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ups and downs 9-26 NEWL +35%, FREE +35%, KIOR +40%

Gapping up
In reaction to strong earnings/guidance: FUL +6.4%, BBBY +5.9%, NEO +5.1%, PRGS +3.9%, SNX +3.1%, MKC +0.5%.

M&A news: USAK +35.1% (Knight Transportation (KNX) Proposes to Acquire USA Truck for $9.00 Per Share in Cash), FLOW +7% (o be acquired by American Industrial Partners for $4.05 per share), ALU +2.2% (Follow up to Nokia (NOK) is considering combination with ALU's mobile phone networks unit), BBRY +1.1% (Fairfax's CEO Prem Watsa confident Blackberry bid will succeed, according to reports).

Select metals/mining stocks trading higher: AU +1.9%, ABX +1.4%, HMY +1.1%, NEM +1%, GOLD +0.9%, GFI +0.6%.

Select solar related names showing strength: HSOL +3.3%, SOL +2.3%, YGE +2.2%, SCTY +1.2%, FSLR +1%, SPWR +0.9%.

Other news: BLDP +12.1% (announces definitive agreements with Azure Hydrogen for China Fuel Cell Bus Program), LLEN +9.4% ( clarifies and reaffirms ownership of mines in response to allegations made by short-sellers), NR +5.2% (to replace Arbitron (ARB) in the S&P SmallCap 600), IMMR +3.1% (strength attributed to CEO comments on CNBC after the close related to business growth), GDOT +2.7% (to replace Colonial Property Trust (CLP) in the S&P SmallCap 600), AU +1.9% (Tropicana produces first gold ahead of schedule and on budget), TM +0.9% (to export U.S.-built Corolla to Latin America and the Caribbean).

Analyst comments: WLT +5.5% (attributed to Morgan Stanley comments related to potential upside). DANG +2.7% (initiated with a Outperform at Credit Suisse), FB +1.4% (tgt raised to $60 from $37 at Jefferies), PCYC +0.8% (initiated with a Buy at Deutsche Bank, initiated with a Overweight at JP Morgan).

Gapping down
In reaction to disappointing earnings/guidance: HTZ -10.8%, JBL -3.7%, WOR -2.9%.

M&A news: TSPT -1.1% (announced that it has rejected an unsolicited proposal from Retrophin to acquire the company for $4 per share in cash).

Select EU financial related names showing weakness: IRE -2.1%, BCS -1.3%, DB -1.3%, CS -1%, HBC -0.4%.

Other news: KBIO -9.3% (prices 7.5 mln share offering at $4.00 per share), WPRT -7.9% ( announces 6 mln common stock offering), JCP -6.1% (considering $750 mln - $1 bln equity offering, according to reports), CZR -5.6% (announced offering of 10 mln shares of common stock), LLY -4.8% (Phase III Lilly/TRIO breast cancer study misses primary endpoint), NDRO -4% (announced public offering of 11,200,00 trust units by Enduro Resource Partners LLC), TCPC -4% (announced public offering of 3.8 mln shares of common stock) ARCC -3% (announced that it plans to make a public offering of 11,000,000 shares of its common stock), MZOR -2% (received second purchase order for Renaissance System from Russia distribution partner Neuroproject).

Analyst comments: AWAY -4.7% (downgraded to Equal-Weight from Overweight at Morgan Stanley).