Unusual Volume Buzz: Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR), Spherix Inc (NASDAQ:SPEX), Tyson Foods, Inc. (NYSE:TSN), iShares Gold Trust(ETF) (NYSEARCA:IAU), Zale Corporation (NYSE:ZLC)

Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR), senior vice president of engineering, Christopher Fry, is stepping down effective Thursday. Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR), net profit margin is -93.70% and weekly performance is 7.09%. On last trading day company shares ended up $34.00. Analysts mean target price for the company is $44.17. Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR), distance from 50-day simple moving average (SMA50) is -16.09%.

Spherix Inc (NASDAQ:SPEX)’s shares declined 37.86% to $2.15. The company on May 27 noted that the United States Senate, and Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vermont), removed the patent reform bill from the committee’s calendar. Spherix Inc (NASDAQ:SPEX), fell 40.17% in last trading session and ended the day on $2.07. SPEX, -101.00return on assets is 3.60%. Spherix Inc (NASDAQ:SPEX), quarterly performance is -55.96%.

Tyson Foods, Inc. (NYSE:TSN), one of the nation’s largest poultry producers, on Thursday offered about $6.2 billion for Hillshire Brands Co., topping the bid a major rival made just two days earlier for the Chicago-based maker of Jimmy Dean sausages and Ball Park hot dogs. Tyson Foods, Inc. (NYSE:TSN), shares moved up 6.13% in last trading session and was closed at $43.25, while trading in range of $42.18 – 44.00. Tyson Foods, Inc. (NYSE:TSN), year to date (YTD) performance is 29.72%.

Since the start of the second quarter, the SPDR Gold Shares (NYSEArca: GLD) is lower by nearly 2% and has shed $1.1 billion in assets. Investors have also pulled capital from the iShares Gold Trust(ETF) (NYSEARCA:IAU), and the ETFS Physical Swiss Gold Shares (NYSEArca: SGOL), among others. iShares Gold Trust(ETF) (NYSEARCA:IAU), ended the last trading day at $12.17. Company weekly volatility is calculated as 0.67%. iShares Gold Trust(ETF) (NYSEARCA:IAU), showed a negative weekly performance of 2..72%.

Zale Corporation (NYSE:ZLC), shareholders approved merging with Signet Jewelers Ltd. for $21 per share. Insiders say the shareholder meeting in Dallas this morning was sparsely attended. As news spread, shares in Signet rose almost 4 percent in New York to $108.38 per share at 11 a.m. Zale’s shares were basically flat at $21.13. Neither company had issued a statement as of press time. Zale Corporation (NYSE:ZLC), net profit margin is 1.10% and weekly performance is 7.36%. On last trading day company shares ended up $21.02. Analysts mean target price for the company is $21.25. Zale Corporation (NYSE:ZLC), distance from 50-day simple moving average (SMA50) is -1.71%.

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