Market Alert: CVR Partners, LP (NYSE:UAN), Markel Corp. (NYSE:MKL), Five Prime Therapeutics (NASDAQ:FPRX), Verizon Communications (NYSE:VZ)

Westell Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:WSTL) shares advanced 0.90% in last trading session and ended the day at $1.12. WSTL Gross Margin is 32.90% and its has a return on assets of -52.70%. Westell Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:WSTL) quarterly performance is 10.89%.

Westell Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: WSTL), announces that it has declared October asWestell’s National Passives Month. Together with its distributor partners, Westell will be offering a number of new and exciting promotions designed to both incentivize and educate users on the benefits of deploying the right passive equipment. Exclusive offers and promotions are available starting October 1st.

CVR Partners, LP (NYSE:UAN) ended the last trading day at $10.33. Company weekly volatility is calculated as 5.57% and price to cash ratio as 11.28. CVR Partners, LP (NYSE:UAN) showed a weekly performance of 5.95%.

Zacks lowered shares of CVR Partners (NYSE:UAN) from a strong-buy rating to a hold rating in a research note issued to investors on Wednesday.

On 08 October, Markel Corp. (NYSE:MKL) shares advanced 2.04% and was closed at $825.61. MKL EPS growth in last 5 year was 1.70%. Markel Corp. (NYSE:MKL) year to date (YTD) performance is 20.91%.

Brennan Investment Group, LLC, a private real estate investment firm that acquires, develops, and operates industrial facilities, announced its purchase, and simultaneous leaseback to Markel Corp. (NYSE:MKL) of a 168,000 square foot facility located at 435 School Lane in Plymouth Township, PA. Markel is a leading provider of high performance fluoropolymer solutions to market-leading customers in the automotive, communications, environmental, and industrial markets. The building serves as the company’s headquarters and sole manufacturing facility.

Five Prime Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:FPRX) shares decreased -1.34% in last trading session and ended the day at $15.52. Its has a return on assets of -22.60%. Five Prime Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:FPRX) quarterly performance is -40.33%.

Five Prime Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:FPRX) announced that preliminary data from rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients in part 3 of Five Prime’s ongoing Phase 1 trial of FPA008 will be presented during the upcoming 2015 American College of Rheumatology (ACR)/Association of Rheumatology Health Professionals Annual Meeting, to be held November 7-11, 2015 in San Francisco. FPA008 is Five Prime’s anti-CSF1R antibody that blocks the binding of CSF1 and IL34 ligands to CSF1R, resulting in inhibition of the activation and survival of inflammatory macrophages and osteoclasts.

Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE:VZ) caters to the Technology space. It has a net profit margin of 7.70% and weekly performance is 4.29%. On the last day of trading company shares ended up at $44.23. Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE:VZ) distance from 50-day simple moving average (SMA50) is -1.75%.

Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE:VZ) is planning to raise the price of unlimited data plans from $29.99 to $49.99 per month. The company confirmed the move to CNNMoney on Thursday morning. It’s yet another sign the company’s trying to force people to let go of their highly prized plans that remain only because they were grandfathered in. The unlimited data is only part of a cell phone bill. Talking and texting are extra. Right now if you’re on Verizon’s 450 plan, that costs $59.99 per month. Add the new higher rate for unlimited data, the total monthly cost will look more like $109.99, plus fees.