(EMAILWIRE.COM, September 03, 2010 ) New York, NY -Following are among the most active mid cap stock movers based on the market capitalization of $2bln-$10bln.


Mariner Energy, Inc. (NYSE:ME) dropped 2.57% to $22.75 on over 48.89 million shares after the U.S. Coast Guard reported a fire at the company's Vermillion rig in the Gulf of Mexico. A company spokesman told CNBC the offshore well was shut in at the time, with no oil in production at the location.


So far, the market capitalization of the stock stood at $2.35 billion. Over the past 52-weeks, the stock has been trading within the range of $11.35-$26.32.


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3PAR Inc. (NYSE:PAR) surged 2.49% to $32.88 on over 29.54 million shares. Data storage firm 3Par said Thursday that Hewlett-Packard Co. has raised its offer to buy the company for $33 a share, for a valuation of roughly $2.4 billion. That offer tops a revised bid from Dell Inc. which had raised its price to $32 a share after H-P boosted its bid to $30 a share.

Today, the stock made its new 52-week high of $33.84. The volumes were massive today at 29.54million shares as compared to its daily average volume of 5.55 million shares.


H&R Block, Inc. (NYSE:HRB) lost 2.86% to $12.57 on over 14.09 million shares after it created its new 52-week low of $12.51. After the market hours, the company today reported a fiscal first-quarter net loss of $131 million, or 41 cents a share, late Thursday. That compares to a net loss of $133.6 million, or 40 cents a share, in the same period a year earlier.


H&R Block was expected to lose 41 cents a share, according to the average estimate of analysts in a FactSet survey.


Tyson Foods, Inc. (NYSE:TSN) fell 3.32% to close the day at $16.04 on over 10.52 million shares. Today, 10.52 million shares have been traded as compared to its daily average volume of 4.68 million shares.

Moody's Investors Service on Thursday upgraded Tyson Foods Inc.'s corporate family and probability of default ratings to Ba2 from Ba3 due to the significant improvement in the company's debt capital structure and the relatively attractive operating environment.

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