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Market Maker Surveillance Report. ACUR, VICL, EAC, GASS, ABIO, KIPS, Losing Stocks With Lowest Price Friction For Tuesday, Apr

April 23, 2013 / 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 3799 companies with "abnormal" market making, 3653 companies with positive Friction Factors and 1751 companies with negative Friction Factors. Here is a list of the top companies with the largest percentage loss per share Tuesday 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. Acura Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:ACUR), Vical Inc (NASDAQ:VICL), Erickson Air-Crane Inc (NASDAQ:EAC), StealthGas Inc (NASDAQ:GASS), ARCA Biopharma Inc (NASDAQ:ABIO), Kips Bay Medical Inc (NASDAQ:KIPS). 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
  ACUR    $-0.200   -7.07%    387,230      41.18%    551,915      58.70%    -164,685     -8,234  
  VICL    $-0.240   -6.40%    258,752      49.95%    259,300      50.05%    -548         -23     
  EAC     $-1.310   -6.36%    74,629       41.53%    102,791      57.20%    -28,162      -215    
  GASS    $-0.830   -7.41%    208,815      46.21%    242,612      53.68%    -33,797      -407    
  ABIO    $-0.320   -11.03%   177,338      43.63%    229,076      56.37%    -51,738      -1,617  
  KIPS    $-0.130   -8.67%    62,211       47.01%    70,128       52.99%    -7,917       -609    

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 ACUR with a dollar loss Tuesday of $-0.20000 and a Friction Factor of -8,234 shares. That means that it only took 8,234 more shares of selling than buying to move ACUR 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.

Acura Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:ACUR) - Acura Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a specialty pharmaceutical company, engages in the research, development, and commercialization of pharmaceutical product candidates utilizing its proprietary Aversion and Impede technologies. Its products include Oxecta Tablets CII, a Schedule II narcotic indicated for the management of acute and chronic moderate to severe pain; and Nexafed, an OTC immediate-release pseudoephedrine HCl tablet that is used as a nasal decongestant in various non-prescription and prescription cold, sinus, and allergy products. Acura Pharmaceuticals, Inc. has a license, development, and commercialization agreement with King Pharmaceuticals Research and Development, Inc. to develop and commercialize certain opioid analgesic products utilizing the company s proprietary Aversion Technology in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. Acura Pharmaceuticals, Inc. was founded in 1935 and is based in Palatine, Illinois..

Vical Inc (NASDAQ:VICL) - Vical Incorporated engages in the research and development of biopharmaceutical products based on its DNA delivery technologies for the prevention and treatment of serious or life-threatening diseases. Its products include Allovectin, a Phase III clinical trial product to treat metastatic melanoma; CyMVectin prophylactic vaccine for cytomegalovirus CMV, which completed preclinical trial to prevent infection before pregnancy to preclude fetal transmission; and therapeutic and prophylactic vaccines for herpes simplex type 2 virus, which are under preclinical trial to prevent and protect against recurring flare-ups, reduce viral shedding, and transmission. The company, through corporate collaborations, develops TransVax, which is in Phase III clinical trial to protect against CMV infection after stem cell transplants, as well as in Phase II clinical trial to protect against CMV infection after solid organ transplants; Collategene, an angiogenic therapy encoding hepatocyte growth factor that is in Phase III clinical trials to induce local growth of blood vessels to restore blood flow to limbs affected by critical limb ischemia; Apex-IHN prophylactic vaccine for infectious hematopoietic necrosis virus, which is marketed for the prevention of infection and disease in farm-raised salmon when exposed to infected wild salmon in Canada; and ONCEPT therapeutic cancer vaccine encoding human tyrosinase for the treatment to enhance survival time of dogs with oral melanoma. Vical Incorporated, through government collaboration, develops prophylactic and/or therapeutic HIV vaccine, a Phase IIb clinical trial product to prevent/treat infection, disease, and/or viral shedding; and Tetravalent dengue vaccine, a Phase I clinical trial product to prevent dengue disease caused by all four dengue serotypes. The company was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in San Diego, California..

Erickson Air-Crane Inc (NASDAQ:EAC) - Encore Acquisition Company is an independent energy company engaged in the acquisition, development, exploitation, exploration, and production of onshore North American oil and natural gas reserves. The Company's properties are located in four areas, the Cedar Creek Anticline (CCA) in the Williston Basin of Montana and North Dakota; the Permian Basin of West Texas and Southeastern New Mexico; the Mid-Continent area of Arkoma and Anadarko Basins of Oklahoma, the North Louisiana Salt Basin, the East Texas Basin, and the Barnett Shale of north Texas, and the Rockies, which includes non-CCA assets in the Williston and Powder River Basins of Montana and North Dakota, and the Paradox Basin of south-eastern Utah. During the year ended December 31, 2005, the Company's total estimated proved reserves were 148.4 million barrels (MMbls) of oil and 283.9 billion cubic feet (Bcf). On a barrel of oil equivalent basis, the proved reserves were 196 million barrels of oil equivalent (mmboe).

