Top stock gainer 1: Sourcefire, Inc. (FIRE)
The Sourcefire stock price jumped 26.13%, or $9.36, to close at 45.20 Wendesday, in the after-hours trading, the shares edged up 0.04%, or $0.02. The volume of the Sourcefire was magnified 14 times, from the average daily figure of 405,200 shares to 5.60 million shares.
Sourcefire Inc., located in Columbia, Maryland, is a supplier of network security products. It is famous for its open-source intrusion prevention system Snort and the anti-virus software ClamAV.
Top stock gainer 2: Chico’s FAS, Inc. (CHS)
As fourth-quarter profit rose 21%, the chico’s FAS stock price increased 16.63%, or $2.13, to end at $14.94 with an intraday volume of $13.95 million shares.
Chico’s FAS is the U.S. women’s apparel retailer operating 1074 specialty stores in 48 states, the District of Columbia, the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico. Read more about Chico’s FAS’s favorable financial performance.
Top stock gainer 3: Community Health Systems (CYH)
The U.S. hospital operator Community Health Systems’s stock price increased 15.44%, or $3.19, to end at $23.85, with an intraday volume of 8.25 million, five times the average daily figure of 1.98 million. Over the past 52 weeks, the highest level of the Community Health Systems stock price was $42.56 per share, while the lowest was $14.61 per share.
Community Health Systems, Inc. Is, one of the leading operators of general acute care hospitals. It operates or leases 133 hospitals in 29 states, with an aggregate of approximately 19,500 licensed beds.
Top stock gainer 4: Shanda Games Ltd (GAME)
The Shanda Games stock price advanced 9.41%, or $0.37, to close at $4.30, as its fourth quarter earnings report exceeded the market expectations. Its trading volume was magnified 2.29 times compared to the average daily volume of 383,300. Over the past 52 weeks, the Shanda Games stock price once hit a high of $4.38. Read more about the Shanda Games’ Q4 earnings report.
The Shanda game is a wholly owned subsidiary of Shanghai Shanda Networking Development Co., Ltd. It was listed on the Nasdaq on September 25, 2009. The company offered 83.5 million ADSs ( includes newly issued 13 million shares by Shanda Games and 70.5 million shares of common stock offered by the parent company Shanda ), 1ADS = 2ordinary shares; the Shanda Games IPO proceeds reached $1.044 billion.
Top stock gainer 5: Garmin Ltd (GRMN)
The Garmin stock price performed greatly with an increase of 9.33%, or $4.17, to close at $48.86, due to its fourth quater financial results outperformed the analysts; expectations.Over the past 52 weeks, the Garmin shares once touched the peak of $49.93 per share. The Garmin stock price has gained more than 12% this year. Read more about Garmin’s Q4 earnings report.
Garmin, founded in 1989, is committed to the design and development of GPS products. Garmin has four business segments: Marine, Automotive/Mobile, Outdoor/Fitness, and Aviation. Garmin is the leading brand of GPS navigation products.