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Stocks Jumping In After Hours Trading: CA, TSCO, MNST, TSN, SWY, AVNR

CA Technologies (NASDAQ:CA) is up 5.30% in after hours trading at $22.05. CA closed unchanged today at $20.94 with 1.9 million shares traded. CA trades 3.4 million shares a day on average. CA shares have been trending higher for about a week now. On Jan. 9, CA Technologies announced there conference call for their third quarter results will be held at 5 pm EST on Jan. 24. CA also announced that Lufthansa Cargo will be using the company’s CA Clarity Project and Portfolio Management solution. “CA Clarity PPM was chosen over other providers particularly on the strength of its plenitude of functionality, its high-quality configuration options, and its flexibility,” commented Wolfram Martin , Head of Controlling Cross Functions Lufthansa Cargo AG. The company has a market cap of 10.33 billion.

Tractor Supply Company (NASDAQ:TSCO) is up 4.03% in after hours trading at $75.87. TSCO closed the day slightly higher at $72.93 with 575 thousand shares traded. TSCO shares are up after hours after the company announced fourth quarter revenue above consensus. Revenue was $1.24 billion versus the estimated $1.19 billion by analysts. Tractor Supply also raised its fiscal year EPS (earnings per share) guidance to $2.97-2.99 from $2.85-2.89. The company has a market cap of 5.18 billion.

Monster Beverage Corporation (NASDAQ:MNST) is up 1.73% in after hours after closing down nearly 3% in regular trading. Monster Beverage just announced a two for one stock split this afternoon. On Feb 15, 2012 each shareholder will receive one additional share for each stock held at the close of business on Feb 6. MNST shares have been trending downward this week and have lost about $4 a share. The company has a market cap of 8.05 billion.

Tyson Foods Inc. (NYSE:TSN) is up slightly in after hours trading at $19.85. TSN closed the day down nearly 3% at $19.74. This is the first time Tyson has closed below $20 since early December. TSN fell on strong volume today with 5.9 million shares traded, about double its daily average volume. The company has a market cap of 7.30 billion.

Safeway Inc. (NYSE:SWY) is up about 1% in after hours trading at $20.95. SWY finished the day down 2.85% at $20.79 after SuperValu’s earnings caused Safeway to fall as well. SWY traded 10 million shares today, 4 million more shares than it usually trades. The company has a market cap of 7.13 billion.

Avanir Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:AVNR) is up 2.27% in after hours traidng at $2.70. AVNR closed today 10% higher at $2.64 with 2.3 million shares traded. AVNR has been rallying for nearly a month now after dipping from $2.60 to below $1.80 in the first half of December. Pharmaceutical companies have been hot after numerous recent acquistions. The company has a market cap of 335.17 million.

Stocks Up in Pre-Market Trading as Market Looks to Open Higher

Let’s take a look at a few stocks posting after-hours or pre-market gains this morning. All gains are as of 8am EST.

Uranium Resources, Inc. (NASDAQ:URRE) jumped 1.92% in after-hours trading yesterday and closed at $1.06. URRE trades on average 1.28 million shares a day. URRE has jumped nearly $0.20 the past few days. Uranium Resources has a current market cap of 97.27 million.

Netlist, Inc. (NASDAQ:NLST) rose 2.76% in after-hours trading yesterday and is set to open up at $2.98. NLST trades 977 thousand shares on average a day. NLST jumped yesterday after being down much of the day. Netlist has a current market cap of 73.83.

Exelixis, Inc. (NASDAQ:EXEL) jumped 1.45% in after-hours trading yesterday at $4.20. EXEL trades 2.37 million shares a day on average. Exelixis has a current market cap of 536.90 million.

Sprint Nextel Corporation (NYSE:S) is up 1.20% in pre-market trading at $2.53. S trades 46.03 million shares on average a day. S has made up most of last week’s losses this week after rallying alongside the market the past two days. Sprint Nextel has a current market cap of 46.03 million.

Tractor Supply Company (NASDAQ:TSCO) rose 0.73% in after-hours trading yesterday at $70.51. TSCO trades 864 thousand shares a day on average. Tractor Supply shares are up this the past two trading sessions after falling last week more than $4. The company has a current market cap of 4.97 billion.

Tiffany & Company (NYSE:TIF) is up 1.83% in pre-market trading at $68.38. TIF fell yesterday after their quarterly earnings disappointed many investors, specifically their outlook. TIF trades 2.2 million shares a day on average. Tiffany & Co. has a current market cap of 8.56 billion.

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