Hot Gainers: Hercules Offshore, Inc., Barclays PLC, Gencorp Inc., Opexa Therapeutics Inc., Gran Tierra Energy Inc.

Lakeway, NY -- (SBWIRE) -- 02/12/2013 -- ThePennyStockProfiler.com, an investment community with a special focus on updating investors with recent news on the U.S. stock market, issues news alert on the following stocks:-

Hercules Offshore, Inc. (NASDAQ:HERO) surged up 4.56% to $7.34 on a traded volume of 68k shares. The Company reported fourth quarter income from continuing operations of $4.3 million or $0.03 per diluted share compared to loss from continuing operations of $21.5 million or $0.16 per diluted share in the prior year period. The revenue was $202.6 million compared to revenue of $162.8 million in the fourth quarter 2011.

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Barclays PLC (ADR) (NYSE:BCS) went up 6.64% to $20.08 on a traded volume of 262k shares. The Company will execute a major restructuring plan under which the lender will slash nearly 3700 employees from investment banking division. The bank has been hit hard by a series of scandals. The restructuring plan is initiated by Barclay’s chief executive officer Mr. Anthony Jenkins as he wishes to gain customer confidence in the region.

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Gencorp Inc. (NYSE:GY) went up 4.65% to $11.26 on a traded volume of 16k shares. The Company released fourth quarter results. Net sales were $298.2 million compared to $252.2 million in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2011. Net income for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2012 was $2.8 million or $0.05 diluted income per share compared to net income of $0.5 million or $0.01 diluted income per share in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2011.

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Opexa Therapeutics Inc. (NASDAQ:OPXA) moved up 3.94% to $2.64 on a traded volume of 62k shares. The Company entered into an agreement with Merck Serono for the development and commercialization of Tcelna. Tcelna is a potential first-in-class personalized T-cell therapy for patients with multiple sclerosis.

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Gran Tierra Energy Inc. (NYSEAMEX: GTE) increased 5.85% to $5.79 on a traded volume of 129k shares. The Company provided updates for its exploration drilling in Peru and appraisal drilling in Colombia. Gran Tierra Energy has drilled and initial well-log results have been obtained, from the Bretaña Norte 95-2-1XD exploration well. Gran Tierra Energy completed initial testing of Moqueta-8 by collecting reservoir data and fluid samples using a hydraulic jet pump from the Caballos formation, along with the T Sandstone and U Sandstone from the Villeta formations.

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