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Wednesday, September 21, 2011

Active Stocks: (BAC), (SPY), (ORCL), (EEM), (MSFT)

The following stocks were detected to be trading among the most active on September 21: Bank of America Corporation, SPDR S&P 500, Oracle Corp, iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index, and Microsoft Corporation. These stocks are highly traded usually because new relevant information on the company has become available. Being on the highly active list isn't always positive as high activity may be a result of negative news. Regardless, high activity means high liquidity. High volume, combined with price movement is what traders require to make profits.

Shares of Bank of America Corporation (BAC) fell by 0.72% or $-0.05/share to $6.85. In the past year, the shares have traded as low as $6.00 and as high as $15.27. On average, 258960330 shares of BAC exchange hands on a given day and today's volume is recorded at 49202560. The shares are currently trading below the 50-day and 200-day moving averages which indicates that the shares have been experiencing downward momentum. The stock may bounce back to test the 200-day moving average. Thus, you may want to pay close attention for a move up to the $8.19 area but be careful because the stock may face selling pressure at this level.

Shares of SPDR S&P 500 (SPY) fell by 0.42% or $-0.50/share to $119.67. In the past year, the shares have traded as low as $109.71 and as high as $135.80. On average, 284826520 shares of SPY exchange hands on a given day and today's volume is recorded at 44775784. The shares are currently trading below the 50-day and 200-day moving averages which indicates that the shares have been experiencing downward momentum. The stock may bounce back to test the 200-day moving average. Thus, you may want to pay close attention for a move up to the $121.98 area but be careful because the stock may face selling pressure at this level.

Shares of Oracle Corp. (ORCL) traded higher by 6.65% or $1.89/share to $30.24. In the past year, the shares have traded as low as $24.72 and as high as $36.45. On average, 38423290 shares of ORCL exchange hands on a given day and today's volume is recorded at 28639606. The shares are currently trading below the 200-day moving average but above the 50-day moving average. The stock may be range bound between these two levels where the 200-day moving average of $31.57 represents resistance and the 50-day moving average of $28.73 would be an area of support.

Shares of iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index (EEM) fell by 1.61% or $-0.63/share to $38.41. In the past year, the shares have traded as low as $38.71 and as high as $49.93. On average, 64776220 shares of EEM exchange hands on a given day and today's volume is recorded at 20826400. The shares are currently trading below the 50-day and 200-day moving averages which indicates that the shares have been experiencing downward momentum. The stock may bounce back to test the 200-day moving average. Thus, you may want to pay close attention for a move up to the $42.91 area but be careful because the stock may face selling pressure at this level.

Shares of Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) fell by 1.78% or $-0.48/share to $26.5. In the past year, the shares have traded as low as $23.19 and as high as $28.91. On average, 66973840 shares of MSFT exchange hands on a given day and today's volume is recorded at 18298212. The shares are currently trading above the 50-day moving average which indicates that the shares have been experiencing strong upward momentum as the 50 DMA is above the 200 DMA. The stock may come back down to test the 50-day moving average, so look for a move back to the $26.06 area where the stock will likely see buying pressure.