Among the stock activity stories for Monday, March 31, from AP Financial News:
NEW YORK (AP) _ VMware Inc. shares declined Monday after some analysts lowered their price targets and estimates for the virtualization software maker, citing economic concerns and its exposure to enterprise license agreements.
NEW YORK (AP) _ Shares of Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. jumped Monday after the company cited data from a midstage study showing hepatitis C patients responded to its experimental drug telaprevir.
NEW YORK (AP) _ Shares of Omrix Biopharmaceuticals Inc. spiked Monday, as an analyst maintained that the company's biosurgery franchise with health care products maker Johnson & Johnson is the best in the industry.
NEW YORK (AP) _ Shares in business software company RightNow Technologies Inc. rose after Pacific Growth Equities analyst Derrick Wood upgraded the stock to "Buy" from "Neutral," noting RightNow's improving internal structure.