Randgold Resources weathers Côte d'Ivoire storm, producing to plan despite war

Randgold Resources weathers Côte dIvoire storm, producing to plan despite war
Creamer Media's Mining Weekly - 1 hour ago Quite amazingly, Randgold Resources,
the London-listed South Africa-conceived African gold-mining company, has been
weathering the Côte dIvoire storm remarkably well. Randgold CEO Dr Mark Bristow
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Randgold Resources weathers Côte d'Ivoire storm, producing to plan despite war

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Randgold Resources weathers Côte d'Ivoire storm, producing to plan despite war Creamer Media’s Mining Weekly – 1 hour ago Quite amazingly, Randgold Resources, the London-listed South Africa-conceived African gold-mining company, has been weathering the Côte d'Ivoire storm remarkably well. Randgold CEO Dr Mark Bristow …

Citi Dominates Options Trading

Your daily option s trading wrap up. Sentiment Stock market averages fell Thursday morning after another big quake north of Tokyo, but the knee-jerk reaction was short-lived and trading is orderly heading into the final hour. Economic data was in focus before the opening bell after the Labor Department reported that weekly jobless claims declined by 10,000 to 382,000 in the period ended April 2. Economists had predicted a decline of 6,000. Meanwhile, Bed, Beth and Beyond (NASDAQ: BBBY ) helped the Nasdaq 100 in early action after the retailer reported better-than-expected earnings late-Wednesday. Costco (NASDAQ: COST ) was the second best gainer in the Nasdaq 100 after the reporting strong March same store sales numbers. JC Penney (NYSE: JCP ), Limited Brands (NYSE: LTD ) and Macy's (NYSE: M ) were among the other retail winners. However, the Japan quake triggered tsunami warnings and the Dow Jones Industrial Average traded down more than 100 points from session highs. The situation had stabilized by midday and the Dow is now down 45 points. The tech-heavy NASDAQ lost 6 points. The CBOE Volatility Index (CBOE: VIX ) rallied to 17.77 and is now up .34 to 17.24. Trading in the options market is not very active, with 6.7 million calls and 5.8 million puts traded. Bullish Flow Citigroup (NYSE: C ) April 4.5 Calls are the most actively traded options contract for a second day. 141,829 traded yesterday and open interest increased by 5380 contracts to 757,265. Today, shares have added 7 cents to $4.66 and 87,340 more have changed hands. 36% traded on the bid and 59% at the ask, as there seems to be a mix of opening and closing activity happening in the contract. The April 4.5 call is now 16 cents in-the-money and has fewer than seven trading days of life remaining. Citi will report earnings on April 18, after the April expiration. A 10-for-1 reverse stock split happens on May 6. There's been a lot of interest in Citigroup options ahead of these events. Today, for example, the five most actively traded equity options are the Citi April 4.5 calls, June 4, puts, May 5 calls, May 4.5 calls and April 4.5 puts. Find more option analysis and trading ideas at Options Trading Strategies . Bearish Flow Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT ) loses 7 cents to $52.91 and is one of 29 Dow stocks heading lower Thursday morning. Meanwhile, in options action, a noteworthy trade is a WMT May 52.5 – 55 Strangle , bought at $1.30, 8000 times. The position was tied to 192,000 shares at $53.05 and appears to be an opening play — a bet that shares of the world's largest retailer will see increasing volatility over the next 43 days. WMT, which stopped reporting monthly same store sales numbers, fell 3.1% on Feb. 22 after earnings were reported and fell another 4% in the weeks that followed. However, the stock is up 3.1% since March 17. Yahoo (NASDAQ: YHOO ) loses 9 cents to $16.96 and one investor sells 10,000 YHOO April 17 Calls to buy 20,000 YHOO April 16 Puts , collecting 14 cents on the bearish (1X2) risk-reversal. The position was tied to 700.000 shares at $16.94. It comes after a 5.9% gain in shares since March 17 and possibly closes a bullish position. Or, it might be a bearish play ahead of next week's expiration. No news on the stock today. Yahoo is due to report results after market on April 19, which is the Tuesday after the April contracts come off the board. Implied Volatility Mover Rare Element Resources (AMEX: REE ) is leading the sector to higher ground Thursday on reports the U.S. might respond to China’s recently announced plans to stockpile rare earth materials by initiating a stockpiling of its own. REE is up 16.2% to $15.27 and heading to session highs. Options action is brisk, with 23,000 calls and 11,000 puts traded in Rare Element so far. Most of the action has been smaller lots. The top trade is a REE April 12.5 – 14 Put Spread , apparently bought at 60 cents, 500 times. April 14 and 15 calls are the most actives, with 3520 and 4800 traded, respectively. Investors seem to be taking positions in the front-month April options and anticipating additional action in REE tomorrow and the rest of next week before expiration. Implied volatility is up 7.5% to 80. Avalon Rare Metals (AMEX: AVL ) and Molycorp (NYSE: MCP ) are seeing relative strength as well. The Market Vectors Rare Earth ETF (NYSE: REMX ) is up 2.1%. Options Flow Bullish flow detected in Charles Schwab (NYSE: SCHW ), with 4228 calls trading, or three times its recent average daily call volume. Bearish activity detected in Simon Property Group (NYSE: SPG ), with 8296 puts trading, or seven times its recent average daily put volume. Bullish flow detected in Hertz Global (NYSE: HTZ ), with 6390 calls trading, or eight times its recent average daily call volume. Increasing volume is also being seen in National Semi (NYSE: NSM ), TiVo (NASDAQ: TIVO ), and AMR (NYSE: AMR ). Frederic Ruffy is the Senior Options Strategist at Whatstrading.com , a site dedicated to helping traders make sense of the complex and fragmented nature of listed options trading.
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TODAY’S STOCK MARKET DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE DJI, S&P 500, NASDAQ INDEX TRENDS, NOTES April 7th, 2011 Close

