Several stocks made new 52-week highs today on large volume.
Adams Respiratory Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: ARXT): Personal care products maker Reckitt Benckiser made a buy-out offer. Shares moved up to $59.30 against a 52-week low of $27.25.
MGI Pharma, Inc. (NASDAQ: MOGN): Japanese pharmaceutical maker Eisai will buy the company. Shares rose to $40.23 compared to 52-week low of $16.98.
Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: MLNM): This company's late stage cancer drug shows promise. The company hit $16.62, well up from 52-week low of $9.49.
Canadian Solar Inc. (NASDAQ: CSIQ): A new contract for peer LDK Solar Co., Ltd. (NYSE: LDK) pulled the entire sector higher. Canadian Solar hit $24.83 against a 52-week low of $6.50.
DynCorp International Inc. (NYSE: DCP): A new Army contract boosted shares to $25.97, compared with a 52-week low of $13.51.
Douglas A. McIntyre is an editor at 247wallst.com.
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