Stock Market After-Hours Top Gainers, September 30 – China Ming Yang Wind Power Leads After-Hours Gainers

China Ming Yang Wind Power Group Limited (NYSE: MY) was the number one gainer in after-hours trading for yesterday, September 30, 2013.

China Ming Yang Wind Power Group Limited (NYSE: MY) was the number one gainer in after-hours trading for yesterday, September 30, 2013. The company is now trading $2.60 per share on 3,000 shares traded following yesterday’s 8.8 percent after-hours gain. The company’s stock, however, is overbought with an RSI of 77.36. MY is now 39.86 percent above its 50-day moving average and 53.56 percent above its 200-day moving average, and 5.75 percent above its 52-week high and 115.32 percent above its 52-week low.

Republic Airways Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: RJET) and Stage Stores Inc. (NYSE: SSI) both gained between 5 and 6 percent in after-hours trading, with the former company rallying by 5.8 percent to $12.5861 per share on 33,750 shares traded. RJET stock is 5.05 percent below its 50-day moving average and 12.70 percent above its 200-day moving average. The company is now 14.55 percent below its 52-week peak and 169.73 percent above its 52-week low.

Stage Stores, a Houston-based clothing, cosmetics and footwear retailer, moved up 5.7 percent to $20.294 per share on 3,100 shares traded. SSI stock is 10.97 percent below and 19.59 percent below its 50-day and 200-day moving averages respectively. Stage Stores is 34.75 percent below its 52-week high and only 4.29 percent above its 52-week low following yesterday’s after-hours gain.

Only one other company experienced a gain of 4 percent or more, as HomeAway Inc. (NASDAQ: AWAY), an online marketplace in the vacation rental space, moved up 4.2 percent to $29.1272 per share on 3,830 shares traded. AWAY stock is oversold due to its RSI being at 28.33. The company is 9.40 percent below its 50-day moving average and 3.42 percent below its 200-day moving average. HomeAway is 18.48 percent below its 52-week high and 42.80 percent above its low for the past 52 weeks.

A number of companies lost between 3 and 4 percent in after-hours trading yesterday. This list was led by Midstates Petroleum Company Inc. (NYSE: MPO), which improved by 3.6 percent to $5.3132 on 3,400 shares traded. The company is trading 0.97 percent and 20.41 percent below its 50-day and 200-day moving averages respectively.

Noranda Aluminum Holding Corp. (NYSE: NOR) experienced a 3.5 percent gain to $2.5467 on 8,400 shares traded, and is now 15.79 percent and 40.65 percent below its respective 50-day and 200-day moving averages. Noranda’s RSI is 27.91, making its stock oversold. Goodrich Petroleum Corp. (NYSE: GRP) moved up 3.4 percent to $25.1121 on 1,500 shares traded, and is now 11.35 percent above its 50-day moving average and 64.01 percent above its 200-day moving average.

Also in the 3 to 4 percent category was PDL BioPharma Inc. (NASDAQ: PDLI), which improved 3.3 percent to $8.2295 on 50,190 shares traded, and is now 0.12 percent above its 50-day moving average and 7.95 percent above its 200-day moving average.

Gastar Exploration Ltd. (NYSE: GST), on the other hand, jumped 3.2 percent to $4.0756 per share on 12,300 shares traded, and is now 12.72 percent and 65.99 percent respectively above its 50-day and 200-day moving averages. Lastly, Star Scientific Inc. (NASDAQ: STSI) and Rock-Tenn Co.(NYSE: RKT) both moved up by 3.1 percent. Star Scientific is now at $1.97 per share on 112,020 shares traded, while Rock-Tenn Co. is at $104.373 on 3,440 shares traded. The latter company’s stock is oversold as its RSI is at 29.32.