Most Active Stocks At NASDAQ: Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ:FB), Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ:CMCSA), Ariad (NASDAQ:ARIA), Micron (NASDAQ:MU)

Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ:FB) has completely revamped its gender settings to allow for options other than just male or female.The feature is designed to help transgender users of the site, and now has 50 options, including ‘cisgender,’ ‘transgender’ and ‘intersex’. The site has also updated its setting to allow users to select a neutral pronoun referring to them as they, their or them. Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ:FB)stock opened at $67.50 in last trading session, and closed at $ 67.0, trading in the range of $66.72 – $67.58. The stock showed a positive weekly performance of 7.93%.
Shares of Comcast Corp. (NASDAQ:CMCSA) were the target of unusually large options trading on Thursday. Stock investors bought 18,642 put options on the stock, American Banking and Market News reports. This is an increase of approximately 281% compared to the average daily volume of 4,894 put options. Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ:CMCSA) shares closed at $53.70 on last trade day, by gaining 1.39%. Stock 52 week range is $38.75 – $55.28. Company’s market capitalization is $140.45 billion.
Stock analysts at Credit Suisse set a $8.00 price objective on shares of Ariad Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:ARIA) stock in a report issued on Friday, American Banking News.com reports. Credit Suisse’s price objective would indicate a potential upside of 11.58% from the stock’s previous close. Ariad Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:ARIA) stock decreased -0.12% and finished the last session at $8.65. The EPS of the stock remained -1.46. Company’s market capitalization is $1.61 billion.
Micron Technology (NYSE:MU)‘s stock had its “buy” rating reaffirmed by equities research analysts at TheStreet in a research note issued to investors on Wednesday, AnalystRatings.Net reports. Micron Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ:MU) stock opened at $24.89 in last trading session and closed at $25.08. The 52 week range of the stock is $7.64 – $25.30 and the day range was $24.72 – $25.30.