Notable Gainers: Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, GT Advanced Technologies, Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL), MannKind Corporation (NASDAQ:MNKD)

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Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:LXRX) moved up 7.18% and closed at $2.09 on a traded volume of 970k shares. So far this year, the stock is down over 5%. The 52-week range for the stock is $1.45 and $3.28. Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery and development of breakthrough treatments for human disease.

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GT Advanced Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ:GTAT) soared 2.64% and closed at $2.72 on a traded volume of 3.77 million shares. In the last one year, the stock is down over 66%. The 52-week range for the stock is $2.61 and $8.61. GT Advanced Technologies, Inc. provides semi-custom and specialty process equipment.

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Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) surged up 2.64% and closed at $431.14 on a traded volume of 22.80 million shares. Apple Inc. urged a federal judge to dismiss a consumer lawsuit alleging the company maintains a monopoly over iPhone applications. Attorneys who filed the suit in 2011 claim that a monopoly exists because an iPhone user who doesn’t want to pay what developers charge for applications available through Apple’s App Store can’t go anywhere else to buy them.

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MannKind Corporation (NASDAQ:MNKD) moved up 2.63% and closed at $2.73 on a traded volume of 5.50 million shares. The 52-week range for the stock is $1.57 and $3.11. The Company has Price/Sales ratio of 17,880.17. The 50-Day Moving Average and 200-Day Moving Average prices is $2.54 and $2.39 respectively.

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