Free Research Reports on GNK, MHR, PTIE and SNTA Issued by the Bedford Report

NEW YORK, NY -- (Marketwired) -- 05/08/13 -- The Bedford Report has released new equity reports today. As a leading provider of free in depth reports and timely market updates, Bedford is an essential resource for hundreds of thousands of investors across the country.

Genco Shipping & Trading Ltd. (NYSE: GNK) shares fell 18.6 percent on volume of over 6.0 million shares traded Tuesday. The company reported their net loss grew to $48.2 million, or $1.12 per share basic and diluted, for the first quarter of 2013, from $33.1 million, or $0.87 per share basic and diluted, a year ago.

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Magnum Hunter Resources Corp. (NYSE: MHR) shares surged nearly 8.0 percent on volume of over 4.0 million shares traded Tuesday. The company announced that its subsidiary, Alpha Hunter Drilling, LLC, has acquired a new robotic drilling rig for use in the Utica formation for the next three years.

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Pain Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: PTIE) shares spiked roughly 15.0 percent on more than double the average daily volume Tuesday. The WSJ recently reported that a large number of pharmaceutical companies are looking to develop painkillers that are abuse proof following the FDA's decision to block the sale of a generic version of OxyContin, which was easier to "abuse" than the original.

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Synta Pharmaceuticals Corp. (NASDAQ: SNTA) shares declined 14.0 percent on more than nine times the average daily volume Tuesday. BMO Capital has recently downgraded the biotech company's rating to "market perform" from "outperform" and has also slashed its price target to $9.00 from $18.00.

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