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Market Maker Surveillance Report. MU, MHS, WFC, ESRX, TOT, ZLCS, Highest Net Buy Volume With Lowest Price Friction For Wednesd

^{Published on 2012-03-28 18:01:28 - WOPRAI}
 

March 28, 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 3828 companies with "abnormal" market making, 1969 companies with positive Friction Factors and 3893 companies with negative Friction Factors. Here is a list of the top companies with the highest net buy volume on Wednesday and lowest price Friction (bullish). This means that there was more buying than selling in the stocks and their stock prices rose faster with less Friction. MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC (NASDAQ:MU), MEDCO HEALTH SOLUTIONS INC (NYSE:MHS), WELLS FARGO & CO (NYSE:WFC), EXPRESS SCRIPTS INC (NASDAQ:ESRX), Total SA (NYSE:TOT), Zalicus Inc (NASDAQ:ZLCS). 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
  MU      $0.070    0.76%     18,841,542   53.71%    15,692,213   44.73%    3,149,329    449,904 
  MHS     $2.210    3.20%     10,526,852   37.66%    8,579,641    30.69%    1,947,211    8,811   
  WFC     $0.480    1.41%     9,671,171    33.06%    7,707,426    26.35%    1,963,745    40,911  
  ESRX    $0.680    1.28%     16,335,667   49.97%    14,495,058   44.34%    1,840,609    27,068  
  TOT     $0.260    0.51%     5,350,127    47.91%    2,682,815    24.02%    2,667,312    102,589 
  ZLCS    $0.200    18.52%    5,448,722    62.10%    3,325,717    37.90%    2,123,005    106,150 

For example, the chart above shows MU with a Net Buy Volume of 3,149,329 shares and a Friction Factor of 449,904 shares. That means that it takes 449,904 more shares of buying than selling to move MU higher by one penny. This means the Market Makers are allowing the stock to move up higher as of Wednesday (lower friction). And with one of the highest Net Buy Volumes, the combination of low friction and high net buy volume is bullish.

MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC (NASDAQ:MU) - Micron Technology, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the manufacture and marketing of semiconductor devices worldwide. Its products include dynamic random access memory (DRAM) products that provide data storage and retrieval, which include DDR2 and DDR3; and other specialty DRAM memory products, including DDR, SDRAM, DDR and DDR2 mobile low power DRAM, pseudo-static RAM, and reduced latency DRAM. The company also offers NAND flash memory products, which are electrically re-writeable and non-volatile semiconductor devices that retain content when power is turned off. In addition, it provides NOR flash memory products that are electrically re-writeable and non-volatile semiconductor memory devices; phase change memory products; and image sensor products. Micron Technologys products are used in a range of electronic applications, including personal computers, workstations, network servers, mobile phones, flash memory cards, USB storage devices, digital still cameras, MP3/4 players, and in automotive applications. It sells its products to original equipment manufacturers and retailers through internal sales force, independent sales representatives, and distributors, as well as through a Web-based customer direct sales channel. The company was founded in 1978 and is headquartered in Boise, Idaho.

MEDCO HEALTH SOLUTIONS INC (NYSE:MHS) - Medco Health Solutions, Inc., a healthcare company, provides clinically driven pharmacy services for private and public employers, health plans, labor unions, government agencies, and individuals in the United States and internationally. The companys products and services include clinical management that comprises coverage management and utilization management programs; and RationalMed service, which analyzes patients available prescriptions, inpatient and outpatient medical and laboratory claim records, and engages physicians, pharmacists, and patients in making changes, as well as provides benefit plan designs. It also offers pharmacy management products and services, such as the Medco Pharmacy, a mail-order service; Medco Therapeutic Resource centers, which conduct therapy management programs to treat certain chronic conditions; Specialty Pharmacy Management that provides an enhanced level of care to patients taking specialty medicines to treat complex or chronic conditions; Retail Pharmacy Networks, which offer clients with contracted discount rates; Call Center Pharmacies that provide information and support to members using its mail-order service or retail pharmacy networks; and information and services to physicians and pharmacists, who provide service to the companys clients members, as well as reimbursement services. In addition, the company provides Internet-based services, including Member-Oriented Web services that enable members to self-manage their prescription benefits; Medicare Part D Web services that support pre-enrollment and post-enrollment activities; Client-Oriented Web services that provide online access to the companys proprietary tools for reporting, analyzing and modeling data, clinical-utilization management and decision-support, plan administration, industry news, and submission and tracking of service requests; and Pharmacist-Oriented Web services. The company was founded in 1983 and is headquartered in Franklin Lakes, New Jersey.

