Stocks On The Move - June 6

Stocks Rise on Heavy Volumn:

1. Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc. (ACAD): shares of Parkinson's disease drug maker gained 11.18% to $13.82 per share as Jim Crammer was bullish about the company on his Mad Money show. The stock was the eighth leading gainer on Nasdaq on Friday with 8.3 million shares traded.
2. Novastar Financial Inc. (NFI): shares of mortgage company rose 10.98% to $9.1 per share after the company completed a securitization of home loans. The stock was the fifth leading decliner today with 10 million shares traded.

Stocks On The Move - June 4

Stocks Rise on Heavy Volumn:

• Digene Corp. (DIGE): shares of human papillomavirus testing products maker surged 26.92% to $56.82 per share after the company is bought by Qiagen NV of Venlo for $1.6 billion or $61.25 per share. The stock was the third leading gainer on Nasdaq on Friday with 7.1 million shares traded.
• Doral Financial Corp. (DRL): shares of mortgage banking company jumped 44.62% to $1.88 per share as a private comapny make a counter offer to buy 80% of the company for $610 million over the prvious offer of $610 million for 90% of the company. The stock was the leading gainer on NYSE today with 8.36 million shares traded.

Stock Drop on Heavy Volumn:

• GenVec Inc.(GNVC): shares of biopharmaceutical company plunged 29.27% to $3.19 per share as investors were disappointed by the preliminary results from trial of its TNFerade drug for advanced pancreatic cancer. The stock was the leading decliner on Nasdaq with 5.4 million shares traded.

Stocks On The Move - June 1

Stocks Rise on Heavy Volumn:

• CKX Inc. (CKXE): shares of New York based entertainment company who owns rights of image of Elvis Presley and Muhammad Ali and also rights to American Idol series jumped 37.82% to $14.65 per share after the company agreed to be taken private for $1.33 billioni or $13.75 per share. The stock was the leading gainer on Nasdaq on Friday with 10.38 million shares traded.
• Dow Jones & Co. Inc. (DJ): shares of owner of major financial news providers such as The Wall Street Journal and MarketWatch surged 14.8% to $61.2 per share after the company said it would meet with Ruper Murdoch of News Corp. to address the $5 billion bid for the company. The stock was the leading gainer on NYSE with 11.6 million shares traded.

Stock Drop on Heavy Volumn:

• Labopharm Inc.(DDSS): shares of Canada based pharmaceutical company plunged 51.35% to 52 weeks low of $3.07 per share as the government delayed approval of it's pain-reliever drug. The stock was the leading decliner on Nasdaq with 8 million shares traded.