Monday, October 3, 2011

Pharmasset - VRUS - Barchart Chart of the Day

Barchart.coms Chart of the Day - Pharmasset (VRUS)
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VRUS - Pharmasset
Sym Last Chg Pct
VRUS 82.37 +5.07 +6.56%
The "Chart of the Day" is Pharmasset (VRUS), which showed up on Friday's Barchart "All Time High" list. Pharmasset on Friday rallied by 6.56% and posted a new all-time high of $85.32. TrendSpotter has been Long on Pharmasset since Aug 29 at $67.00. In recent news on the stock, Goldman Sachs on Sep 8 mentioned Pharmasset as one of 7 biotech companies that are potential M&A candidates. Piper Jaffray on Sep 7 initiated coverage on Pharmasset with an Overweight and a target of $90. Brean Murray on Sep 7 reiterated its Buy rating and raised its target to $105 from $87 due to positive sales results from Pharmasset's hepatitis-C drug. Pharmasset, with a market cap of $4.8 billion, is a clinical-stage pharmaceutical company committed to discovering, developing and commercializing novel drugs to treat viral infections.

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How we found the Chart of the Day:
We found the "Chart of the Day" by scanning the Barchart "All Time High" list. In order to get to that list, we first clicked on the Stocks menu item on the Barchart home page, then on the "All Time Highs" menu item on the left menu bar. We then sorted the list by percentage gainers by clicking on the "Percent" column title. A stock that has posted a new All-Time high is typically showing strong upside momentum.
The status of Barchart's Opinion trading systems are listed below. Please note that the Barchart Opinion indicators are updated live during the session every 10 minutes and can therefore change during the day as the market fluctuates. The indicator numbers shown below therefore may not match what you see live on the Barchart.com web site when you read this report.
  • TrendSpotter: Buy
  • Short-Term Indicators: 80% Buy
  • Medium-Term Indicators: 100% Buy
  • Long-Term Indicators: 100% Buy
  • Overall Average 96% Buy


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