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Thursday, December 8, 2011

Stocks Having Recent Insider Buying: (KRO), (HPQ), (OPK), (PFG), (SQNM)

Shares of Kronos Worldwide Inc. (KRO) fell by 5.38% or $-1.02/share to $17.94. In the past year, the shares have traded as low as $14.05 and as high as $33.98. On average, 845280 shares of KRO exchange hands on a given day and today's volume is recorded at 1291682. 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 $19.50 area but be careful because the stock may face selling pressure at this level. The stock has insider ownership of 0.54%.

Shares of Hewlett-Packard Company (HPQ) fell by 2.46% or $-0.70/share to $27.71. In the past year, the shares have traded as low as $21.50 and as high as $48.87. On average, 24720700 shares of HPQ exchange hands on a given day and today's volume is recorded at 11447517. 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 $32.91 represents resistance and the 50-day moving average of $26.18 would be an area of support. The stock has insider ownership of 0.02%.

Shares of Opko Health, Inc. (OPK) fell by 0.99% or $-0.05/share to $4.82. In the past year, the shares have traded as low as $3.15 and as high as $5.85. On average, 1816100 shares of OPK exchange hands on a given day and today's volume is recorded at 518416. The shares are currently trading below the 50-day moving average but above the 200-day moving average. The stock may be range bound between these two levels where the 50-day moving average of $5.01 represents resistance and the 200-day moving average of $4.18 would be an area of support. The stock has insider ownership of 7.65%.

Shares of Principal Financial Group Inc. (PFG) fell by 4.97% or $-1.27/share to $24.26. In the past year, the shares have traded as low as $19.91 and as high as $34.02. On average, 3765980 shares of PFG exchange hands on a given day and today's volume is recorded at 2112658. 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 $27.11 represents resistance and the 50-day moving average of $23.81 would be an area of support. The stock has insider ownership of 0.09%.

Shares of Sequenom Inc. (SQNM) fell by 4.68% or $-0.18/share to $3.67. In the past year, the shares have traded as low as $3.78 and as high as $8.71. On average, 2349510 shares of SQNM exchange hands on a given day and today's volume is recorded at 2109527. 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 $4.58 area but be careful because the stock may face selling pressure at this level. The stock has insider ownership of 0.34%.