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Market Maker Surveillance Report. TEF, CTRP, ED, LUV, NRG, P, Bearishly Biased Price Friction For Wednesday, March 7th 2012

^{Published on 2012-03-07 18:00:47 - WOPRAI}
 

March 7, 2012 / 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 3634 companies with "abnormal" market making, 3963 companies with positive Friction Factors and 1911 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. Telefonica SA (NYSE:TEF), CTRIP.COM INTERNATIONAL-ADR (NASDAQ:CTRP), CONSOLIDATED EDISON, INC. (NYSE:ED), SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO (NYSE:LUV), NRG ENERGY INC (NYSE:NRG), (NYSE:P). 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
  TEF     $-0.020   -0.12%    1,828,220    41.46%    1,329,396    30.15%    498,824      Abnormal
  CTRP    $-0.620   -2.43%    4,065,886    51.67%    3,530,990    44.87%    534,896      Abnormal
  ED      $-0.200   -0.34%    1,063,405    48.04%    510,490      23.06%    552,915      Abnormal
  LUV     $-0.110   -1.28%    2,698,301    37.87%    1,514,817    21.26%    1,183,484    Abnormal
  NRG     $-0.100   -0.60%    1,478,997    46.42%    602,912      18.92%    876,085      Abnormal
  P       $-3.420   -23.97%   7,259,883    32.52%    6,512,375    29.17%    747,508      Abnormal

For example, the chart above shows TEF with 498,824 greater shares of buying than selling (NetVol) and the stock price was down $-0.02000. 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.

Telefonica SA (NYSE:TEF) - Telefonica, S.A. provides fixed and mobile telephony services primarily in Spain, rest of Europe, and Latin America. Its fixed telecommunication services include PSTN lines; ISDN accesses; public telephone; local, domestic, and international long distance and fixed-to-mobile communications; corporate communications; video telephony; supplementary and business-oriented value-added services; network services; leasing and sale of handset equipment; and telephony information services. The companys Internet and broadband multimedia services comprise Internet service provider service; portal and network services; retail and wholesale broadband access; narrowband switched access to Internet; naked ADSL, a broadband connection; residential-oriented value-added services; companies-oriented value-added services; television services, such as IPTV, cable television, and satellite television; and Fiber to the Home, a service for high speed Internet access and digital video recording. Its data and business-solutions services principally include leased lines; virtual private network services; fiber optics services; the provision of hosting and application; outsourcing and consultancy services; desktop services; and system integration and professional services. The companys wholesale services for telecommunication operators primarily comprise domestic interconnection services; international wholesale services; leased lines for other operators network deployment; local loop leasing under the unbundled local loop regulation framework; and bit stream services. It also offers various mobile and related services and products that include mobile voice services, value added services, mobile data and Internet services, wholesale services, corporate services, roaming, fixed wireless, and trunking and paging services. The company has a strategic alliance with China Unicom (Hong Kong) Limited. Telefonica, S.A. was founded in 1924 and is headquartered in Madrid, Spain.

CTRIP.COM INTERNATIONAL-ADR (NASDAQ:CTRP) - Ctrip.com International, Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, provides travel services for hotel accommodations, airline tickets, and packaged tours in the Peoples Republic of China. It also sells independent leisure travelers bundled package-tour products, which include transportation and accommodation, as well as guided tours covering various domestic and international destinations. In addition, the company offers Internet-related advertising, aviation casualty insurance, and air-ticket delivery services. Further, it sells Property Management System, a hotel information software; travel guidebooks, which provide information for independent travelers; and VIP membership cards that allow cardholders to receive discounts from various restaurants, clubs, and bars. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Shanghai, the Peoples Republic of China.

CONSOLIDATED EDISON, INC. (NYSE:ED) - Consolidated Edison, Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides electric, gas, and steam utility services in the United States. It provides electric service to approximately 3.3 million customers and gas service to approximately 1.1 million customers in New York City and Westchester County, as well as provides steam service to office buildings and apartment houses in parts of Manhattan. The company also provides electric service to approximately 0.3 million customers in southeastern New York and in adjacent areas of northern New Jersey, and northeastern Pennsylvania; and gas service to approximately 0.1 million customers in southeastern New York and adjacent areas of northeastern Pennsylvania. In addition, Consolidated Edison involves in the sale and related hedging of electricity to wholesale and retail customers; operation of generating plants; participation in other infrastructure projects; and provision of energy-efficiency services, including the design and installation of lighting retrofits, high-efficiency heating, ventilating and air conditioning equipment, and other energy saving technologies to government and commercial customers. It serves residential, industrial, and large commercial customers. The company was founded in 1884 and is based in New York, New York.

SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO (NYSE:LUV) - Southwest Airlines Co. operates as a passenger airline that provides scheduled air transportation in the United States. As of December 31, 2010, the company operated 548 Boeing 737 aircraft and provided service to 69 cities in 35 states. It also sells frequent flyer credits and related services to companies participating in its Rapid Rewards frequent flyer program, such as car rental agencies, hotels, restaurants, and retail locations. The company was founded in 1967 and is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.

NRG ENERGY INC (NYSE:NRG) - NRG Energy, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a wholesale power generation company. The company engages in the ownership, development, construction, and operation of power generation facilities. It also engages in transacting in and trade of fuel and transportation services; the trade of energy, capacity, and related products in the United States and internationally; and the supply of electricity and energy services to retail electricity customers in the Texas market. As of December 31, 2009, the companys power generation assets consisted of approximately 10,660 megawatt (MW) of gas-fired; 7,560 MW of coal-fired; 3,715 MW of oil-fired; 1,175 MW of nuclear; and 365 MW of renewable generating capacity in the United States. In addition, NRG Energy also owns approximately 115 MW of thermal capacity domestically, as well as 1,005 MW of power generation capacity overseas in Australia and Germany. The company was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in Princeton, New Jersey.

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