AGL Resources Inc. (NYSE: AGL) gained 0.96%, to close at $39.76 and its overall traded volume was 22.91M shares during the last session against its average volume of 637,924.00. AGL opened the day at $39.38, it made an intraday low of $38.40 and an intraday high of $39.76. The 52-week range of the stock is $34.08-$43.69. The market capitalization of the company stands at $3.12B and it has 78.55M outstanding shares.
AGL Resources Inc. (AGL Resources) is a energy services holding company whose principal business is the distribution of natural gas in six states: Florida, Georgia, Maryland, New Jersey, Tennessee and Virginia. As of December 31, 2010, the Company’s six utilities served approximately 2.3 million end-use customers. It is also involved in several related and complementary businesses, including retail natural gas marketing to end-use customers in Georgia, Ohio and Florida; natural gas asset management and related logistics activities for each of its utilities, as well as for non-affiliated companies; natural gas storage arbitrage and related activities; and the development and operation of natural gas storage assets. The Company operates in four operating segments: distribution operations, retail energy operations, wholesale services and energy investments, and a non-operating corporate segment. In July 2010, the Company sold AGL Networks, its telecommunication business.
EnerSys (NYSE: ENS) soared 0.83%, to close at $26.79 and its overall traded volume was 6.29M shares during the last session with the total traded volume of 645,725.00 shares. ENS shares were trading within the range of $25.21-$26.79 while its opening price was $25.96. The stock has a 52 week low of $17.35 and 52 week high of $40.32. The market capitalization of the company stands at $1.28B and it has 47.70M outstanding shares. EnerSys is a manufacturer, marketer and distributor of industrial batteries. It has two primary industrial battery product lines: reserve power products and motive power products. The Company also manufactures, markets and distributes related products, such as chargers, power equipment and battery accessories, and provides related after-market and customer-support services for industrial batteries. The Company operates in three business segments: Americas, which includes North and South America; Europe, which includes Europe, the Middle East and Africa, and Asia, which includes Asia, Australia and Oceania. During the fiscal year ended March 31, 2010, the Company acquired the industrial battery businesses of the Swiss company, Accu Holding AG. On February 28, 2011, the Company acquired the lithium-ion battery business, ABSL Power Solutions Ltd (ABSL) from CIP Industries L. P. Incorporated. In October 2011, it acquired Industrial Battery Holding S. A.
Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. (NYSE: MLM) soared 1.69%, to close at $74.61 and its overall traded volume was 4.14M shares during the last session against its average volume of 399,183.00. MLM opened the day at $72.27, it made an intraday low of $70.00 and an intraday high of $79.48. The 52-week range of the stock is $59.93-$95.00. MLM’s market capitalization is $3.41B and it has 45.70M outstanding shares. Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. is a producer of aggregates for the construction industry, including infrastructure, agricultural, nonresidential, and residential. The Company also has a manufactures and markets magnesia-based chemical products used in industrial, agricultural, and environmental applications and dolomitic lime sold primarily to customers in the steel industry. The Company operates in four business segments: the Mideast Group, Southeast Group, and West Group, collectively the Aggregates business, and the Specialty Products segment. During the year ended December 31, 2010, its Aggregates business accounted for 89% of the Company’s total net sales, and the Company’s Specialty Products segment accounted for 11% of the Company’s total net sales. During 2010, the Company acquired a deep-water port facility in Port Canaveral, Florida.
Olin Corporation (NYSE: OLN) percentage change surged 0.46%, to close at $19.50 and its overall traded volume was 8.61M shares during the last session the stock had average daily volume of 1.04M shares. OLN opened at $19.21 and is trading within the range of $18.75-$19.50. The stock has a 52 week low of $16.11 and 52 week high of $27.16. At current market price, the market capitalization of the company stands at $1.56B and it has 80.16M outstanding shares. Olin Corporation is a manufacturer concentrated in two business segments: Chlor Alkali Products and Winchester. Chlor Alkali Products manufactures and sells chlorine and caustic soda, sodium hydrosulfite, hydrochloric acid, hydrogen, bleach products and potassium hydroxide. During the year ended December, 31, 2010, the Chlor Alkali Products segment represented 65% of its sales. Winchester products, which represent 35% of 2010 sales, include sporting ammunition, reloading components, small caliber military ammunition and components, and ind ustrial cartridges. Its subsidiary, Olin Canada ULC, operates one chlor alkali facility in Becancour, Quebec, which sells chlor alkali-related products within Canada and to the United States. Its subsidiary, Winchester Australia Limited, loads and packs sporting and industrial ammunition in Australia. In February 2011, the Company acquired PolyOne Corporation’s 50% interest in the SunBelt Chlor Alkali Partnership.
Pandora Media Inc (NYSE: P) surged 0.30%, to close at $9.93 and its overall traded volume was 7.60M shares during the last session against its average volume of 797,670.00. P shares were trading within the range of $9.15-$10.00 while its opening price was $9.31. The stock has a 52-week range of $9.15-$26.00. At current market price, the market capitalization of the company stands at $1.60B and it has 161.37M outstanding shares. Pandora Media, Inc. (Pandora) is an Internet radio in the United States. As of January 31, 2011, it had over 80 million registered users. The Music Genome Project and its playlist generating algorithms enable it to deliver personalized radio to its listeners. When a listener enters a single song, artist or genre to start a station, a process it calls seeding, the Music Genome Project together with its playlist generating algorithms, allows it to instantly generate a station. It generates revenue from advertising. It also offers a subscription service to listeners. The Pandora service allows listeners to seed personalized stations with artists, composers, songs and genres or choose stations organized by genre. Listeners can create up to 100 personalized stations and use its QuickMix combination feature to listen to two or more of their stations at one time.
