Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated, Tractor Supply Company Among Stocks Down on Above-average Volume Tuesday

These are stocks that are down on high volume today:

  • Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (NASDAQ:VRTX) is seeing its price fall on above-normal volume today, as 12.9 million shares have moved, or 3.9 times its average daily volume. Shares have fallen 14.2% to $55.64. The stock is trading 10.4% above its 50-day moving average and 26.2% above its 200-day moving average.
  • Trading at a volume of 1.8 million, or 1.8 times its average daily volume, Tractor Supply Company (NASDAQ:TSCO) is down on high volume today. The stock is down 7.5% to $92.10. The share price has been slipping in the last month, down $7.38 (-7.4%) from $99.48 on April 27, 2012. The stock is trading 7.6% above its 200-day moving average.
  • Sanderson Farms (NASDAQ:SAFM) is trading down on above-normal volume today, seeing a price drop on a volume of 301,928, or 1.8 times its average daily volume. Shares have dropped 6.1% to $51.01. The stock is down over the last two months, having fallen $2.31 (-4.3%) from a price of $53.32 on March 29, 2012. The stock has dropped a step closer to its 200-day moving average, sitting just 0.5% above the mark.
  • Complete Genomics (NASDAQ:GNOM) is down on high volume today, trading with volume of 5.2 million, or 1.8 times its average daily volume. The stock price had dipped 7.3% to $2.78. The stock has moved down across its 50-day moving average of $2.38 today.
  • Tortoise Energy Infrastructure (NYSE:TYG) is trading down on a volume of 185,047, or 1.7 times its average daily volume. A decrease of 2.2% has brought the stock price to $37.38. Over the last month, the share price has dropped $4.26 (-10.2%) from $41.64 on April 27, 2012. The stock is trading at 92.4% of its 50-day moving average and 93.2% of its 200-day moving average.
  • Bravo Brio Restaurant Group (NASDAQ:BBRG) is trading down on above-average volume today, seeing a price drop on a volume of 212,438, or 1.8 times its average daily volume. At $16.99, shares are down 1%.
  • Fox Chase Bancorp (NASDAQ:FXCB) is trading down on above-normal volume today, seeing a price drop on a volume of 245,928, or 10.2 times its average daily volume. Shares have dropped 1% to $12.72.
  • Extorre Gold Mines (AMEX:XG) is trading down on a volume of 681,903, or 2.1 times its normal daily volume. The stock is down 12.3% to $2.94. The stock is trading at 77.8% of its 50-day moving average and 44.6% of its 200-day moving average.
  • Tucows (AMEX:TCX) is trading down on a volume of 858,720, or 1.5 times its average daily volume. Trading at $1.55, the stock is down 3.1%. The stock is trading 13.8% above its 50-day moving average and 33.8% above its 200-day moving average.