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Market Maker Surveillance Report. ORI, FNFG, UGI, ATO, HRL, VALE, Bearishly Biased Price Friction For Wednesday, December 7th

^{Published on 2011-12-07 18:01:18 - WOPRAI}
 

December 7, 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 3895 companies with "abnormal" market making, 2865 companies with positive Friction Factors and 3093 companies with negative Friction Factors. Here is a list of the top companies with Abnormal Price Friction (bearish bias) in their stock prices. This means that there was more buying than selling in the stocks and their stock prices dropped. OLD REPUBLIC INTL CORP (NYSE:ORI), FIRST NIAGARA FINANCIAL GRP (NASDAQ:FNFG), UGI CORP (NYSE:UGI), ATMOS ENERGY CORP (NYSE:ATO), HORMEL FOODS CORP (NYSE:HRL), VALE SA-SP ADR (NYSE:VALE). 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
     ORI        $-0.210      -2.30%       20,157,690      64.51%       4,929,229       15.78%       15,228,461      Abnormal
     FNFG       $-0.040      -0.44%       37,696,291      53.70%       32,309,596      46.03%       5,386,695       Abnormal
     UGI        $-0.030      -0.10%       5,101,492       70.19%       704,810         9.70%        4,396,682       Abnormal
     ATO        $-0.370      -1.11%       3,652,263       73.17%       423,915         8.49%        3,228,348       Abnormal
     HRL        $-0.100      -0.34%       3,391,432       68.84%       523,682         10.63%       2,867,750       Abnormal
     VALE       $-0.740      -3.10%       8,266,230       28.00%       5,170,735       17.51%       3,095,495       Abnormal

For example, the chart above shows ORI with 15,228,461 greater shares of buying than selling (NetVol) and the stock price was down $-0.21000. This means the Market Makers were trading the stock in a way inconsistent with normal supply and demand (Economics 101); more buying than selling should cause prices to rise.

OLD REPUBLIC INTL CORP (NYSE:ORI) - Old Republic International Corporation, through its subsidiaries, engages in insurance underwriting business. It operates in three segments: General Insurance, Mortgage Guaranty, and Title Insurance. The General Insurance segment provides liability insurance coverages to businesses, government, and other institutions in transportation, commercial construction, forest products, energy, general manufacturing, and financial services sectors in North America. It provides various policies, such as automobile extended warranty insurance, aviation, commercial automobile insurance, general liability, home warranty insurance, inland marine, travel accident, and workers compensation, as well as liability coverage for claims arising from the acts of owners or employees, and protection for the physical assets of businesses. This segment also offers financial indemnity coverages, such as consumer credit indemnity, errors and omissions/directors and officers, guaranteed asset protection, and surety, as well as bonds that cover the exposures of financial institutions, and commercial and other enterprises for losses of monies, or debt and equity securities due to acts of employee dishonesty. The Mortgage Guaranty segment insures first mortgage loans, primarily on residential properties incorporating one-to-four family dwelling units to mortgage bankers, brokers, commercial banks, and savings institutions. The Title Insurance segment provides lenders' and owners' title insurance policies to real estate purchasers and investors based upon searches of the public records. It also provides escrow closing and construction disbursement services; and real estate information products, national default management services, and services related to real estate transfers and loan transactions. The company markets its products primarily through insurance agents and brokers, as well as by direct sales. Old Republic International Corporation was founded in 1887 and is based in Chicago, Illinois.

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.

