Stock On the Move

Wednesday, August 08, 2007

Stocks On The Move - August 8

Stocks Rise on Heavy Volumn:
  • Microtek Medical Holdings Inc. (MTMD): shares of surgical products maker surged 27.93% to $6 per share on merger with Ecolab. Ecolab will pay $275 million or $6.3 to acquire 43.5 million shares of Microtek. The stock was the seventh leading gainer on Nasdaq with 7 million shares traded.
  • Alesco Financial Inc. (AFN): another hard beaten REIT company attracting bargain hunters today was Philadelphia based Alesco Financial with shares soaring 37.6% to $5.05 per share. the company reported strong second quarter earnings on Tuesday night. The stock was the fourth leading gainer on NYSE with 5.78 million shares traded.

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