YRC Worldwide Inc.
YRC Worldwide Inc. (NASDAQ: YRCW), a North American operator of less-than-truckload carriers, was the biggest loser in yesterday’s after-hours trading, moving down 20.9 percent to $7.7 per share on 57,170 shares traded. YRCW stock is trading 35.24 percent below its 50-day moving average and 38.33 percent under its 200-day moving average. The company is now 73.70 perpe below its 52-week peak and 69.22 percent above its 52-week low.
YRC was joined by another double-digit loser in after-hours trading, Willamette Valley Vineyards Inc. (NASDAQ: WVVI), which fell 10.5 percent to $5.8 per share on 6,950 shares traded. WVVI stock is 12.90 percent under its 50-day moving average and 35.97 percent above its 200-day moving average. The company is now 14.74 percent below its 52-week high and 82.54 percent above its 52-week low.
Safe Bulkers Inc. (NYSE: SB) was one of two companies that lost 9 to 10 percent in after-hours trading yesterday, as the international provider of marine drybulk transportation services lost 9.2 percent to $7.4 per share on 6,900 shares traded. SB is now 12.71 percent and 49.34 percent respectively above its 50-day and 200-day moving averages. The company is now 9.44 percent below its 52-week high and 168.83 percent above its 52-week low.
Also losing more than 9 percent was LAN Airlines S.A. (NYSE: LFL), which dropped 9.1 percent to $15.18 per share on 154,500 shares traded. LFL stock is now 7.95 percent above its 50-day moving average and 7.30 percent below its 200-day moving average. LAN Airlines is 34.24 percent under its 52-week peak and 43.63 percent above its 52-week low.
OXiGENE Inc. (NASDAQ: OXGN) came close to losing 9 percent in after-hours trading, as the company retreated 8.9 percent to $3.06 per share on 22,720 shares traded. The company is now 31.19 percent above its 50-day moving average and 6.72 percent above its 200-day moving average. OXiGENE Inc., which is a clinical stage biopharmaceutical firm, is trading 44 percent under its 52-week high and 65.52 percent above its 52-week low.
Two companies lost between 7 and 8 percent in after-hours trading yesterday – Intersections Inc. (NASDAQ: INTX), which fell 7.5 percent to $8.01 per share on 1,010 shares traded, and Achillion Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ: ACHN), which dipped back 7.3 percent to $2.5867 per share on 57,020 shares traded. Intersections is now trading 2.41 percent under its 50-day moving average and 6.17 percent under its 200-day moving average.
Achillion is trading 36.41 percent below its 50-day moving average and 59.70 percent below its 200-day moving average.
Other losers in after-hours trading yesterday included TearLab Corporation (NASDAQ: TEAR, down 6.8 percent to $9.99 per share), Baltic Trading Limited (NYSE: BALT, down 6.7 percent to $4.57), Greatbatch Inc. (NYSE: GB, down 6.5 percent to $36.4839), Synta Pharmaceuticals Corp. (NASDAQ: SNTA, down 6.1 percent to $4), Ku6 Media Co. Ltd. (NASDAQ: KUTV, down 5.8 percent to $2.27), specialty biopharmaceutical company Pernix Therapeutics Holdings Inc. (NYSE: PTX, down 5.2 percent to $2.0769), and NetQin Mobile Inc. (NYSE: NQ, down 5.1 percent to $13.58 per share).