{"id":39042,"date":"2012-12-17T20:15:00","date_gmt":"2012-12-17T20:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www2.thestockmarketwatch.com\/stock-market-news\/market-update-after-hours-december-17\/39027\/"},"modified":"2012-12-17T20:15:00","modified_gmt":"2012-12-17T20:15:00","slug":"market-update-after-hours-december-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www2.stockmarketwatch.com\/stock-market-news\/market-update-after-hours-december-17\/39042\/","title":{"rendered":"Market Update After Hours December 17"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\ngoogle_ad_client = \"ca-pub-1408583772585547\";\n\/* SMW - News Links *\/\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"3490797620\";\ngoogle_ad_width = 468;\ngoogle_ad_height = 15;\n\/\/-->\n<\/script><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0Market Updates<\/strong><\/p>\n<table width=\"608\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"bottom\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" width=\"146\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thestockmarketwatch.com\/markets\/dowjones\/today.aspx\">Dow Jones<\/a><\/td>\n<td valign=\"bottom\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" width=\"169\">\n<p align=\"right\">13,235.39<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"bottom\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" width=\"146\">\n<p align=\"right\">100.38<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"bottom\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" width=\"146\">\n<p align=\"right\">-0.76%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"bottom\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" width=\"146\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stockmarketwatch.com\/markets\/sp500\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"snp500 today\">S&amp;P 500<\/a><\/td>\n<td valign=\"bottom\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" width=\"169\">\n<p align=\"right\">1,430.36<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"bottom\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" width=\"146\">\n<p align=\"right\">16.78<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"bottom\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" width=\"146\">\n<p align=\"right\">-1.19%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"bottom\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" width=\"146\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thestockmarketwatch.com\/markets\/nasdaq\/today.aspx\">Nasdaq<\/a><\/td>\n<td valign=\"bottom\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" width=\"169\">\n<p align=\"right\">3,010.60<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"bottom\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" width=\"146\">\n<p align=\"right\">39.27<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"bottom\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" width=\"146\">\n<p align=\"right\">-1.32%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>Gainers<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>VIVUS, Inc. (<a href=\"https:\/\/thestockmarketwatch.com\/stock.aspx?stock=VVUS\">NASDAQ:VVUS<\/a>)<\/strong> 13.07 +1.60 (13.89%). Up on data that indicated robust development in weekly prescriptions for its Qsymia pill, the most recent fat-consumer on the US market.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Compuware Corporation (<a href=\"https:\/\/thestockmarketwatch.com\/stock.aspx?stock=CPWR\">NASDAQ:CPWR<\/a>)<\/strong> 10.76 +1.23 (12.91%) Compuware Corporation (Nasdaq:<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nasdaq.com\/symbol\/cpwr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CPWR<\/a>) confirmed today that its Board of Directors has received an unsolicited, conditional, [non-binding] proposal from Elliott Management Corporation to acquire all of the outstanding shares of Compuware for $11.00 per share.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tronox Ltd (<a href=\"https:\/\/thestockmarketwatch.com\/stock.aspx?stock=TROX\">NYSE:TROX<\/a>)<\/strong> 17.37 \u00a0+1.60 (10.15%) \u00a0WSJ states a weak global economy has quashed demand for titanium dioxide, a white pigment used in paints and coatings. That&#8217;s left shares of Tronox Ltd. (TROX), one of the largest producers of titanium dioxide, looking cheap, with a stock that is trading at a roughly 37% discount to its stated book value of $25 and for 6.6 times next year&#8217;s estimated earnings.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Standard Pacific Corp. (<a href=\"https:\/\/thestockmarketwatch.com\/stock.aspx?stock=SPF\">NYSE:SPF<\/a>)<\/strong> 7.08 +0.53 (8.09%) Standard Pacific Homes Acquires Homesites At The Oaks At Boca Raton, One Of Palm Beach County&#8217;s Most Upscale Communities<\/p>\n<p><strong>Polypore International, Inc. (<a href=\"https:\/\/thestockmarketwatch.com\/stock.aspx?stock=PPO\">NYSE:PPO<\/a>)<\/strong> 44.21 +3.25 (7.93%) \u00a0Needham &amp; Company cut shares of Polypore (<a href=\"https:\/\/stockmarketwatch.com\/markets\/nyse\/today.aspx\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"NYSE Today\">NYSE<\/a>: PPO) from a strong-buy rating to a buy rating in a research report sent to investors on Monday morning. The firm currently has $50.00 price target on the stock, up from their previous price target of $44.00.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Losers<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Clearwire Corporation (<a href=\"https:\/\/thestockmarketwatch.com\/stock.aspx?stock=CLWR\">NASDAQ:CLWR<\/a>)<\/strong> 2.91 -0.46 (-13.65%) . Clearwire accepted Sprint&#8217;s (NYSE:S) offer to buy the remaining 50% of the company that Sprint does not already own for $2.2 billion, or $2.97 per share.