NASDAQ:VDSI

After Hours Report for March 27

Wall StreetStocks closed lower today, one day after a strong rally thanks to comments from Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke. When asked earlier today about the potential for another round of asset purchases, Bernanke told ABC News that the Fed keeps all options available and needs to prepare for how the U.S. economy evolves.

U.S. consumer confidence dipped in March, but was in line with estimates. Meanwhile, inflation expectations rose to the highest in 10 months.

All the major indices finished the day negative with the Dow down 43 points, the Nasdaq down 2 points and the S&P 500 down 4 points. [Read more...]

Stocks Trading Lower: HDY, ACOM, DGIT, CAR, PLX, VDSI

Stocks are trading higher this morning thanks to positive data. Unemployment benefits surprised investors as it fell again last to a near four year low, suggesting that the labor market may finally be strengthening. This positive data helped keep investors attention away from Moody’s warning that it may downgrade over 10 global and more than 100 European financial institutions. The Dow is up 77 points today, the Nasdaq is up 16 points and the S&P 500 is up 7 points.

HyperDynamics Corporation (NYSE:HDY) is down 31.26% today at $1.3885. HDY is down on heavy volume with 22.7 million shares traded today. The stock usually trades 3.4 million shares a day on average. HDY shares are down today after an exploration well drilled by the company showed low amounts of oil. The company has a market cap of 231.87 million. [Read more...]

Stocks In The Green At Midday: PWRD, VDSI, VELT, RTI, USAT, BAC

Perfect World Co., Ltd. (NASDAQ:PWRD) is up 16.23% in midday trading at $10.24. PWRD is bouncing back today after the company responds to recent anonymous accusations and calls them inaccurate, defamatory and malicious. PWRD has traded 3.7 million shares so far today, well above the stock’s daily average of 819 thousand shares. The company has a market cap of 470.75 million. Sign Up For Our Free Weekly Newsletter

VASCO Data Security International Inc. (NASDAQ:VDSI) is up 13.23% today at $7.79. VDSI is seeing a jump today after being upgraded from hold to buy at Wunderlich. VDSI has traded 339 thousand shares so far today, already above its daily average of 271 thousand shares. The company has a market cap of 293.55 million.

Velti Plc (NASDAQ:VELT) is up 13.20% in midday trading at $7.12. VELT has traded double its average volume today with 1.1 million shares traded so far. The company has a market cap of 444.02 million.

RTI International Metals, Inc. (NYSE:RTI) is up 12.17% today at $26.26. RTI has traded 683 thousand shares so far today, 50% more than its daily average volume. RTI shares are up after the company acquired Remmele Engineering for $182.5 million. The company has a market cap of 799.73 million.

USA Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ:USAT) is up 8.49% today at $1.15. USAT has traded 1.1 million shares so far today, nearly four times its daily average. USAT hit an intraday high of $1.24 earlier this morning. The company has a market cap of 37.34 million.

Bank of America Corporation (NYSE:BAC) is up 4.07% in midday trading at $6.5250. BAC shares are up more than $1.50 since the middle of last month. BAC has traded 183 million shares so far today and trades 260 million shares a day on average. The company has a market cap of 66.04 billion.

Five Morning Small Cap Gainers: BXG, NLST, FSII, VDSI, LEDS

Bluegreen Corp. (NYSE:BXG) is up 44.12% at $2.94 this morning after the company released third quarter results and signed a definitive merger agreement with BFC Financial (PINK:BFCF). Income rose to $9.7 million shares or $0.30 per diluted share in the Q3. This is up from a loss of $0.02 per diluted share in the same quarter last year. BXG has traded 426 thousand shares so far this morning, up from its daily average of just 38 thousand shares. The company has a current market cap of 92.30 million.

Netlist Inc. (NASDAQ:NLST) is up $0.35 at $2.27, a gain of 18.23%. NLST is continuing its move upward after jumping on Friday from $1.60 to around $2. NLST has traded 504 thousand shares so far this morning, more than 10 times its average volume. The company has a current market cap of 57.78 million.

FSI International Inc. (NASDAQ:FSII) is up 14.95% at $2.46 this morning. Earlier today FSI International announced receipt of multiple ANTARES orders. FSII is trading above its daily average volume already this morning with 393 thousand shares traded. FSII is up today after being in a downtrend since November 3. The company has a current market cap of 96.38 million.

VASCO Data Security International Inc. (NASDAQ:VDSI) is up 6.44% at $8.60. Early this morning, VASCO announced that Caixa Geral de Depositos has implemented its DIGIPASS technology to secure its online banking customers. VDSI has traded 132 thousand shares this morning and is on pace to beat its daily average of 367 thousand shares. The company has a current market cap of 322.84 million.

SemiLEDs Corporation (NASDAQ:LEDS) is up 6.82% at $4.23 this morning. LEDS has been trading relatively flat for about a week now after it jumped from $3 to $4 on November 4. LEDS has traded 214 thousand shares so far this morning, up from its daily average of 78 thousand shares. The company has a current market cap of 115.10 million.

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