Among the biggest winners in early Friday trading are Covanta (NYSE: CVA), SMART Modular Technologies (Nasdaq: SMOD) and Walgreens (NYSE: WAG). Top Percentage Gainers — Friday, June 18, 2010 Company Name (Ticker) Intra-Day Price Intra-Day % Gain 52-Week High 52-Week Low Covanta (NYSE: CVA) $18.15 +8.2% $19.69 $14.43 SMART Modular Tech. (Nasdaq: SMOD) $6.86 +5.5% $8.75 $2.10 Walgreens (NYSE: WAG) $34.02 +3.9% $40.69 $27.89 *Table includes companies with minimum market capitalizations of $200 million and three month trading volumes of at least 100,000 shares. All… Read More
Among the biggest winners in early Friday trading are Covanta (NYSE: CVA), SMART Modular Technologies (Nasdaq: SMOD) and Walgreens (NYSE: WAG). Top Percentage Gainers — Friday, June 18, 2010 Company Name (Ticker) Intra-Day Price Intra-Day % Gain 52-Week High 52-Week Low Covanta (NYSE: CVA) $18.15 +8.2% $19.69 $14.43 SMART Modular Tech. (Nasdaq: SMOD) $6.86 +5.5% $8.75 $2.10 Walgreens (NYSE: WAG) $34.02 +3.9% $40.69 $27.89 *Table includes companies with minimum market capitalizations of $200 million and three month trading volumes of at least 100,000 shares. All percentage returns are listed as of 12:03PM Eastern Standard Time. Click on ticker symbols for up-to-the-minute price quotes and percentage gain data. Trash-to-Cash Announcement Cheers Shareholders Last night, energy-from-waste company Covanta Holding Corporation (NYSE: CVA) announced it would issue a special cash dividend of $1.50 per share. It also increased the company’s authorization to buy back up to $150 million in common shares. These bountiful gifts were well received, pushing CVA’s share price up +8.2% in early morning trading. Covanta operates about 60… Read More