<\/p>\n<p><strong>First Majestic <a href=\"https:\/\/stockmarketwatch.com\/metal\/silver-price.aspx\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"5\" title=\"silver price today\">Silver<\/a> Corp (<a href=\"https:\/\/thestockmarketwatch.com\/stock.aspx?stock=AG\">NYSE:AG<\/a>)<\/strong> 20.59 \u00a0-2.33 (-10.17%) First Majestic acquires Orko Silver for $387 million<\/p>\n<p><strong>National Bank of Greece (ADR) (<a href=\"https:\/\/thestockmarketwatch.com\/stock.aspx?stock=NBG\">NYSE:NBG<\/a>)<\/strong> 1.67 \u00a0-0.16 (-8.74%)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Clean Harbors Inc (<a href=\"https:\/\/thestockmarketwatch.com\/stock.aspx?stock=CLH\">NYSE:CLH<\/a>)<\/strong> 52.55 \u00a0-3.50 (-6.24%)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cabelas Inc (<a href=\"https:\/\/thestockmarketwatch.com\/stock.aspx?stock=CAB\">NYSE:CAB<\/a>)<\/strong> 41.21 \u00a0-2.72 (-6.19%)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>After Hours Most Active<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>NYSE Ten Most Active Share Volume<\/strong><\/p>\n<table width=\"367\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"bottom\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" width=\"64\">Symbol<\/td>\n<td valign=\"bottom\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" width=\"175\">Company<\/td>\n<td valign=\"bottom\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" width=\"64\">Last Sale<\/td>\n<td valign=\"bottom\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" width=\"64\">Share Volume<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"bottom\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" width=\"64\">BAC<\/td>\n<td valign=\"bottom\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" width=\"175\">Bank of America Corporation<\/td>\n<td valign=\"bottom\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" width=\"64\">\n<p align=\"right\">$11.21<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"bottom\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" width=\"64\">\n<p align=\"right\">7,880,801<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"bottom\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" width=\"64\">WFC<\/td>\n<td valign=\"bottom\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" width=\"175\">Wells Fargo &amp; Company<\/td>\n<td valign=\"bottom\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" width=\"64\">\n<p align=\"right\">$34.51<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"bottom\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" width=\"64\">\n<p align=\"right\">5,393,644<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"bottom\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" width=\"64\">NRG<\/td>\n<td valign=\"bottom\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" width=\"175\">NRG Energy, Inc.<\/td>\n<td valign=\"bottom\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" width=\"64\">\n<p align=\"right\">$23.45<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"bottom\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" width=\"64\">\n<p align=\"right\">4,741,723<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"bottom\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" width=\"64\">F<\/td>\n<td valign=\"bottom\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" width=\"175\">Ford Motor Company<\/td>\n<td valign=\"bottom\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" width=\"64\">\n<p align=\"right\">$11.42<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"bottom\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" width=\"64\">\n<p align=\"right\">3,932,298<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"bottom\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" width=\"64\">TXT<\/td>\n<td valign=\"bottom\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" width=\"175\">Textron Inc.<\/td>\n<td valign=\"bottom\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" width=\"64\">\n<p align=\"right\">$24.35<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"bottom\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" width=\"64\">\n<p align=\"right\">2,254,744<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"bottom\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" width=\"64\">JNJ<\/td>\n<td valign=\"bottom\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" width=\"175\">Johnson &amp; Johnson<\/td>\n<td valign=\"bottom\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" width=\"64\">\n<p align=\"right\">$70.94<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"bottom\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" width=\"64\">\n<p align=\"right\">1,526,495<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"bottom\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" width=\"64\">VALE<\/td>\n<td valign=\"bottom\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" width=\"175\">VALE S.A.