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Market Maker Surveillance Report. LPSN, NUVA, XRTX, GST, APP, KRA, Losing Stocks With Lowest Price Friction For Wednesday, Oct

October 3, 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 4036 companies with "abnormal" market making, 2396 companies with positive Friction Factors and 2960 companies with negative Friction Factors. Here is a list of the top companies with the largest percentage loss per share Wednesday and low price friction (bearish). This means that there was more selling than buying in the stocks and their stock prices dropped faster with less Friction. Liveperson Inc (NASDAQ:LPSN), NuVasive Inc (NASDAQ:NUVA), Xyratex Ltd (NASDAQ:XRTX), Gastar Exploration Ltd (AMEX:GST), Appalaches Resources Inc (AMEX:APP), Kraton Performance Polymers Inc (NYSE:KRA). 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
  LPSN    $-1.850   -10.23%   107,744      43.52%    138,258      55.85%    -30,514      -165    
  NUVA    $-5.020   -21.82%   277,640      48.54%    285,970      49.99%    -8,330       -17     
  XRTX    $-1.450   -16.67%   1,205,638    48.81%    1,257,296    50.90%    -51,658      -356    
  GST     $-0.420   -25.15%   896,411      31.74%    990,996      35.08%    -94,585      -2,252  
  APP     $-0.170   -11.33%   381,053      33.20%    481,495      41.95%    -100,442     -5,908  
  KRA     $-3.560   -14.12%   343,393      32.05%    368,805      34.42%    -25,412      -71     

Analysis of the Friction Factor chart above shows that each of the six stocks mentioned above have high net dollar losses (Change) and extremely 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 LPSN with a dollar loss Wednesday of $-1.85000 and a Friction Factor of -165 shares. That means that it only took 165 more shares of selling than buying to move LPSN lower by one penny. This means the Market Makers are allowing the stock to drop quickly (low friction). The combination of low friction and negative market direction can drive prices lower faster than normal.

Liveperson Inc (NASDAQ:LPSN) - LivePerson, Inc. provides online engagement solutions that facilitate real-time assistance and advice. It connects businesses and independent service providers with consumers seeking help on its hosted software platform. The companys hosted platform supports and manages real time online interactions, such as chat, voice/click-to-call, email, and self service/knowledgebase from a single agent desktop. The company offers LivePerson Enterprise for Sales solution that combines online site traffic monitoring software with a rules engine to enable its clients to proactively engage Web site visitors; and LivePerson Enterprise for Service solution, which enhances its contact center by identifying customers who are struggling with their self help experience, and connecting them to a live customer care specialist. It also offers LivePerson Premier that helps businesses in visitor engagement and provides insights into online sales initiatives and customer care issues; LivePerson Pro that enables chat agents to segment visitors based on various attributes, and target the candidates for a chat in real time; and Multichannel Contact Center Solutions, which help businesses to add LivePersons voice, email, and knowledgebase channels to LivePerson Pro or LivePerson Premier. In addition, the company provides professional services and value added business consulting services. LivePerson, Inc. sells its products and services through direct and indirect sales channels to financial, retail, telecommunications, technology, and travel/hospitality industries, as well as to small and mid-sized businesses, Internet businesses, online merchants, universities, libraries, government agencies, and not-for-profit organizations in the United States, Canada, Israel, and Europe. The company was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in New York, New York..

NuVasive Inc (NASDAQ:NUVA) - NuVasive, Inc., a medical device company, engages in the design, development, and marketing of products for the surgical treatment of spine disorders. Its products are used in applications for spine fusion surgery. The companys products include a minimally disruptive surgical platform called Maximum Access Surgery (MAS), as well as cervical, biologics, and motion preservation products. Its MAS platform combines four categories of product offerings, including NeuroVision, a proprietary software-driven nerve avoidance system; MaXcess, a split-blade design retraction system providing enhanced surgical access to the spine; Biologics, which includes FormaGraft and Osteocel line of products; and specialized implants, such as SpheRx and Armadatm pedicle screw systems, CoRoent suite of implants, and various fixation systems. The company also offers a range of bone allograft in patented saline packaging and spine implants, such as rods, plates, and screws, as well as Osteocel, a bone matrix product that offers three properties related to autograft, including osteoconduction, osteoinduction, and osteogenesis. In addition, it is developing motion preservation products, including lateral total disc replacement device. The company sells its products through independent sales agencies and direct sales representatives primarily in the United States. NuVasive, Inc. was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in San Diego, California..

