WSJ | Most Actives Closing May 1, 2014.

THE WALL STREET JOURNAL Most Actives Closing

Most Active Stocks by Volume 4:47 pm ET 05/01/2014 NYSE ISSUE VOLUME PRICE CHG % CHG Bank of America (BAC) 67,420,950 $15.09 -0.05 -0.33 Rite Aid (RAD) 65,332,451 7.70 0.40 5.48 Pfizer (PFE) 39,522,689 31.15 -0.13 -0.42 Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) 37,452,359 4.20 0.11 2.69 Sprint (S) 33,536,596 8.73 0.23 2.71 Ford Motor (F) 30,476,859 15.91 -0.24 -1.49 AT&T (T) 27,678,339 35.58 -0.12 -0.34 General Electric (GE) 24,519,991 26.77 -0.12 -0.45 Verizon Communications (VZ) 22,540,029 47.22 0.49 1.05 Yelp (YELP) 22,367,558 64.02 5.70 9.77 Avon Products (AVP) 20,874,011 13.72 -1.56 -10.21 Pepco Holdings (POM) 18,421,033 26.93 0.17 0.64 Alpha Natural Resources (ANR) 18,010,319 4.53 0.23 5.35 General Motors (GM) 17,703,190 34.90 0.42 1.22 EMC (EMC) 15,831,117 25.62 -0.18 -0.70 Twitter (TWTR) 15,580,959 39.09 0.12 0.31 SunEdison (SUNE) 15,425,490 20.32 1.09 5.67 Coca-Cola (KO) 15,219,644 40.78 -0.01 -0.02 Boston Scientific (BSX) 14,284,001 12.60 -0.01 -0.08 Regions Financial (RF) 13,990,579 10.21 0.07 0.69 Pandora Media (P) 13,973,391 24.71 1.29 5.51 Oracle (ORCL) 13,862,278 40.97 0.09 0.22 Exelon (EXC) 13,429,318 35.99 0.96 2.74 Emulex (ELX) 13,244,237 4.96 -2.19 -30.63 Barrick Gold (ABX) 13,176,679 17.11 -0.36 -2.06

Nasdaq ISSUE VOLUME PRICE CHG % CHG Facebook Cl A (FB) 81,975,599 $61.15 1.37 2.29 Sirius XM Holdings (SIRI) 62,423,257 3.21 0.03 0.79 PowerShares QQQ Trust Series 1 (QQQ) 35,585,100 87.65 0.26 0.30 SLM (SLM) 28,757,543 9.02 -0.18 -1.96 Microsoft (MSFT) 28,418,170 40.00 -0.40 -0.99 Micron Technology (MU) 28,171,285 26.25 0.13 0.50 Merrimack Pharmaceuticals (MACK) 27,547,628 6.99 2.60 59.23 Zynga (ZNGA) 26,878,445 3.90 -0.15 -3.70 JDS Uniphase (JDSU) 26,491,825 10.87 -1.80 -14.21 NewLead Holdings (NEWL) 21,608,288 0.09 -0.02 -21.73 Yahoo! (YHOO) 19,408,740 36.51 0.56 1.56 Intel (INTC) 19,382,864 26.45 -0.24 -0.90 Capstone Turbine (CPST) 17,455,451 1.78 -0.28 -13.59 Cisco Systems (CSCO) 17,202,498 23.01 -0.10 -0.43 Gilead Sciences (GILD) 15,825,851 79.02 0.53 0.68 Groupon (GRPN) 15,732,220 7.08 0.09 1.29 Applied Materials (AMAT) 14,441,694 18.88 -0.18 -0.94 BlackBerry (BBRY) 14,050,282 7.97 0.31 4.05 Comcast Cl A (CMCSA) 13,351,976 52.11 0.35 0.68 Atmel (ATML) 12,991,616 7.60 -0.17 -2.19 RF Micro Devices (RFMD) 12,637,166 8.55 0.11 1.30 eBay (EBAY) 12,582,803 51.69 -0.14 -0.27 Frontier Communications (FTR) 12,123,424 5.93 -0.02 -0.34 21st Century Fox Cl A (FOXA) 11,950,298 32.47 0.45 1.41 Flextronics International (FLEX) 11,580,814 9.23 0.24 2.67

