Stock Market After-Hours Top Gainers, December 12 – Nationstar Mortgage Holdings Gains Close to 25 Percent

Nationstar Mortgage Holdings Inc.

Nationstar Mortgage Holdings Inc. (NYSE: NSM) was the biggest gainer in Thursday’s after-hours trading, and one of several firms gaining double digits, as the company rallied by 24.4 percent to $50 per share on 2,600 shares traded. NSM stock is now 13.15 percent below its 50-day moving average and 8.25 percent below its 200-day moving average. The company is trading 30.63 percent below its 52-week high and 39.73 percent above its 52-week low.

GenVec Inc. (NASDAQ: GNVC) was at second place among after-hours gainers, adding 12.7 percent to $2.57 per share on 1,220 shares traded. The company’s RSI is at 72.97, which makes its stock overbought. The company is presently 41.69 percent and 121.63 percent respectively above its 50-day and 200-day moving averages, and is now 3.64 percent above its 52-week peak and a considerable 812 percent above its 52-week low.

At third and fourth place were two more double-digit gainers in after-hours trading. Coronado Biosciences Inc. (OTC: CNDO) is now at $1.96 per share on 191,400 shares traded following yesterday’s gain of 10.1 percent. Coronado Biosciences is now trading 29.81 percent below its 50-day moving average and 75.79 percent below its 200-day moving average. The company is trading 85.98 percent below its 52-week high and 42.40 percent above its 52-week low.

Demand Media Inc. (NYSE: DMD) stock, on the other hand, surged by 10 percent to $5.861 per share on 17,550 shares traded. Demand Media is trading 0.42 percent and 24.36 percent respectively under its 50-day and 200-day moving averages, and is now 46.05 percent below its 52-week high and 12.92 percent above its 52-week low.

Crossroads Systems Inc. (OTC: CRDS) was the fifth-biggest gainer in yesterday’s after-hours trading session, adding 8.8 percent to $2.35 per share on 6,600 shares traded. Crossroads Systems is presently 69.78 percent above its 50-day moving average and 24.02 percent above its 200-day moving average. The company is trading 27.76 percent below its 52-week peak and 213.04 percent above its 52-week low.

The company was followed at sixth by Select Medical Holdings Corporation (NYSE: SEM), which added 6.5 percent to $10.4439 per share on 2,000 shares traded. SEM stock is 14.31 percent and 18.16 percent respectively above its 50-day and 200-day moving averages, and 6.84 percent below its 52-week high and 41.09 percent above its 52-week low.

Two companies moved up by 5.8 percent in after-hours trading – Nationstar Mortgage Holdings Inc. (NYSE: NSM), which is now at $16.7451 per share on 2,570 shares traded, and Adobe Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: ADBE), which is at $57.1 per share on 939,930 shares traded. Nationstar Mortgage Holdings is trading 13.15 percent below its 50-day moving average and 8.25 percent below its 200-day moving average, while Adobe Systems is 0.70 percent below its 50-day moving average and 13.26 percent better than its 200-day moving average.

The list of other notable after-hours gainers includes Carrols Restaurant Group Inc. (NASDAQ: TAST, up 5.2 percent to $6.246 per share), Triangle Petroleum Corporation (OTC: TPLM, up 4.9 percent to $9.5253), Mack-Cali Realty Corp. (NYSE: CLI, up 4.8 percent to $21.85), Opexa Therapeutics Inc. (NASDAQ: OPXA, up 4.7 percent to $2), and Rambus Inc. (NASDAQ: RMBS, up 4.7 percent to $10.0154 per share).