On the upside
Brigham Exploration (Nasdaq: BEXP) announced that its Figaro 29-32 well produced 1,895 barrels of oil equivalents per day and said that overall oil volumes will increase in the third quarter.
America's Car Mart (Nasdaq: CRMT) reported higher first quarter earnings that topped estimates as same store sales rose.
EDAP TMS (Nasdaq: EDAP) impressed with sharply higher earnings and revenue.
On the downside
A late stage clinical trial of Acadia Pharmaceuticals' (Nasdaq: ACAD) Parkinson's disease psychosis treatment failed.
CIT Group (NYSE: CIT) deferred interest payments for some notes.
A San Francisco judge delayed Rambus' (NYSE: RMBS) antitrust case against Micron Technology (NYSE: MU), Hynix Semiconductor and Samsung Electronics.
In the broad market, declining issues outpaced advancers by a margin of more than 4 to 1 on the NYSE and by nearly 4 to 1 on Nasdaq. The Russell 2000 which tracks small cap stocks fell 13 points to 558.