NYSE Arca ISSUE VOLUME PRICE CHG % CHG SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY) 85,869,450 $188.32 0.01 0.01 iShares Russell 2000 ETF (IWM) 74,699,803 111.94 -0.04 -0.04 iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF (EEM) 30,487,784 41.38 0.05 0.12 iShares MSCI Japan ETF (EWJ) 30,174,741 11.22 0.14 1.26 Select Sector SPDR-Financial (XLF) 26,839,668 22.00 0.04 0.18 Direxion Daily Small Cap Bear 3x Shares (TZA) 25,433,031 17.20 0.03 0.17 iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF (IEF) 21,811,066 102.41 0.29 0.29 Barclays Bank iPath S&P 500 VIX Short Term Futures ETN (VXX) 20,808,158 40.21 -0.04 -0.10 Market Vectors ETF Trust Market Vectors Gold Miners (GDX) 20,782,963 23.79 -0.32 -1.33 Select Sector SPDR-Utilities (XLU) 18,876,855 43.39 0.18 0.42 iShares MSCI EAFE ETF (EFA) 16,447,053 68.51 0.19 0.28 iShares U.S. Real Estate ETF (IYR) 15,909,024 70.26 0.54 0.77 ProShares Ultra 7-10 Year Treas (UST) 12,382,474 52.67 0.29 0.55 ProShares Ultra Russell2000 (UWM) 12,241,370 79.39 -0.12 -0.15 iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (TLT) 11,372,350 112.02 1.19 1.07 iShares China Large-Cap ETF (FXI) 11,345,845 34.99 0.06 0.17 Direxion Daily Small Cap Bull 3x Shares (TNA) 11,065,011 68.63 -0.22 -0.32 Select Sector SPDR-Energy (XLE) 10,669,406 93.53 -0.21 -0.22 Select Sector SPDR-Industrial (XLI) 10,184,358 52.90 -0.13 -0.25 Select Sector SPDR-Consumer Staples (XLP) 9,633,960 44.20 -0.04 -0.09 VelocityShares 3x Inverse Natural Gas ETN linked to the S&P GSCI Natural Gas Index Excess Return (DGAZ) 9,269,482 2.82 0.13 4.83 Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF (VWO) 8,670,393 40.97 0.03 0.07 iShares Silver Trust (SLV) 8,452,713 18.35 -0.11 -0.60 iShares MSCI Brazil Capped ETF (EWZ) 8,401,168 46.86 -0.18 -0.38 iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (HYG) 7,317,412 93.82 -0.10 -0.10

Composite ISSUE VOLUME PRICE CHG % CHG SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY) 85,869,450 $188.32 0.01 0.01 Facebook Cl A (FB) 81,975,599 61.15 1.37 2.29 iShares Russell 2000 ETF (IWM) 74,699,803 111.94 -0.04 -0.04 Bank of America (BAC) 67,420,950 15.09 -0.05 -0.33 Rite Aid (RAD) 65,332,451 7.70 0.40 5.48 Sirius XM Holdings (SIRI) 62,423,257 3.21 0.03 0.79 Pfizer (PFE) 39,522,689 31.15 -0.13 -0.42 Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) 37,452,359 4.20 0.11 2.69 PowerShares QQQ Trust Series 1 (QQQ) 35,585,100 87.65 0.26 0.30 Sprint (S) 33,536,596 8.73 0.23 2.71 iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF (EEM) 30,487,784 41.38 0.05 0.12 Ford Motor (F) 30,476,859 15.91 -0.24 -1.49 iShares MSCI Japan ETF (EWJ) 30,174,741 11.22 0.14 1.26 SLM (SLM) 28,757,543 9.02 -0.18 -1.96 Microsoft (MSFT) 28,418,170 40.00 -0.40 -0.99 Micron Technology (MU) 28,171,285 26.25 0.13 0.50 AT&T (T) 27,678,339 35.58 -0.12 -0.34 Merrimack Pharmaceuticals (MACK) 27,547,628 6.99 2.60 59.23 Zynga (ZNGA) 26,878,445 3.90 -0.15 -3.70 Select Sector SPDR-Financial (XLF) 26,839,668 22.00 0.04 0.18 JDS Uniphase (JDSU) 26,491,825 10.87 -1.80 -14.21 Direxion Daily Small Cap Bear 3x Shares (TZA) 25,433,031 17.20 0.03 0.17 General Electric (GE) 24,519,991 26.77 -0.12 -0.45 Verizon Communications (VZ) 22,540,029 47.22 0.49 1.05 Yelp (YELP) 22,367,558 64.02 5.70 9.77   See All Most Actives

