Wednesday’s Stocks To Watch: TENCENT HOLDINGS (OTCMKTS:TCEHY), Barclays (NYSE:BCS), Bristol-Myers Squibb (NYSE:BMY), Five Below (NASDAQ:FIVE)

China’s Tencent Holdings Ltd. (OTCMKTS:TCEHY) agreed to spend $180 million to buy a 15% stake in an online real-estate-services company, Tencent’s latest move to broaden its services and better compete against Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. TENCENT HOLDINGS ADR (OTCMKTS:TCEHY) shares after opening at $72.25 moved to $73.06 on last trade day and at the end of the day closed at $72.53.

State-owned China Development Bank, which does the bidding of Beijing, and Barclays PLC (ADR) (NYSE:BCS) will team up in a wide-ranging deal under which the British lender will offer services to the Chinese bank around the world. Barclays PLC (ADR) (NYSE:BCS) shares advanced 0.70% in last trading session and ended the day on $15.75. BCS return on equity ratio is recorded as -0.20%. Barclays PLC (ADR) (NYSE:BCS) yearly performance is 1.35%.

Shares of Bristol-Myers Squibb (NYSE:BMY) saw some unusual options trading activity on Monday. Traders bought 10,842 put options on the stock, American Banking & Market News reports. This is an increase of 213% compared to the typical daily volume of 3,464 put options. Bristol-Myers Squibb Co (NYSE:BMY) shares was closed at $51.04, while trading in range of $50.58 – $51.57. Bristol-Myers Squibb Co (NYSE:BMY) year to date (YTD) performance is -3.97%.

Five Below Inc.’s (NASDAQ:FIVE) share price jumped over 15% in extended trading yesterday as the company announced better-than-expected results for 4QFY13, and at the same time, issued an upbeat guidance for its ongoing quarter and full fiscal 2014. Five Below Inc. (NASDAQ:FIVE) weekly performance is 0.93%. On last trading day company shares ended up $38.00. Five Below Inc. (NASDAQ:FIVE) distance from 50-day simple moving average (SMA50) is 1.57%. Analysts mean target price for the company is $45.42.

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