<\/td>\n<td valign=\"bottom\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" width=\"64\">\n<p align=\"right\">$20.10<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"bottom\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" width=\"64\">\n<p align=\"right\">1,307,231<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"bottom\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" width=\"64\">CS<\/td>\n<td valign=\"bottom\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" width=\"175\">Credit Suisse Group<\/td>\n<td valign=\"bottom\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" width=\"64\">\n<p align=\"right\">$24.54<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"bottom\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" width=\"64\">\n<p align=\"right\">1,153,246<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"bottom\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" width=\"64\">HTZ<\/td>\n<td valign=\"bottom\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" width=\"175\">Hertz Global Holdings, Inc<\/td>\n<td valign=\"bottom\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" width=\"64\">\n<p align=\"right\">$15.93<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"bottom\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" width=\"64\">\n<p align=\"right\">1,081,908<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"bottom\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" width=\"64\">C<\/td>\n<td valign=\"bottom\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" width=\"175\">Citigroup Inc.<\/td>\n<td valign=\"bottom\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" width=\"64\">\n<p align=\"right\">$39.38<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"bottom\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" width=\"64\">\n<p align=\"right\">1,062,086<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>NASDAQ Ten Most Active Share Volume<\/strong><\/p>\n<table width=\"421\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"bottom\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" width=\"64\">Symbol<\/td>\n<td valign=\"bottom\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" width=\"229\">Company<\/td>\n<td valign=\"bottom\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" width=\"64\">Last Sale<\/td>\n<td valign=\"bottom\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" width=\"64\">Share Volume<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"bottom\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" width=\"64\">FTR<\/td>\n<td valign=\"bottom\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" width=\"229\">Frontier Communications Corporation<\/td>\n<td valign=\"bottom\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" width=\"64\">\n<p align=\"right\">$4.64<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"bottom\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" width=\"64\">\n<p align=\"right\">1,920,503<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"bottom\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" width=\"64\">QQQ<\/td>\n<td valign=\"bottom\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" width=\"229\">PowerShares QQQ Trust, Series 1<\/td>\n<td valign=\"bottom\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" width=\"64\">\n<p align=\"right\">$65.63<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"bottom\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" width=\"64\">\n<p align=\"right\">1,461,880<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"bottom\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" width=\"64\">GRFS<\/td>\n<td valign=\"bottom\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" width=\"229\">Grifols, S.A.<\/td>\n<td valign=\"bottom\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" width=\"64\">\n<p align=\"right\">$23.20<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"bottom\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" width=\"64\">\n<p align=\"right\">1,300,400<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"bottom\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" width=\"64\">WIN<\/td>\n<td valign=\"bottom\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" width=\"229\">Windstream Corporation<\/td>\n<td valign=\"bottom\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" width=\"64\">\n<p align=\"right\">$8.77<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"bottom\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" width=\"64\">\n<p 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align=\"right\">$30.99<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"bottom\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" width=\"64\">\n<p align=\"right\">633,840<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"bottom\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" width=\"64\">DELL<\/td>\n<td valign=\"bottom\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" width=\"229\">Dell Inc.<\/td>\n<td valign=\"bottom\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" width=\"64\">\n<p align=\"right\">$10.26<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"bottom\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" width=\"64\">\n<p align=\"right\">622,335<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"bottom\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" width=\"64\">INTC<\/td>\n<td valign=\"bottom\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" width=\"229\">Intel Corporation<\/td>\n<td valign=\"bottom\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" width=\"64\">\n<p align=\"right\">$20.60<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"bottom\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" width=\"64\">\n<p align=\"right\">590,283<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"bottom\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" width=\"64\">WOOF<\/td>\n<td valign=\"bottom\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" width=\"229\">VCA Antech, Inc.<\/td>\n<td 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