Footnotes Includes common, closed end funds, ETFs, ETNs and REITS x - stock is trading ex-dividend Source: WSJ Market Data Group

How did Wall Street Close Yesterday May 1, 2014? - by MarketWatch.

By Anora Mahmudova, MarketWatch 

NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — The U.S. stock market ended Thursday’s choppy trade generally lower as traders stuck to the sidelines ahead of the key jobs report due Friday morning.

The benchmark S&P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average broke their three-day run as investors assessed a slew of mixed economic reports and earnings results. TheNasdaq Composite defied the trend and closed higher for the third straight day.

Consumer spending and ISM reports were better than expected, while jobless claims and construction spending missed forecasts.

The S&P 500 SPX -0.01%  ended the day less than a point lower at 1,883.68. The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA -0.13%  lost 21.97 points, or 0.1%, to 16,558.87, retreating from the record closing level reached on Wednesday. The Nasdaq CompositeCOMP +0.31%  added 12.9 points, or 0.3% to 4,127.45.

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Nicholas Colas, chief market strategist at ConvergEx Group, a global brokerage company based in New York, described the markets as ‘faith-based’.

“Markets are mirroring the economy and investors are putting a lot of faith in big improvements in the second half,” Colas said.

Spending, manufacturing improve

A hint of “spring snapback” was present in consumer spending data. Spending by American households accelerated in March, rising by the most since August 2009, the Commerce Department reported Thursday.

U.S. manufacturing companies expanded in April at the fastest pace since the end of last year, a survey from the Institute for Supply Management showed.

The number of people filing for state unemployment benefits rose for the second straight week, the Labor Department reported Thursday. Still, some economists dismissed it as seasonality.

“This report screams ‘Easter seasonal adjustments,’ so we are inclined to ignore it. What matters is where claims settle over the next few weeks, as the Easter hit fades,” wrote Ian Shepherdson, chief economist at Pantheon Macroeconomics.

Outlays for U.S. construction projects rose 0.2% in March to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $942.5 billion, led by private residential projects, the U.S. Commerce Department reported Thursday.

The jobs report, the most important measure of the U.S. economy, is scheduled to be released at 8:30 a.m. Eastern on Friday. Read: What to look for in April U.S. jobs report

Yelp rallies, Motorola falls

In earnings news, shares of Yelp Inc. YELP -0.34%  rallied 9.8% after the online-review company said after the closing bell on Wednesday that revenue jumped to $76.4 million in the first quarter, from $46.1 million.

Motorola Solutions Inc. MSI -1.46%  first-quarter net earnings came in slightly below expectations, as sales dropped. The company also projects revenue decline in the second quarter. Shares fell 1.5%.

Viacom Inc. VIAB +0.04%  reportedsecond-quarter profit ahead of expectations and said it would buy the U.K.’s Channel 5 Broadcasting Ltd. for 450 million pounds ($761 million). Shares slipped 1.7%.

ConocoPhillips COP +0.97%  said profitdropped in the first quarter, but revenue rose. Shares rose 1%.

Weight Watchers International Inc.WTW +19.75%  shares jumped 20% after the weight-loss company late Wednesday reported profit that topped expectations.

In other financial markets, trading in Asia and Europe was muted as most bourses were closed to observe the May Day holiday.

Gold prices fell GCM4 +0.12% , while oil prices CLM4 +0.45%  moved further below the $100-a-barrel level.

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Anora Mahmudova is a MarketWatch markets reporter based in New York.