Stocks Suddenly Spurt by Unusual Volume (NPSP, AEZS, LPI, KMI)

Los Angelas, CA -- (SBWIRE) -- 10/12/2012 -- NPS Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(NASDAQ:NPSP) shares decreased 0.44% and closed at $9.13 in the previous trading session. Morgan Stanley began coverage on shares of NPSP in a research note issued to investors this week. The firm issued an overweight rating on the stock. Separately, analysts at MLV Capital initiated coverage on shares of Nps Pharmaceuticals on October 3. They set a buy rating and a $15.00 price target on the stock. NPSP will be up 14.57% this morning at $10.46. NPSP has traded 3.9 million shares so far today, 4 times its daily average. NPSP shares are up today after an FDA panel was “in general agreement” with NPSP on its short bowel drug. The company has a market cap of 916.98 million.

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AEterna Zentaris (NASDAQ:AEZS) is -0.70 - -22.44% from the previous close of $3.12. It traded between $2.35 - 2.48 with total traded volume of 3479783 shares. Keep a close eye on AEZS, as the stock has been showing unusual moves over the past weeks. At Current market price, AEZS has recovered +6.14% from its 52-week Low of 2.28 and has Pulled back -81.41% from its 52-week high of 13.02.Shares dropped 23.7% to $2.38 in recent premarket trading, below the offer price of $2.50 a unit.Each unit consists of one common share and 0.45 of a warrant to buy one common share, at a purchase price of $2.50 a unit and at an exercise price of $3.45 a share for five years.The company has a market capitalization of $58 million according to FactSet. As of Aug. 14, it had about 111 million shares outstanding.In May, the drug development company filed plans to offer up to $100 million of its shares or warrants to raise funds for general corporate purposes.Aeterna said it expects net proceeds from the offering of about $15.2 million.

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Laredo Petroleum Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:LPI) is an independent energy company focused on the exploration, development and acquisition of oil and natural gas in the Permian and Mid-Continent regions of the United States.Laredo Petroleum Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (NYSE: LPI) (the "Company" or "Laredo Petroleum"), announced today the pricing of the underwritten secondary public offering of 12,500,000 shares of its common stock by affiliates of Warburg Pincus LLC, the selling stockholders, at a price to the public of $20.25 per share. In addition, the selling stockholders have granted the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase, on the same terms and conditions, up to 1,875,000 additional shares from the selling stockholders.Shares of Laredo Petroleum (NYSE:LPI) are trading at $21.135 and is -3.52% from its 50-day Moving Average price of $21.9071 and -5.03% from its 200-day Moving Average price of $22.2533. The average trading volume is 189402 shares and its market capitalization is $2.683B.

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Kinder Morgan, Inc. (NYSE:KMI) owns and manages a diversified portfolio of energy transportation and storage assets. The Company operates in five business segments: Products Pipelines-KPM, Natural Gas Pipelines-KMP, CO2-KMP, Terminals-KMP and Kinder Morgan Canada-KMP.Kinder Morgan Inc. (NYSE:KMI) is currently trading at $34 down -3.1% in pre-market on 84050 shares traded. KMI is trading -1.18% below its 50 day moving average and 2.67% above its 200 day moving average. KMI is -11.17% below its 52-week higher and 38.15% above its 52-week low. KMI's PE ratio is 60.50 and their market cap is $36.40B.It declined 2.39 percent to $34.25 in pre-market trading. The stock has a 52-week low of $26.40, a 52-week high of $40.25 and $39.76 billion in market capitalization.

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