Thursday, April 19, 2007

AMD, Amgen, H.J. Heinz, Textron, St. Jude: U.S. Equity Movers Final

(Bloomberg) -- The following is a list of companies whose shares had unusual price changes in U.S. exchanges today. Stock symbols are in parentheses after company names. Share prices are as of 4 p.m. New York time.

Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD US) gained 37 cents, or 2.7 percent, to $14.28 and rose as much as 5.5 percent on speculation a private equity company will invest in the second-largest maker of personal-computer processors. ``I'm hearing speculation that Silver Lake Partners is prepared to take a 25 percent equity stake in AMD,'' said Marc Weinberger, head trader at W. Quillen Securities in New York. Drew Prairie, a spokesman for Sunnyvale, Advanced Micro, said his company doesn't comment on speculation. Elizabeth Hanahan, a Silver Lake spokeswoman, declined to comment. Intel Corp. (INTC US) rose 49 cents to $21.84.


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