Xyratex Ltd (NASDAQ:XRTX) - Xyratex Ltd provides modular enterprise-class data storage solutions and storage process technology. The company designs, develops, and manufactures enabling technology that supports storage and data communication networks. It operates in two segments, Networked Storage Solutions and Storage Infrastructure. The Networked Storage Solutions segment offers storage subsystems that comprise modules, such as storage controllers and disk drive enclosures. It also provides RAID technology to protect users from failure of disk drives. The Storage Infrastructure segment offers hard disk drive production test equipment, media write equipment, substrate and media cleaning systems, media automation, media burnish, glide, and certify products. Xyratex Ltd sells its products to original equipment manufacturers, disk drive manufacturers, and other companies primarily in North America, Asia, and Europe. The company was founded in 1966 and is headquartered in Havant, the United Kingdom..

Gastar Exploration Ltd (AMEX:GST) - Gastar Exploration Ltd., an independent energy company, engages in the exploration, development, and production of natural gas and oil primarily in the United States. The company owns and operates exploration and development acreage comprising approximately 28,200 gross acres in the deep Bossier gas play in the Hilltop area of East Texas; and approximately 38,800 gross acres in the Marcellus Shale in the Appalachian area of West Virginia, and central and southwestern Pennsylvania. It also involves in the development of coal bed methane comprising 40,700 gross acres in the Powder River Basin of Wyoming and Montana. Gastar Exploration Ltd. was founded in 1987 and is based in Houston, Texas..

Appalaches Resources Inc (AMEX:APP) - American Apparel, Inc. engages in the design, manufacture, and retail of fashion apparel for women, men, children, and pets. It primarily offers T-shirts, denim, sweaters, and jackets. The company also operates a wholesale business that supplies T-shirts and other casual wear to authorized distributors, screen printers, and advertising specialty companies. American Apparel sells its products through retail and wholesale distribution channels, as well as through its online retail e-commerce Web site, americanapparel.com. As of March 20, 2010, it operated 280 retail stores in 20 countries, including the United States, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Israel, Australia, Japan, South Korea, and China. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, California..

Kraton Performance Polymers Inc (NYSE:KRA) - Kraton Performance Polymers, Inc., through its subsidiary, Kraton Polymers LLC, produces styrenic block copolymers (SBC) for use in industrial and consumer applications worldwide. Its primary product lines include unhydrogenated SBCs, hydrogenated SBCs, isoprene rubber, isoprene rubber latex, and compounds. The companys products are used in various end-use markets, including advanced materials; adhesives, sealants, and coatings; and paving and roofing. Its products have applications in soft touch for consumer products, such as tooth brushes and razor blades; power tools; impact resistant engineering plastics; impact resistant for polyolefin based totes and bins; automotive interior components; elastic films for disposable diapers and adult incontinence branded products; skin care products and lotions; disposable food packaging; medical packaging films and tubing; wire and cable insulation/jacketing; tapes and labels; non-woven and industrial adhesives; industrial and consumer weather sealants; asphalt modification for performance roadways, bridges, and airports; asphalt modification for roofing felts and shingles; surgical gloves; condoms; lubricants and fuel additives; high styrenics packaging; and footwear. Kraton Performance Polymers, Inc. markets its products through direct sales force, marketing representatives, and distributors. The company was formerly known as Polymer Holdings LLC and changed its name to Kraton Performance Polymers, Inc. in December 2009. Kraton Performance Polymers, Inc. is based in Houston, Texas..

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