Leading Percent Gainers (JCP, WLT, KERX, GFA)

Los Angelas, CA -- (SBWIRE) -- 10/12/2012 -- J. C. Penney Company(NYSE:JCP), Inc. is a holding company, whose business consists of selling merchandise and services to consumers through its department stores and Direct channels. It sells family apparel and footwear, accessories, fine and fashion jewelry, etc.Shares of J.C. Penny Compa (NYSE:JCP) are trading at $26.18 and is +0.60% of its 50-day Moving Average price of $26.0226 and -2.56% from its 200-day Moving Average price of $26.8688. The average trading volume is 9350340 shares and its market capitalization is $5.736B.J. C. Penney Company Inc. (NYSE:JCP) is currently trading at $25.771 down -1.6% in after-hours on 267760 shares traded. JCP is trading 4.93% above its 50 day moving average and -13.47% below its 200 day moving average. JCP is -39.03% below its 52-week higher and 37.36% above its 52-week low.

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Walter Energy, Inc.(NYSE:WLT) stock gained 4.72% to $36.80. The company provided comments on its preliminary third quarter 2012 results and announced that it will release its third quarter 2012 earnings results after the market closes on Monday, November 5, 2012, and will conduct a conference call to be broadcast live via the Internet on Tuesday, November 6, 2012.Since the first of the year, the price of Walter Energy Inc. (NYSE:WLT) is down 41.9%. Walter Energy is a producer and exporter of metallurgical coal for the global steel industry. Shares of Walter Energy, In (NYSE: WLT) are trading at $37.68 and is +10.22% of its 50-day Moving Average price of $34.1866 and -16.97% from its 200-day Moving Average price of $45.3833. The average trading volume is 3188440 shares and its market capitalization is $2.356B.

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Keryx Biopharmaceuticals(NASDAQ:KERX) stock increased 1.09% to $2.78 in the last trading session. Keryx stock had its price target boosted by Ladenburg Thalmann from $3.00 to $5.00 in a research report released today. Ladenburg Thalmann currently has a buy rating on the stock.Separately, analysts at Oppenheimer reiterated an outperform rating on shares of Keryx in a research note to investors on September 5.KERX shares moved up 5.4% to $2.93/share by afternoon trading, due to an upgraded price target of $5.00/share (from $3.00/share) issued by Landernburg Thalmann, bringing the shares to a new post-perifosine high. This is a textbook example of a "breakout", which may get some technical traders interested.

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Gafisa S.A. (NYSE:GFA) is currently trading at $4.1875 down -2.2% in after-hours on 10800 shares traded. GFA is trading 10.91% above its 50 day moving average and 5.51% above its 200 day moving average. GFA is -47.16% below its 52-week higher and 108.78% above its 52-week low. Gafisa SA is a homebuilder in Brazil. It is engaged in the development of residential buildings, land subdivisions and entry-level houses. It also provides construction services to third parties.Shares of Gafisa SA traded up 2.24% during mid-day trading on Thursday, hitting $4.10. Gafisa SA has a 52 week low of $2.05 and a 52 week high of $8.10. The company’s market cap is $886.2 million.

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