$3.13
11.4%
Shares of Tootsie Roll Industries Inc. jumped to $30.56. One analyst said short sellers were buying up stock to close out their position in the Chicago-based candymaker.
$2.91
8.2%
Centex Corp. stock climbed to $38.58. Shares of home builders gained after mortgage applications rose last week by the most since January. KB Home climbed $2.91, or 8.8 percent, to $35.97. Pulte Homes Inc. added $1.47, or 7.2 percent, to $21.85.
$1.99
6.7%
Shares of Cisco Systems Inc. rose to $31.68 a day after the world’s largest maker of computer-networking equipment increased its sales forecast for the year.
-$1.61
9.7%
Conseco Inc. fell to $15.03. A.M. Best Co. downgraded the financial strength rating of the Carmel, Ind.-based company’s main insurance subsidiaries, potentially reducing sales.
$14.47
22.2%
Priceline.com Inc. stock surged to $79.56. The online travel agency said second-quarter earnings more than doubled on increased demand for hotel rooms in Europe. It beat estimates by 22 cents a share.
-$10.98
11.8%
Shares of Polo Ralph Lauren Corp. tumbled to $81.80. The designer of Chaps and Club Monaco clothing cut its annual forecast for the second time this year.
