The S&P 500 Index (INDEXSP:.INX) trimmed gains, closing the benchmark index down for the fourth time in past five business days, as the boost in Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) weakened and banks declined. Apple (AAPL), which was predicted to sell 10 million iPhone5s last weekend in the device’s market appearance, gained 0.2 percent after advancing almost 0.9 percent. Of the S&P 500 sectors, Materials producers, consumer staples, and bank stocks led the most fall.
Kraft Foods Inc. (NASDAQ:KFT) traded near highs as is set to spin off its North American grocery business, to be named Kraft Foods Group Inc., on first of coming month. In the last trading session, the stock’s price moved 39.20% above their 200 day moving average, changing hands as low as $41.65 per share.
In the last trading session, the stock’s price moved 39.20% above their 200 day moving average, changing hands as low as $41.65 per share. The stock is currently trading 3.95% up their SMA 50. The worst hit in its 52 weeks range is $31.88 per share, with $42.44 being the 52 weeks best price, which compares with a latest closing price of $41.78. The Beta of this stock is 0.54.
Pfizer Inc. (NYSE:PFE) broke 52-week high and Bristol Myers Squibb Co. (NYSE:BMY) jumped on Friday. Recently both have declared that the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has shown a positive opinion suggesting that ELIQUIS® (apixaban) be approved for the prevention of stroke and systemic embolism in adult patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation (NVAF) and one or more risk factors for stroke.
For this company, a return on equity of 10.49 percent was realized due to the financial situation. Last twelve months’ earnings per share reached a value of $1.15. Last fiscal year, $0.88 has been paid in form of dividends to investors. Earnings are projected to move up 2.12 percent for the coming five years. The stock closed at $24.51, up 0.10 points or 0.43% from previous close and at a distance of +2.06% from 20-day simple moving average.
Other than the S&P 500 companies Weatherford International Ltd. (NYSE:WFT) managed to recover from early fall in last minutes of the trade on Friday after a wave of buy orders swept into U.S. markets, despite Swiss stock regulators said earlier in the day they were investigating the company.
The stock moved down -7.51% in this year and its price history showed most recently beta was at 1.78. Overall during the last 12 months, the percentage change in the price was 0.37%, hitting the highest of $18.33 on Feb 19, 2012 while lowest level in that period was $10.85 on Oct 04, 2011.
Sirius XM Radio Inc. (NASDAQ:SIRI) declined due to its ongoing war of words with Liberty Media. Shares of this company traded down -1.17% during trading Friday, hitting $2.58. The stock has a 52 weeks low of $1.27 and a 52 weeks high of $2.64. The company has a market cap of $9.74 billion and a P/E ratio of 4.79. The P/S ratio is 3.09 and P/B ratio 2.44. The beta value is 2.10. SIRI’s RSI amounts to 58.91.