Wall Street advanced on Friday, sending the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index to its first eight-day gain not seen since 2004, lifted by better than expected quarterly results and the strongest seasonal inflows into U.S. stock mutual funds in a decade.
Lattice Semiconductor (NASDAQ:LSCC) was among top gainers on Friday despite a fourth-quarter loss as the chip maker suffered weakness in the communications end-market and the global distribution channel.
Synaptics, Incorporated (NASDAQ:SYNA) soared 17.5% after issuing Q3 2013 sales forecast above analysts’ projections.
QLogic Corporation (NASDAQ:QLGC) rose 18.5% on Q4 earnings release.
Informatica Corporation (NASDAQ:INFA) jumped more than 11% after beating forecast.
Threshold Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:THLD) rebounded today, adding 11.8% after commencement of the Phase 3 MAESTRO study benefited the company in form of a $30 million milestone payment from Merck KGaA.
Oshkosh Corporation (NYSE:OSK) broke 52-week high on improved FY 2013 earnings per share outlook.
Tempur-Pedic International Inc. (NYSE:TPX) advanced 11% after Q4 earnings and guidance.
Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ:NFLX) extended 52-week high after the company reported surprised Q4 profit.
KLA-Tencor Corporation (NASDAQ:KLAC) increased over 9% to new high on higher-than-expected Q3 2013 forecast.
Cirrus Logic, Inc. (NASDAQ:CRUS) was up 7% after beating profit estimates in 3Q.
More on the upside, Cereplast, Inc. (PINK:CERP), Sony Corporation (ADR) (NYSE:SNE), Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ:ADSK), Compuware Corporation (NASDAQ:CPWR) and Verisign, Inc. (NASDAQ:VRSN) were among noteworthy gainers.
Turning to volume leaders, Starbucks Corporation (NASDAQ:SBUX), Molycorp Inc (NYSE:MCP), Halliburton Company (NYSE:HAL), Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NYSE:AMD) and Alcatel Lucent SA (ADR) (NYSE:ALU) were in green, at last check.
On the flip side, Northfield Bancorp Inc (NASDAQ:NFBK) fell 27% to hit new low after Q4 2012 results.
Select Comfort Corp. (NASDAQ:SCSS) tumbled 19.2% after Q4 miss.
Anthera Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:ANTH) declined 10.8% and BG Medicine, Inc. (NASDAQ:BGMD) lost 13.9% after pricing their public offering of common stock.
8×8, Inc. (NASDAQ:EGHT) plunged 11.6% after Q3 results.
Ship Finance International Limited (NYSE:SFL) decreased 6.8% after pricing and upsizing the public offering of Convertible Senior Notes due 2018.
Flextronics International Ltd. (NASDAQ:FLEX) lost about 6% on profit decline.
Hasbro, Inc. (NASDAQ:HAS) fell 3.5% after job cuts plan, revenue miss and lower-than-predicted forecast.
Weyerhaeuser Company (NYSE:WY) dropped 3.56% after Q4 results.
Yum! Brands, Inc. (NYSE:YUM) declined 3.40% after Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP filed a class action suit against the company.
More on the flip side, Ctrip.com International, Ltd. (ADR) (NASDAQ:CTRP), KKR Financial Holdings LLC (NYSE:KFN), Generex Biotechnology Corporation (OTC:GNBT), United Continental Holdings Inc (NYSE:UAL) and Cypress Semiconductor Corporation (NASDAQ:CY) all were down more than 2%.
Turning to active stocks, Nokia Corporation (ADR) (NYSE:NOK), Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F), Noble Corporation (NYSE:NE), Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO), CSX Corporation (NYSE:CSX) and Chimera Investment Corporation (NYSE:CIM) were under pressure.