UGI CORP (NYSE:UGI) - UGI Corporation, through its subsidiaries, distributes and markets energy products and related services in the United States and internationally. The companys AmeriGas Propane segment distributes and retails propane serving approximately 1.3 million residential, commercial/industrial, motor fuel, agricultural, and wholesale users. It also sells, installs, and services propane appliances, including heating systems; and installs and services fuel systems for motor vehicles. The International Propane segment engages in the retail and distribution of liquid petroleum gas (LPG) to residential, commercial, agricultural, and motor fuel customers in Europe for space heating, cooking, water heating, process heat, and transportation. It also provides logistic and storage services to third-party LPG distributors. The Gas Utility segment distributes natural gas to approximately 563,000 customers in 45 eastern, northeastern, and central Pennsylvania counties through its distribution system of approximately 11,900 miles of gas mains. The Electric Utility segment supplies electricity to approximately 62,000 customers in northeastern Pennsylvania through approximately 2,150 miles of transmission and distribution lines, and 13 transmission substations. The Energy Services segment engages in marketing energy in the eastern region of the United States under the trade name GASMARK. This segment also operates interests in electric generation assets in Pennsylvania; operates and owns a natural gas liquefaction, storage, and vaporization facility and propane-air mixing assets; operates and owns a propane import and storage facility in Chesapeake, Virginia; and manages natural gas pipeline and storage contracts. UGI Corporation also operates and owns heating, ventilation, air conditioning, refrigeration, and electrical contracting service businesses serving customers in the Mid-Atlantic region. The company was founded in 1882 and is based in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania.

ATMOS ENERGY CORP (NYSE:ATO) - Atmos Energy Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, engages primarily in the distribution, transmission, and storage of natural gas in the United States. The company operates in four segments: Natural Gas Distribution; Regulated Transmission and Storage; Natural Gas Marketing; and Pipeline, Storage, and Other. The Natural Gas Distribution segment involves in regulated natural gas distribution business and related sales operations. It distributes natural gas through regulated sales and transportation arrangements to approximately 3 million residential, commercial, public authority, and industrial customers in 12 states located primarily in the southern United States. As of September 30, 2009, this segment owned approximately 70,879 miles of underground distribution and transmission mains. The Regulated Transmission and Storage segment transports natural gas for third parties and manages five underground storage reservoirs in Texas. It owned 5,950 miles of gas transmission and gathering lines. The Natural Gas Marketing segment provides various natural gas management and marketing services to municipalities, other local gas distribution companies, and industrial customers. The Pipeline, Storage, and Other segment offers natural gas gathering, transmission, and storage services. It owned 113 miles of gas transmission and gathering lines. Atmos Energy Corporation was founded in 1906 and is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.

HORMEL FOODS CORP (NYSE:HRL) - Hormel Foods Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, produces and markets various meat and food products in the United States and Internationally. It offers meat products, including fresh, frozen, cured, smoked, cooked, and canned meat. The company provides perishable meat products, which include fresh meats, sausages, hams, wieners, and bacon; poultry products that comprise JOTS products; and shelf-stable products, including canned luncheon meats, shelf-stable microwaveable entrees, stews, chilies, hash, meat spreads, flour and corn tortillas, salsas, and tortilla chips. It also offers nutritional food products and supplements, sugar and sugar substitutes, creamers, salt and pepper products, sauces and salad dressings, dessert and drink mixes, and industrial gelatin products. In addition, Hormel Foods offers refrigerated, microwaveable, multi-portion potato-/pasta-based side dish products. The company sells its products through its sales personnel, as well as through independent brokers and distributors. It was formerly known as George A. Hormel & Company and changed its name to Hormel Foods Corporation in January 1995. The company was founded in 1891 and is based in Austin, Minnesota.

VALE SA-SP ADR (NYSE:VALE) - Vale S.A., through its subsidiaries, operates as a diversified metals and mining company worldwide. The company produces iron ore and iron ore pellets, nickel, manganese ore, ferroalloys, kaolin, and pig iron. It also engages in producing bauxite, alumina, aluminum, copper, metallurgical and thermal coal, metallurgical coke and methanol, cobalt, potash, and other non-ferrous minerals, as well as precious metals, including platinum-group metals, gold, and silver. In addition, the company operates logistics systems in Brazil, including railroads, maritime terminals, and a port. Further, it engages in power generation through hydro and oil and gas resources; and steel production. The company was formerly known as Companhia Vale do Rio Doce. Vale S.A. was founded in 1942 and is based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

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