On November 30, 2005, Encore Acquisition Company acquired oil and natural gas producing properties, which are located in the Levelland-Slaughter, Howard Glasscock, Nolley-McFarland, and Hutex fields in West Texas and the Oakdale, Calumet, and Rush Springs fields in western Oklahoma. On October 14, 2005, the Company acquired Crusader Energy Corporation (Crusader), which is an independent oil and natural gas company. In 2005, the Company drilled 160 gross operated productive wells and participated in drilling another 116 gross non-operated productive wells.

Cedar Creek Anticline Properties

The CCA is a major structural feature of the Williston Basin in southeastern Montana and northwestern North Dakota. Primary producing reservoirs are the Red River, Stony Mountain, Interlake, and Lodgepole formations at depths of between 7,000 feet and 9,000 feet. During 2005, the average daily production from CCA properties was 13,902 barrels of oil equivalent per day (boepd). As of December 31, 2005, CCA represents 60% of the total proved reserves. In 2005, this property's net production stood at 5,074 mmboe, which is 49% of the total net production.

Permian Basin Properties

Permian Basin properties include 17 operated fields, including East Cowden Grayburg Unit, Furhman-Mascho, Crockett County, Sand Hills, Howard Glasscock, Nolley, Deep Rock and others, and seven non-operated fields. Production from the central portion of the Permian Basin comes from multiple reservoirs including the Grayburg, San Andres, Glorietta, Clearfork, Wolfcamp, and Pennsylvanian zones. Production from the southern portion of the Permian Basin comes mainly from the Canyon and Strawn Formations with multiple pay intervals. During 2005, the Company drilled 80 gross wells primarily in the Sand Hills, Furhman-Mascho and Crockett County fields. During the same period, this property accounted for 21% of the net production, which is 2,182 mmboe.

Mid-Continent Properties

Encore Acquisition Company owns various interests, including operated, non-operated, royalty and mineral interests, on properties located in the Anadarko Basin of western Oklahoma and the Arkoma Basin of eastern Oklahoma, and eastern Arkansas. These properties produce primarily natural gas, and to a lesser extent oil, from various horizons. The Company also has operated interests in properties producing from the Barnett Shale in north Texas, and interests in properties in the Hugoton Basin in Kansas.

The North Louisiana Salt Basin and East Texas Basin properties consist of operated working interests, non-operated working interests, and undeveloped leases of Elm Grove and Overton. Elm Grove Field is located in Bossier Parish and Louisiana. The Overton Field assets are in the same area as Elm Grove Field. The properties are producing primarily from multiple sandstone reservoirs in the Travis Peak and Lower Cotton Valley formations at depths ranging between 8,000 and 11,500 feet. During 2005, the Company drilled 72 gross wells in the Elm Grove and Overton fields. During the same period, this property accounted.

StealthGas Inc (NASDAQ:GASS) - StealthGas Inc., a ship-owning company, through its subsidiaries, provides international seaborne transportation services to liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) producers and users worldwide. It also offers crude oil and product carriers to oil producers and refiners. The company carries various petroleum gas products in liquefied form, including propane, butane, butadiene, isopropane, propylene, and vinyl chloride monomer; refined petroleum products, such as gasoline, diesel, fuel oil, and jet fuel, as well as edible oils and chemicals; and crude oil. It has a fleet of 33 LPG carriers with a total capacity of 161,822 cubic meters; and 3 Medium Range product tankers and 1 Aframax oil tanker with a total capacity of 255,804 deadweight tons. The company was founded in 2004 and is based in Athens, Greece..

ARCA Biopharma Inc (NASDAQ:ABIO) - ARCA biopharma, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, focuses on developing genetically-targeted therapies for cardiovascular diseases. The company s lead product candidate, Gencaro, is a pharmacologically unique beta-blocker and mild vasodilator that is being developed for the treatment of atrial fibrillation in patients with heart failure. The company has a commercialization and licensing agreement with Laboratory Corporation of America to develop, make, market, and sell diagnostic tests in connection with the medical prescription of Gencaro; and a collaboration agreement with Archemix Corporation for the discovery and development of novel aptamers with anti-coagulation activities. ARCA biopharma, Inc. is headquartered in Broomfield, Colorado..

Kips Bay Medical Inc (NASDAQ:KIPS) - .

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