Mattress Firm Holding Corp.
Mattress Firm Holding Corp. (NASDAQ: MFRM) was the top gainer in Wednesday’s after-hours trading session, as the company rallied by 11.7 percent to $38.25 per share on a total of 220,710 shares traded. MFRM stock is now 2.41 percent above its 50-day moving average and 5.09 percent below its 200-day moving average. The company is trading 26.92 percent below its 52-week high and 51.37 percent above its 52-week low.
Mattress Firm was closely followed by Puma Biotechnology Inc. (OTC: PBYI), which is trading at $50.5 per share on 9,110 shares traded after a gain of 9.3 percent. The company is now 1.57 percent and 9.21 percent respectively above its 50-day and 200-day moving averages. Puma Biotechnology is now trading 26.25 percent below its 52-week peak and 153.62 percent above its 52-week low.
El Paso Pipeline Partners L.P. (NYSE: EPB) was third place among yesterday’s after-hours gainers, and one of two firms gaining between 6 and 7 percent. EPB stock is now at $39 per share on 1,200 shares traded after climbing 6.8 percent, though its stock is oversold with its RSI at 23.44. EPB is now trading 10.64 percent and 10.95 percent below its 50-day and 200-day moving average. The company is also 16.34 percent below its 52-week high and 7.63 percent above its 52-week low.
Right behind El Paso Pipeline Partners L.P. was Gordmans Stores Inc. (NASDAQ: GMAN), which is trading at $8.6185 per share on 1,950 shares traded after an increase of 6.7 percent. The company’s stock is also oversold, as its RSI is 22.78. GMAN is now 21.55 percent and 18.22 percent respectively below its 50-day and 200-day moving averages, and its stock is 32.58 percent below its 52-week peak and 2.22 percent below its 52-week low.
Two companies made gains of 5 to 6 percent in yesterday’s after-hours trading – China Hydroelectric Corporation (NYSE: CHC), which added 5.7 percent to $2.62 per share on 1,600 shares traded, and GT Advanced Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ: GTAT), which moved up by 5.2 percent to $9.38 per share on 119,100 shares traded. China Hydroelectric is trading 0.61 percent under its 50-day moving average and 1.33 percent above its 200-day moving average. The company is now 23.69 percent above its 52-week peak and 75.89 percent above its 52-week low.
As for GT Advanced, the company is 0.62 percent under its 50-day moving average and 60.14 percent above its 200-day moving average. GT Advanced is 17.02 percent below its 52-week high and 241.76 percent above its 52-week low.
Other gainers of note in the after-hours trading included Isoftstone Holdings Limited (NYSE: ISS, up 4.8 percent to $5.29 per share), Korn/Ferry International (NYSE: KFY, up 4.4 percent to $23.5), AEP Industries Inc. (NASDAQ: AEPI, up 4.3 percent to $49.99, stock oversold as RSI at 20.86), United Community Financial Corp. (NASDAQ: UCFC, up 4.1 percent to $3.6222), Zale Corporation (NYSE: ZLC, up 3.9 percent to $13.6493), Pernix Therapeutics Holdings Inc. (up 3.7 percent to $2.4051), and Baker Hughes Incorporated (NYSE: BHI, up 3.6 percent to $56.6418 per share).