Compared to August 15’s other after-hours losers, First Marblehead, Corp.
Compared to August 15’s other after-hours losers, First Marblehead, Corp. (NYSE: FMD) and Astea International, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATEA) both took precipitous dives yesterday. First Marblehead, which is a provider of educational loans for K-12, undergraduate and graduate programs, lost 23.6 percent, and is currently trading at $1.20 per share on 2,900 shares traded. FMD stock is 8.86 percent above its 50-day moving average and 46.13 percent above its 200-day moving average, and also 18.23 percent below its 52-week high and 157.38 percent above its 52-week low.
Astea, on the other hand, lost 10.4 percent to $2.26 per share on 2,300 shares traded. That left its stock still 11.87 percent above its 50-day moving average, yet 9.06 percent below its 200-day moving average. ATEA stock is trading 49.48 percent below its 52-week peak and 31.30 percent above its 52-week low.
Barrick Gold Corp. (NYSE: ABX) lost 6.3 percent and is currently trading at $18.5727 on 76,110 shares traded. The company’s stock is trading 16.70 percent above its 50-day moving average and 23.48 percent below its 200-day moving average. ABX stock is 53.07 percent below its 52-week high and 47.51 percent above its 52-week low.
Another related company, Coeur d’Alene Mines Corporation (NYSE: CDE), which is engaged in silver and gold mining in several parts of the world, lost 6.2 percent to $12.25 per share on 37,830 shares traded. CDE stock is trading 23.54 percent higher than its 50-day moving average and 12.05 percent below its 200-day moving average. Coeur d’Alene Mines’ stock is still 49.11 percent below its 52-week high, yet 44.11 percent above its 52-week low.
Also dipping by six percent or more was SORL Auto Parts (NASDAQ: SORL), which lost 6 percent to $3.14 per share on 1,100 shares traded. The company’s stock is trading 20.20 percent above its 50-day moving average and 15.74 percent above its 200-day moving average. In terms of 52-week highs and lows, SORL is trading 31.13 percent below and 95.32 percent above respectively.
Three companies lost between four and six percent in after-hours trading yesterday. PowerSecure International, Inc., lost 5.3 percent and is trading at $16.0 per share on 10,850 shares traded. POWR is presently 6.78 percent above its 50-day moving average and 50.05 percent above its 200-day moving average.
Spherix, Inc. (NASDAQ: SPEX) ticked downwards by 4.7 percent to $13.22 per share on 4,400 shares traded, and is at 72.02 percent above its 50-day moving average and 74.44 percent above its 200-day moving average.
Vaalco Energy, Inc. (NYSE: EGY), an independent energy firm, dipped by 4.4 percent in after-hours to $6.061 per share on 149,900 shares traded, and is, at this point, 4.71 percent above and 13.95 percent below its 50-day and 200-day moving averages respectively.
Other notable losers in after-hours on August 15 included Ryland Group, Inc. (NYSE: RYL, down 3.9 percent to $35.3918 per share), Aruba Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: ARUN, down 3.6 percent to $17.821), Newmont Mining Corp. (NYSE: NEM, down 3.5 percent to $32.0653), online retailer Overstock.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: OSTK, down 3.2 percent to $29.549) and yet another mining company, Eldorado Gold Corp. (NYSE: EGO, down 2.9 percent to $8.5962).