WELLS FARGO & CO (NYSE:WFC) - Wells Fargo & Company, through its subsidiaries, provides retail, commercial, and corporate banking services primarily in the United States. The company operates in three segments: Community Banking; Wholesale Banking; and Wealth, Brokerage, and Retirement. The Community Banking segment offers deposits, including checking, market rate, and individual retirement accounts; savings and time deposits; and debit cards. Its loan products comprise lines of credit, auto floor plans, equity lines and loans, equipment and transportation loans, education loans, residential mortgage loans, health savings accounts, and credit cards. This segment also provides equipment leases, real estate financing, small business administration financing, venture capital financing, cash management, payroll services, retirement plans, loans secured by autos, and merchant payment processing services; purchases sales finance contracts from retail merchants; and a family of funds, and investment management services. The Wholesale Banking segment offers commercial and corporate banking products and services, including commercial loans and lines of credit, letters of credit, asset-based lending, equipment leasing, international trade facilities, trade financing, collection services, foreign exchange services, treasury and investment management, institutional fixed-income sales, commodity and equity risk management, insurance, corporate trust fiduciary and agency services, and investment banking services. This segment also provides banking products for commercial real estate market, and real estate and mortgage brokerage services. The Wealth, Brokerage, and Retirement segment offers financial advisory, brokerage, and institutional retirement and trust services. As of December 31, 2010, the company served its customers through approximately 9,000 banking stores in 39 States and the District of Columbia. Wells Fargo & Company was founded in 1929 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

EXPRESS SCRIPTS INC (NASDAQ:ESRX) - Express Scripts, Inc. provides a range of pharmacy benefit management (PBM) services in North America. The companys PBM services include retail network pharmacy management and retail drug card programs; home delivery pharmacy services; specialty pharmacy services; patient care contact centers; benefit plan design and consultation; drug formulary management; compliance and therapy management programs; information reporting and analysis programs; rebate programs, electronic claims processing, and drug utilization review; consumer health and drug information; bio-pharma services, including reimbursement and customized logistics solutions; medication therapy and safety through pharmacogenomics; and assistance programs for low-income patients. It also engages in the distribution of pharmaceuticals and medical supplies to providers and clinics; fertility pharmaceuticals requiring special handling or packaging; and sample units to physicians, as well as the verification of practitioner licensure, healthcare account administration, and implementation of consumer-directed healthcare solutions. It serves HMOs, health insurers, third-party administrators, employers, union-sponsored benefit plans, workers compensation plans, government health programs, office-based oncologists, renal dialysis clinics, ambulatory surgery centers, primary care physicians, and retina specialists. Express Scripts was founded in 1986 and is headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri.

Total SA (NYSE:TOT) - TOTAL S.A., together with its subsidiaries, operates as an integrated oil and gas company worldwide. The company operates through three segments: Upstream, Downstream, and Chemicals. The Upstream segment engages in the exploration, development, and production of oil and natural gas. It also involves in the transportation, trade, and marketing of natural gas and liquefied natural gas (LNG), as well as in LNG re-gasification and natural gas storage operations. In addition, this segment engages in the shipping and trade of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG); power generation from gas-fired power plants, nuclear, or renewable energies; production, trade, and marketing of coal, as well as in solar power systems and technology operations. As of December 31, 2010, it had combined proved reserves of 10,695 Mboe of oil and gas. The Downstream segment involves in refining, marketing, trading, and shipping crude oil and petroleum products. It also produces a range of specialty products, such as lubricants, LPG, jet fuel, special fluids, bitumen, marine fuels, and petrochemical feedstock. This segment holds interests in 24 refineries located in Europe, the United States, the French West Indies, Africa, and China, as well as operates a network of 17,490 service stations. The Chemicals segment produces base chemicals, including petrochemicals and fertilizers, as well as engages in rubber processing, resins, adhesives, and electroplating activities. TOTAL S.A. was founded in 1924 and is based in Courbevoie, France.

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