Stock Market After-Hours Top Losers, November 1 – H&E Equipment Services Down By 12.8 Percent

H&E Equipment Services Inc.

H&E Equipment Services Inc. (NASDAQ: HEES) was the top loser in after-hours trading Friday, as the integrated equipment services company fell by 12.8 percent to $25.067 per share on 4,210 shares traded. H&E stock is overbought due to its RSI being at 72.34. The company is now trading 14.44 percent above its 50-day moving average and 30.43 percent above its 200-day moving average. H&E is also trading 5.39 percent above its 52-week high and 106.54 percent above its 52-week low.

Also losing double digits was AMN Healthcare Services Inc. (NYSE: AHS), which ticked down by 10.3 percent to $12.4184 per share on 2,320 shares traded. AHS is now 1.82 percent above its 50-day moving average and 1.22 percent under its 200-day moving average. The healthcare staffing company is presently 14.51 below its 52-week high and 43.82 percent above its 52-week low.

Two companies lost between 9 and 10 percent Friday in after-hours trading – Gulf Resources Inc. (NASDAQ: GURE), which fell 9.5 percent to $2.01 per share on 1,800 shares traded, and Bottomline Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ: EPAY), which is now at $31.4665 per share on 6,000 shares traded following a 9.3 percent drop. Gulf Resources is trading 18.36 percent better than its 50-day moving average and 65.20 percent above its 200-day moving average, and 28.39 percent below its 52-week high and 152.27 percent above its 52-week low.

Bottomline Technologies, following its drop, is now trading 20.83 percent and 24.31 percent respectively above its 50-day and 200-day moving averages. It is still trading 4.68 percent better than its 52-week high and 56.52 percent above its 52-week low. Bottomline’s stock, however, is overbought as its RSI is at 76.44.

A total of four companies lost between 7 and 8 percent, beginning with Healthways Inc. (NASDAQ: HWAY), which retreated 7.5 percent to $9.6443 per share on 2,560 shares traded. The company’s stock is oversold, however, as its RSI is at 20.41. Healthways is trading 40.32 percent and 29.68 percent respectively below its 50-day and 200-day moving averages.

Healthways was followed by Penn Virginia Corporation (NYSE: PVA), which fell 7.4 percent to $8.5226 on 7,500 shares traded. Penn Virginia stock is overbought as its RSI is at 78.27. The company is now trading 42.57 percent above its 50-day moving average and 83.15 percent above its 200-day moving average.

Idera Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ: IDRA) was third out of four companies losing between 7 and 8 percent, as it dropped 7.1 percent to $1.7185 per share on 4,300 shares traded. IDRA stock is 12.91 percent below its 50-day moving average and 65.82 percent above its 200-day moving average.

Lastly, GT Advanced Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ: GTAT) dipped by 7 percent to $7.5111 per share on 15,410 shares traded. GT Advanced is trading 4.12 percent above its 50-day moving average and 66.07 percent above its 200-day moving average.

Other significant losers in after-hours trading Friday included Spirit AeroSystems Holdings Inc. (NYSE: SPR, down 6.6 percent to $26.6505 per share, stock overbought as RSI at 79.78), Barrett Business Services Inc. (NASDAQ: BBSI, down 6.5 percent to $83.3932, stock overbought as RSI at 70.25), GrafTech International Ltd. (NYSE: GTI, down 6.3 percent to $8.9132, stock overbought as RSI at 71.83), Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE: HPQ, down 6.1 percent to $24.3339, stock overbought as RSI at 80.64), Computer Programs & Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: CPSI, down 5.7 percent to $57.1244) and U.S. Auto Parts Network Inc. (NASDAQ: PRTS, down 5.7 percent to $1.792 per share).