U.S. stocks declined on Wednesday after the Fed statement but these 27 stocks managed to avoid broad decline and close higher. NovaGold Resources Inc. (USA) (NYSEAMEX:NG) traded 5.41% higher after gold secured the best rally in almost three weeks after a weak U.S. economic report.
HCA Holdings Inc (NYSE:HCA) surged 3.85%, reaching new high after Deutsche Bank analysts lifted their target goal on the stock from $40.00 to $44.00.[article_detail_ad_1]
MBIA Inc. (NYSE:MBI) gained 3.84% after Law360 reported that the company has launched a suit in Texas court against the Harris County – Houston Sports Authority to secure $1 billion in bonds.
Fusion-IO, Inc. (NYSE:FIO) ended Wednesday in green but lost 18.02% in after-market trading following Q2 results and Q3 guidance.
Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE:BSX) rallied 2.96% yesterday after results and layoff plan.
Green Mountain Coffee Roasters Inc. (NASDAQ:GMCR) increased 2.96% after positive reports.
Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO) rose 2.13% after the company in Tokyo trading hit best since October 2003 in the wake of its annual profit forecast and stock repurchase plan.
Skyworks Solutions Inc (NASDAQ:SWKS) rallied 12.24% after the closing bell on Wednesday on higher-than-expected results and outlook.
Weatherford International Ltd (NYSE:WFT) added 1.83% after Scott Gruber, an analyst at Sanford Bernstein & Co, said that the company is the most likely candidate for activist intercession among providers of oilfield services.
EMC Corporation (NYSE:EMC) rebounded from a fall on weak results and outlook, after the company enhanced the industry’s first appliance-based unified Big Data analytics offering and, in other news, its security division released RSA(®) Security Analytics .
Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) traded higher after a plan to spend $500 million in analytics, automation and mobile software over the next 18 months.
Keryx Biopharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:KERX) extended new high after it announced a $55 million underwritten public offering of shares of its common stock. Also, late Wednesday, the company priced previously stated underwritten public offering of common stock consisting of 8,234,000 shares at $8.49 per share.
Regions Financial Corporation (NYSE:RF) broke past 52-week high after a report that the bank was awarded 16 Greenwich Excellence Awards in 2012, twice as compared to 2011 tally.
KeyCorp (NYSE:KEY) gained after the new of Chief Financial Officer Jeffrey B. Weeden presentation at CFA Society Cleveland in Cleveland, Ohio on Wednesday, February 20, 2013, at 12:15 p.m. ET.
KB Home (NYSE:KBH) scored new high on an upgrade from a neutral rating to an outperform rating at Credit Suisse.
The Boeing Company (NYSE:BA) ended in green after results.
Turning to other active stocks, The AES Corporation (NYSE:AES), MGIC Investment Corp. (NYSE:MTG), NetApp Inc. (NASDAQ:NTAP), MetroPCS Communications Inc (NYSE:PCS) and Devon Energy Corporation (NYSE:DVN) moved up on Wednesday.
Volume leaders including Chimera Investment Corporation (NYSE:CIM), Huntington Bancshares Incorporated (NASDAQ:HBAN), Applied Materials, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMAT), News Corp (NASDAQ:NWSA), Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. (NYSE:FCX) and Micron Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ:MU) all closed the day higher.