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Apple, Eldorado Gold, Newmont Mining: U.S. Equity Movers Final
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By Eric Martin
Nov. 24 (Bloomberg) -- The following is a list of companies whose shares had unusual price changes in U.S. exchanges. Trading in the U.S., which was closed yesterday for the Thanksgiving holiday, closed three hours early today. Stock symbols are in parentheses after company names. Share prices are as of 1:10 p.m. New York time.
Shares of gold producers climbed after the dollar's slide spurred demand for bullion as an alternative investment. Gold for immediate delivery rose 1.2 percent to $639 an ounce in London. The commodity is up 2.8 percent this week.
Newmont Mining Corp. (NEM US), the world's third-biggest gold producer, rose 67 cents, or 1.5 percent, to $45.55. AngloGold Ashanti Ltd. (AU US) American depositary receipts, each representing one ordinary share, gained $1.54, or 3.4 percent, to $46.65. Iamgold Corp. (IAG US) climbed 29 cents, or 3.1 percent, to $9.54. Meridian Gold Inc. (MDG US) rose $1.17, or 4.1 percent, to $29.96. Yamana Gold Inc. (AUY US) added 42 cents, or 3.7 percent, to $11.64. Agnico-Eagle Mines Ltd. (AEM US) rose $1.33, or 3.3 percent, to $41.36. Miramar Mining Corp. (MNG US) rose 20 cents, or 4.3 percent, to $4.90. Eldorado Gold Corp. (EGO US) rose 32 cents, or 6.2 percent, to $5.48.
Advanced Semiconductor Engineering Inc. (ASX US) ADRs, each representing five ordinary shares, gained 80 cents, or 15 percent, to $6.06. The world's largest packager of computer chips was offered a $5.7 billion bid by Carlyle Group as demand for computer and mobile-phone components increases. Carlyle and Advanced Semiconductor Chairman Jason Chang, who holds 18.4 percent of the Taiwan-based company, may bid NT$39 a share for the company, 9.9 percent more than its last closing price, the buyout firm said in a statement.
ASE Test Ltd. (ASTSF US), a unit of Advanced Semiconductor, climbed $1.79, or 18 percent, to $11.50.
Air France-KLM Group (AKH US) ADRs, each representing one ordinary share, fell $2.51, or 6 percent, to $39.16. ABN Amro cut its recommendation on the stock to ``sell'' from ``hold,'' citing anticipated slower earnings growth and a ``no-win situation'' with Italy's unprofitable Alitalia SpA.
Apple Computer Inc. (AAPL US) rose $1.32, or 1.5 percent, to $91.63. The maker of Macintosh notebook computers and iPod music players had its share-price forecast raised at Banc of America Securities to $93 from $84. Analyst Keith Bachman wrote that he expects sales of notebook computers to grow 20 percent in fiscal 2008. He estimated 2008 profit of $3.25 a share on sales of $26.9 billion. Analysts in a Thomson Financial survey on average expect a per-share profit of $3.20 on sales of $26.3 billion.
China Unicom Ltd. (CHU US) ADRs, each representing 10 shares, rose 72 cents, or 6.5 percent, to a two-year high of $11.83. The smaller of China's two cell-phone operators was raised to ``overweight/in-line'' from ``equal-weight/in-line'' by Hong Kong-based analyst Lina Choi at Morgan Stanley.
DryShips Inc. (DRYS US) rose 81 cents, or 5.9 percent, to $14.61. The Greek owner of ships that haul raw materials such as iron ore and coal appointed Gregory Zikos chief financial officer today.
Mills Corp. (MLS US) rose $1.12, or 5.5 percent, to $21.55. The U.S. shopping-mall owner said Nov. 22 in a statement that it reached a final agreement for Colony Capital Acquisitions LLC to take over the $2 billion Meadowlands Xanadu shopping-and- entertainment complex in New Jersey. The agreement ends all of Mills's financial obligations related to the 104-acre project, Mills Chief Executive Officer Mark Ordan said in a Nov. 22 interview.
Systemax Inc. (SYX US) rose $2.08, or 17 percent, to $14.20. The distributor of personal computer hardware said its second- quarter profit increased to 19 cents a share from 4 cents a year earlier.
Technip SA (TKP US) ADRs, each representing one share, rose $3.79, or 5.6 percent, to $71.45. Europe's second-largest oilfield-services provider may receive a bid next week from Eni SpA. The company's market value is 6.2 billion euros ($8.1 billion). Eni, Europe's fourth-biggest oil company, may bid to merge Technip with Saipem SpA, the Milan-based services company in which it holds a 43 percent stake, the La Tribune newspaper said, without citing anybody. A spokesman for Technip said no approach had been made and Eni declined to comment.
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