$5.35
4.4%
Apple Inc. stock gained to $127.57. The company may sell more than 800,000 iPhones this quarter, beating the company’s goal of 730,000, as consumer demand for the device stays strong, a UBS AG analyst said.
$4.85
8.7%
Shares of Dick’s Sporting Goods Inc. climbed to $60.43. The nation’s largest publicly traded sporting goods retailer rose the most since November 2006 after raising its annual earnings estimates by 3 cents a share, to $2.47 to $2.50 a share.
$1.15
8.6%
Shares of Take-Two Interactive Software Inc. jumped to $14.55. JPMorgan analysts said the firm’s “Bioshock” game was the highest rated game on Microsoft Corp.’s Xbox 360. “This should … make Take-Two attractive for a potential acquirer,” they said.
-$0.93
4.2%
Toll Brothers Inc. stock fell to $21.09. The nation’s largest builder of luxury homes was cut to “sell” from “neutral” at Banc of America Securities, which said it could see cancellations increase and sales margins narrow.
-$3.94
7.6%
UST Inc. stock sank to $48.02. Philip Morris USA will start selling a Marlboro snuff brand to lure customers of UST’s top-selling Skoal and Copenhagen brands.
$2.05
13.1%
Agilysys Inc. stock surged to $17.68. The vendor of computers and software to hotels, casinos and health clinics said it will buy back as much as 19 percent of its shares to give cash back to investors.
