Market Maker Surveillance Report. BONT, SBSA, HDSN, ACHN, TEAR, SPMD, Winning Stocks With Lowest Price Friction For Tuesday, J
January 24, 2012 / 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 3607 companies with "abnormal" market making, 3059 companies with positive Friction Factors and 2751 companies with negative Friction Factors. Here is a list of the top companies with the largest percentage gain per share Tuesday and low price friction (bullish). This means that there was more buying than selling in the stocks and their stock prices rose faster with less Friction. BON-TON STORES INC/THE (NASDAQ:BONT), SPANISH BROADCASTING SYS-A (NASDAQ:SBSA), Hudson Technologies Inc (NASDAQ:HDSN), ACHILLION PHARMACEUTICALS (NASDAQ:ACHN), Tearlab Corp (NASDAQ:TEAR), SUPERMEDIA INC (NASDAQ:SPMD). 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 BONT $0.540 16.72% 681,486 55.14% 535,881 43.36% 145,605 2,696 SBSA $1.920 34.72% 644,337 52.67% 548,356 44.82% 95,981 500 HDSN $0.450 25.14% 272,715 75.15% 90,192 24.85% 182,523 4,056 ACHN $1.540 16.72% 2,382,675 48.72% 2,328,998 47.63% 53,677 349 TEAR $0.360 28.80% 254,743 61.04% 162,566 38.96% 92,177 2,560 SPMD $0.420 14.79% 99,978 64.70% 54,550 35.30% 45,428 1,082Analysis of the Friction Factor chart above shows that each of the six stocks mentioned above have high net buy volumes (buy volume, sell volume) and low price friction 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 BONT with a dollar gain Tuesday of $0.54000 and a Friction Factor of 2,696 shares. That means that it only took 2,696 more shares of buying than selling to move BONT higher by one penny. The Market Makers are currently allowing the stock to rise quickly (low friction). The combination of low friction and positive market direction can drive prices higher much faster than normal.
BON-TON STORES INC/THE (NASDAQ:BONT) - The Bon-Ton Stores, Inc., through its subsidiaries, operates department stores in the mid-size and metropolitan markets of the United States. Its stores offer brand-name fashion apparel and accessories for women, men, and children, as well as provide cosmetics, home furnishings, and footwear. As of January 29, 2011, the company operated 275 stores under various nameplates, including the Bon-Ton, Bergners, Boston Store, Carson Pirie Scott, Elder-Beerman, Herbergers, and Younkers in 23 northeastern, midwestern, and upper Great Plains states; and under the Parisian nameplate in Detroit, Michigan. The Bon-Ton Stores, Inc. was founded in 1898 and is headquartered in York, Pennsylvania.
SPANISH BROADCASTING SYS-A (NASDAQ:SBSA) - Spanish Broadcasting System, Inc. operates as a Hispanic-controlled media and entertainment company in the United States. It owns and operates 21 radio stations; and 2 television stations under MegaTV brand name. The company also operates LaMusica.com, Mega.tv, and its radio station Websites, which are Spanish and English Websites that provide content related to Latin music, entertainment, news, and culture. In addition, it produces live concerts and events. The companys radio station programming formats include Spanish Tropical, Regional Mexican, Spanish Adult Contemporary, Spanish Oldies, Top 40, and Latin Rhythmic, the Hispanic Urban music format. Its television programming format focuses on entertainment and events, which include programs ranging from televised radio-branded shows to general entertainment programs, such as music, celebrity, debate, interviews, and personality-based shows. The company was founded in 1983 and is headquartered in Coconut Grove, Florida.
Hudson Technologies Inc (NASDAQ:HDSN) - Hudson Technologies, Inc., through its subsidiary, Hudson Technologies Company, provides refrigerant services and solutions in the refrigeration industry primarily in the United States. Its products and services include refrigerant sales; refrigerant management services consisting of reclamation of refrigerants and laboratory testing; and RefrigerantSide services, including system decontamination to remove moisture, oils, and other contaminants. The RefrigerantSide services also include predictive and diagnostic services for industrial and commercial refrigeration applications, which predict potential catastrophic problems and identify inefficiencies in an operating system. The company's products and services are primarily used in commercial air conditioning, industrial processing, and refrigeration systems. It sells reclaimed and new refrigerants to customers in air conditioning and refrigeration industry. The company serves commercial, industrial, and government customers, as well as refrigerant wholesalers, distributors, contractors, and refrigeration equipment manufacturers; and customers in petrochemical, pharmaceutical, industrial power, manufacturing, commercial facility, and property management and maritime industries. Hudson Technologies has a strategic alliance with The Linde Group to market its service offering outside the United States. The company was founded in 1991 and is headquartered in Pearl River, New York.
ACHILLION PHARMACEUTICALS (NASDAQ:ACHN) - Achillion Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, engages in the discovery, development, and commercialization of treatments for infectious diseases. The company focuses on the development of antivirals for the treatment of chronic hepatitis C; and the development of antibacterials for the treatment of resistant bacterial infections. Its drug candidate pipeline includes ACH-1625, a protease inhibitor, which is in phase 1/b clinical trials for the treatment of chronic hepatitis C infections; ACH-1095, a NS4A antagonist that is in late-stage preclinical studies for the treatment of chronic hepatitis C infections; and ACH-2684, a protease inhibitor, which is in late stage preclinical testing. The companys other product candidates comprise ACH-702, which is in preclinical stage for the treatment of serious bacterial infections; and Elvucitabine that is in phase II clinical trials for the treatment of HIV infection. The company has a collaboration arrangement with Gilead Sciences, Inc. to develop and commercialize compounds for the treatment of chronic hepatitis C, which inhibit viral replication through a mechanism of action. Achillion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. was founded in 1998 and is based in New Haven, Connecticut.
Tearlab Corp (NASDAQ:TEAR) - TearLab Corporation is an ophthalmic device company and engages in commercializing a proprietary in vitro diagnostic tear testing platform, the TearLab test for dry eye disease. Its TearLab Osmolarity System enables eye care practitioners to test for highly sensitive and specific biomarkers using nanoliters of tear film at the point-of-care. The companys TearLab Osmolarity System consists of the TearLab disposable, a single-use microfluidic labcard; the TearLab pen, a hand-held device, which interfaces with the TearLab disposable; and the TearLab reader, a small desktop unit that allows for the docking of the TearLab disposable and the TearLab pen, as well as provides a quantitative reading for the operator. It sells its products through distributors in Europe, Asia, and North America. TearLab Corporation was formerly known as OccuLogix, Inc. and changed its name to TearLab Corporation on May 17, 2010. TearLab Corporation was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in San Diego, California.
SUPERMEDIA INC (NASDAQ:SPMD) - SuperMedia Inc. provides media advertising programs in the United States. It publishes SuperYellowPages, the print directories, which offer a range of paid advertising options, such as listing options, in-column advertising options, display advertising options, and specialty advertising, as well as white pages directories. The company also operates Superpages.com, an online local search site that provides advertisers fixed-fee and performance-based advertising options. In addition, it offers direct mailers under SuperpagesDirect name; and Superpages Mobile, an information source for wireless subscribers. Further, SuperMedia Inc. operates as an official publisher of print directories. The company was formerly known as Idearc Inc. and changed its name to SuperMedia Inc. in January 2010. SuperMedia Inc. is based in Dallas, Texas.
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