Ethanol stocks were big movers

Ethanol stocks were big movers

May 20, 2008

* After 7 days of green action, early morning action yesterday looked muted. But then a mini buying frenzy kicked in with broad based buy interest. The problem was most things which were running up were overextended and come a long way from their bases.
* Such panic buy after several days of green action looked suspicious, because the normal course of action at such stage is a pullback.
* The sell program kicked in in afternoon and deflated the euphoria. However volume was weak.
* When several high flier started reversing intraday , profit taking in stocks and sectors which had run up a lot kicked in. The market has been acting quite well for the past several weeks, however the leadership has been narrowly focused in energy sector. As a result, many of stocks that investors have been chasing higher and higher have became extremely extended. As a result once some selling kicked in midday holders of those recent high-flying names moved quickly to the exits to protect their gains.
* Further weakness at this stage would be good for the longevity of the rally, however deep buyers might make more attempts to run the market up.

The big movers were beaten down ethanol stocks.

Stocks up 8% plus on high volume
ABH,AbitibiBowater Inc. (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) 
AEZ,American Oil & Gas Inc (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) 
APAC,Apac Customer Services (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) 
AVR,Aventine Renewable Energy Holdings Inc (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) 
BCON,Beacon Power Corp (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) 
BIDZ,Bidz.com Inc (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) 
BMA,Banco Macro S A (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) 
CLMT,Calumet Specialty Products Partners (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) 
CPSL,China Precision Steel Inc (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) 
CQP,Cheniere Energy Partners Lp (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) 
CTDC,China Technology Development Group Corp (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) 
DESC,Distributed Energy Systems (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) 
DIGA,Applied Digital Solution (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) 
ENOC,Enernoc Inc (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) 
ENS,Enersys Inc (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) 
EPEX,Edge Petroleum Corp (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) 
FED,Firstfed Financial Corp (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) 
FNSR,Finisar Corporation (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) 
FPP,Fieldpoint Petroleum Corp (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) 
FTK,Flotek Industries Inc (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) 
GEOI,Georesources Inc (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) 
GSX,Gasco Energy (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) 
HDSN,Hudson Technologies Inc (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) 
HOGS,Zhongpin Inc (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) 
HTM,US Geothermal Inc (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) 
IMGN,Immunogen Inc (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) 
IRSN,Irvine Sensors Corp New (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) 
JADE,Lj Internat Inc (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) 
KUN,China Chenghuo Pharmaceuticals (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) 
LNG,Cheniere Energy Inc (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) 
MEMY,Memory Pharmaceuticals (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) 
MPET,Magellan Petroleum Corp (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) 
MTZ,Mastec Inc (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) 
NBF,Nova Biosource Fuels` Inc (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) 
NOVN,Noven Pharmaceuticals (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) 
OPTM,Optium Corp (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) 
OPTT,Ocean Power Tech Inc (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) 
OSTK,Overstock.com Inc (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) 
PDO,Pyramid Oil (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) 
PEIX,Pacific Ethanol Inc (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) 
PGNX,Progenics Pharm Inc (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) 
PRVT,Private Media Group Inc (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) 
PSEM,Pericom Semiconductor Cp (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) 
QRCP,Quest Resource Corp (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) 
QTWW,Quantum Fuel Sys Techworldwide (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) 
ROYL,Royale Energy Inc (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) 
RTK,Rentech Inc (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) 
SATC,Satcon Technology Corp (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) 
SCSC,Scansource Inc (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) 
SOLF,Solarfun Power Holdings Co Ltd (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) 
SUTR,Sutor Technology Group (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) 
SYNM,Syntroleum Corporation (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) 
TEO,Telecom Argentina Sa (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) 
TKO,Telkonet Inc (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) 
TRMA,Trico Marine Services Inc (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) 
USS,Us Shipping Partners (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) 
VSE,VeraSun Energy Corp (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) 
WNR,Western Refining Inc (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) 
WSCI,Wsi Industries Inc (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart) 
XNL,Xethanol Corp (Google  Yahoo  Earnings  Chart)