Hungary, Italy, the United Kingdom, Russia, and Germany. Alcoa, Inc. was founded in 1888 and is based in New York, New York.

BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB CO (NYSE:BMY) - Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, a global biopharmaceutical company, discovers, develops, and delivers innovative medicines that help patients prevail over serious diseases. The company focuses on areas of serious unmet medical needs, such as cardiovascular disease, mental illness, cancer, HIV/AIDS, hepatitis B and C, rheumatoid arthritis, type 2 diabetes, solid organ transplantation, and Alzheimer's disease. Its principal products include PLAVIX for protection against fatal or non-fatal heart attack or stroke; AVAPRO/AVALIDE for the treatment of hypertension and diabetic nephropathy; ABILIFY, an agent for adult patients with schizophrenia, bipolar mania disorder, and depressive disorder; and REYATAZ for the treatment of HIV. The companys principal products also comprise SUSTIVA for the treatment of HIV; BARACLUDE, an inhibitor of hepatitis B virus; ERBITUX to target and block the epidermal growth factor receptor; SPRYCEL for treatment of chronic myeloid leukemia in adults; IXEMPRA to treat breast cancer; ORENCIA to severe rheumatoid arthritis in adults; and ONGLYZA for the treatment of type 2 diabetes. Its products under Phase III clinical trials include ELIQUIS to prevent and treat venous thromboembolic disorders and stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation; NULOJIX to prevent solid organ transplant rejection; Brivanib to block the VEGF and the FGF receptors; Dapagliflozin to treat diabetes; YERVOY to treat metastatic melanoma; and Necitumumab for anticancer treatment. The company sells its products to wholesalers, distributors, retailers, hospitals, clinics, government agencies, and pharmacies. It has strategic alliances with sanofi-aventis; Pfizer, Inc.; AstraZeneca PLC; Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.; Eli Lilly and Company; and Gilead Sciences, Inc. The company was formerly known as Bristol-Myers Company and changed its name to Bristol-Myers Squibb Company in 1989. Bristol-Myers Squibb Company was founded in 1887 and is headquartered in New York, New York.

TEXTRON INC (NYSE:TXT) - Textron Inc. operates in the aircraft, defense, industrial, and finance businesses worldwide. It operates in five segments: Cessna, Bell, Textron Systems, Industrial, and Finance. The Cessna segment manufactures business jets, single engine turboprops, and single engine piston aircraft, as well as provides aftermarket services. The Bell segment manufactures and supplies helicopters, tiltrotor aircraft, and helicopter-related spare parts and services for military and commercial applications. The Textron Systems segment produces armored security vehicles, advanced marine craft, precision weapons, airborne and ground-based surveillance systems and services, the unmanned aircraft system, training and simulation systems and countersniper devices, and intelligence and situational awareness software for U.S. and non U.S. governments in the defense and aerospace industries, and general aviation markets. The Industrial segment develops and manufactures blow-molded fuel systems, light trucks, all-terrain vehicles and watercraft, and windshield and headlamp washer systems; catalytic reduction systems and engine camshafts for the automotive market; and bottles and plastic containers for food, household, laboratory and industrial uses. It also manufactures powered equipment, electrical test and measurement instruments, hand and hydraulic powered tools, and electrical and fiber optic assemblies; golf cars and off-road utility vehicles powered by electric and internal combustion engines; and turf-maintenance equipment and turf-care vehicles. The Finance segment provides finance for aircraft, helicopters, and golf and turf-care equipment. The company sells its products through a network of sales representatives, distributors, and authorized independent sales representatives, as well as directly to end users, home improvement retailers, and original equipment manufacturers. Textron was founded in 1923 and is based in Providence, the Rhode Island.

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