Stock index composites floundered downward today after an aftershock quake
rocked Japan and the surrounding region. Originally listed as a 7.9 and then
downgraded somewhat to a 7.1 on the Richter scale. This news will overshadow all
other economic posts for the day. Earlier in the trading session, the Department
of Labor reported that fewer Americans had applied for first time unemployment
benefits last week. This data continued the positive trends in the employment
sector as it implied that employers were hiring more and more Americans were
back to work. Specifically, the Labor Department reported that the number of
people applying for benefits dropped by 10,000 to 382,000 for the week ending
April 2. The four week average of persons applying for unemployment benefits
dropped as well to 389,500. This was another bite of good news for the U.S.
economy. Sadly however, news spread today of another tsunami warning due to the
7.1 earthquake that hit Japan today. Stock index composites were directly
affected. As of the halfway point of today's trading session, all three major
index composites in the United States were posting red. The Dow Jones Industrial
Average was lower at this point by .31 percent at 12,388.30. Oil continued to
rise today and topped $110 per barrel. This is the highest per barrel price we
have seen in over two years. The dollar rose against the euro and the British
pound to close the day and the major indices all ended the session red. The Dow
ended lower by .14 percent and finished the day at 12,409.49. The Nasdaq ended
the session lower by .13 percent and finished at 2,796.14. The S&P 500 ended the
session lower by .15 percent and finished the day at 1,333.51. Author: Frank
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General Dynamics (NYSE:GD) New Air Force Program

General Dynamics (NYSE:GD) has received a contract from the U.S. Air Force to support its IMIS program. General Dynamics (NYSE:GD) New Air Force Program General Dynamics (NYSE:GD), the defense contractor, was awarded an indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract by the U.S. Air Force for the support of the F-22 Integrated Maintenance Information System (IMIS) program. As part of the $23 million contract, General Dynamics (NYSE:GD) will provide integrated ruggedized laptops to be used as Portable Maintenance Aids. General Dynamics (NYSE:GD) will install required software in the laptops and incorporate required systems for IMIS program. General Dynamics (NYSE:GD) Information Technology's general manager Kenneth Hess said, "General Dynamics (NYSE:GD) will ensure we meet the Air Force's strict requirements for preparing these ruggedized laptop computers for critical F-22A maintenance support". General Dynamics (NYSE:GD) shares were at 74.74 at the end of the last day’s trading. There’s been a 6.1% change in the stock price over the past 3 months. General Dynamics (NYSE:GD) Analyst Advice Consensus Opinion: Moderate Buy Mean recommendation: 1.81 (1=Strong Buy, 5=Strong Sell) 3 Months Ago: 1.96 Zack’s Rank: 1 out of 5 in the industry
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Top 10 Best-Performing Solar Stocks Year-to-Date: EMKR, SPWRA, YGE, JKS, TSL, BTUI, DQ, STP, LDK, FSLR (Apr 07, 2011)

Below are the top 10 best-performing Solar stocks year-to-date, UPDATED TODAY before 4:30 AM ET. Six Chinese companies (YGE, JKS, TSL, DQ, STP, LDK) are on the list.

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EMCORE Corporation (NASDAQ:EMKR) is the 1st best-performing stock year-to-date in this segment of the market. It has risen 119.35% since the beginning of this year. Its price percentage change is 78.95% for the last 52 weeks. SunPower Corporation (NASDAQ:SPWRA) is the 2nd best-performing stock year-to-date in this segment of the market. It has risen 35.46% since the beginning of this year. Its price percentage change is -7.60% for the last 52 weeks. Yingli Green Energy Hold. Co. Ltd. (ADR) (NYSE:YGE) is the 3rd best-performing stock year-to-date in this segment of the market. It has risen 30.36% since the beginning of this year. Its price percentage change is 3.37% for the last 52 weeks. JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd. (NYSE:JKS) is the 4th best-performing stock year-to-date in this segment of the market. It has risen 27.44% since the beginning of this year. Its price percentage change is N/A for the last 52 weeks. Trina Solar Limited (ADR) (NYSE:TSL) is the 5th best-performing stock year-to-date in this segment of the market. It has risen 27.28% since the beginning of this year. Its price percentage change is 18.29% for the last 52 weeks.

BTU International, Inc. (NASDAQ:BTUI) is the 6th best-performing stock year-to-date in this segment of the market. It has risen 24.22% since the beginning of this year. Its price percentage change is 86.80% for the last 52 weeks. Daqo New Energy Corp. (NYSE:DQ) is the 7th best-performing stock year-to-date in this segment of the market. It has risen 20.67% since the beginning of this year. Its price percentage change is N/A for the last 52 weeks. Suntech Power Holdings Co., Ltd. (ADR) (NYSE:STP) is the 8th best-performing stock year-to-date in this segment of the market. It has risen 20.10% since the beginning of this year. Its price percentage change is -31.29% for the last 52 weeks. LDK Solar Co., Ltd (ADR) (NYSE:LDK) is the 9th best-performing stock year-to-date in this segment of the market. It has risen 18.87% since the beginning of this year. Its price percentage change is 77.70% for the last 52 weeks. First Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ:FSLR) is the 10th best-performing stock year-to-date in this segment of the market. It has risen 15.72% since the beginning of this year. Its price percentage change is 24.95% for the last 52 weeks.

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Top 10 Best-Performing Solar Stocks Year-to-Date: EMKR, SPWRA, YGE, JKS, TSL, BTUI, DQ, STP, LDK, FSLR (Apr 07, 2011)