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Market Maker Surveillance Report. IYR, IEF, ABUS, OPK, UVXY, VER, Bullishly Biased Price Friction For Wednesday, May 17th 2017

^{Published on 2017-05-17 18:45:08 - WOPRAI}
 

May 17, 2017 / 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 4777 companies with "abnormal" market making, 1529 companies with positive Friction Factors and 5140 companies with negative Friction Factors. Here is a list of the top companies with Abnormal Price Friction (bullish bias) in their stock prices. This means that there was more selling than buying in the stocks and their stock prices rose. iShares Dow Jones U.S. Real Estate Index Fund (NYSE:IYR), iShares Barclays 7-10 Year Treasury (NYSE:IEF), Arbutus Biopharma Corp (NASDAQ:ABUS), Opko Health Inc. (NASDAQ:OPK), PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II (NYSE:UVXY), American Realty Capital Properties Inc. (NYSE:VER). 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
  IYR     $0.410    0.01%     2,139,478    25.83%    3,389,819    40.93%    -1,250,341   Abnormal
  IEF     $0.850    0.01%     1,004,476    18.80%    3,043,926    56.97%    -2,039,450   Abnormal
  ABUS    $0.100    0.03%     312,920      17.05%    1,226,929    66.86%    -914,009     Abnormal
  OPK     $0.040    0.01%     2,086,812    30.46%    2,974,195    43.41%    -887,383     Abnormal
  UVXY    $4.350    0.37%     25,444,821   28.85%    26,415,653   29.95%    -970,832     Abnormal
  VER     $0.040    0.01%     2,357,525    28.42%    4,357,500    52.52%    -1,999,975   Abnormal

For example, the chart above shows IYR with 1,250,341 greater shares of selling than buying (NetVol) and the stock price was up $0.41000. This means the Market Makers were trading the stock in a way inconsistent with normal supply and demand (Economics 101); more selling than buying should cause prices to drop.

iShares Dow Jones U.S. Real Estate Index Fund (NYSE:IYR) - ISHARE DJ R EST I.

iShares Barclays 7-10 Year Treasury (NYSE:IEF) - ISHARES LEHMAN 7-10.

Arbutus Biopharma Corp (NASDAQ:ABUS) - ANHEUSER BUSCH COS T.

Opko Health Inc. (NASDAQ:OPK) - OPKO Health, Inc., a healthcare company, engages in the diagnostics and pharmaceuticals business in the United States, Ireland, Chile, Spain, Israel, and Mexico. The company s Diagnostics segment operates Bio-Reference Laboratories, a clinical laboratory that offers laboratory testing services in the detection, diagnosis, evaluation, monitoring, and treatment of diseases. The Bio-Reference Laboratories also provides core genetic testing and leverage products, such as the 4Kscore prostate cancer test and the Claros 1 in-office immunoassay platform. The company s pharmaceutical segment offers Rayaldee, a treatment for secondary hyperparathyroidism in adults with stage 3-4 chronic kidney disease patients with vitamin D deficiency; and VARUBI for chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting. This segment is also developing TT401, which is in Phase II clinical trials for type 2 diabetes and obesity; TT701, an androgen receptor modulator that is in Phase II clinical trials for androgen deficiency indications; and hGH-CTP, a growth hormone injection that is in Phase III clinical trials. In addition, it engages in developing and commercializing hGH-CTP, a recombinant human growth hormone product that is in Phase III; developing Factor VIIa drug for hemophilia that is in Phase IIa, an NK-1 compound, and drugs for treating asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; developing and producing specialty active pharmaceutical ingredients; discovery of drugs for the treatment of cancer, heart disease, metabolic disorders, and a range of genetic anomalies. Further, this segment engages in the development, manufacture, and sale of pharmaceutical, nutraceutical, and veterinary products; and markets and distributes pharmaceutical and natural products. Additionally, OPKO Health, Inc. operates pharmaceutical platforms in Ireland, Chile, Spain, and Mexico. The company was incorporated in 1991 and is headquartered in Miami, Florida..

PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II (NYSE:UVXY) - .

American Realty Capital Properties Inc. (NYSE:VER) - .

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