Companies trading higher in after hours in reaction to earnings: SWIR +8.1%, PLXT +4.7%, MSPD +3.3%, PCL +3.0%, CR +1.8%, YHOO +1.5%, STLD +1.3%, CTS +1.3%, NBHC +0.6%, ZION +0.5%, NEU +0.5%, STNG +0.1%
Companies trading higher in after hours in reaction to news: GGP +2.2% (announced the purchase of warrants held by affiliates of The Blackstone Group and Fairholme Funds, Inc. for approximately $633 million), ZION +0.5% (announced plans to auction $200 mln of non-cumulative perpetual preferred stock through Zions Direct), RKT +0.4% (announced Steven Voorhees has been elected President and COO)
After Hours Losers:
Companies trading lower in after hours in reaction to earnings: VMW -14.7%, SANM -8.1%, BMC -7.7%, STX -5.4%, EMC -4.8%, IRF -2.2%, DLA -2.1%, ILMN -1.2%, IDTI -0.3%
Companies trading lower in after hours in reaction to news: EMC -4.8% and CTXS -4.1% (trading lower in sympathy with VMW, which is lower after weak quarterly results), SHO -2.1% (announced public follow-on offering of 17.25 mln shares of primary common stock), BCEI -1.2% (announced public offering of 10 mln shares of common stock)






