NEW YORK - Stocks that were moving substantially or trading heavily Tuesday on the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq Stock Market:
NYSE
Home Depot Inc., down $2.09 at $36.22
The home improvement goods retailer said it expects to pay $37 a share in a $10.7 billion stock buyback. That's a little less than half its goal of buying back $22.5 billion in stock, and the price per share is at the low end of the previously announced per-share range of $37 to $42.
Advanced Micro Devices Inc., up 25 cents at $13.25
The chip maker got an upgrade to "Neutral" from "Underperform" from a Credit Suisse analyst, who cited a strong PC market.
NovaStar Financial Inc., down $1.58 at $6.91
The mortgage lender announced it was tightening lending, laying off more than 30 percent of its work force, and pulling a $101 million stock offering.
NASDAQ
Leap Wireless International Inc., up $11.78 at $84.28
In a bid valued at about $5.12 billion, MetroPCS Communications Inc. offered $75.05 worth of its own stock for each share of the cell phone service provider.
Yahoo Inc., up $1.22 at $23.95
A Bear Stearns analyst named the Web portal a "Top Pick," citing branding initiatives, takeover and strategic partnership talks, and the company's new advertising monetization platform, Panama.
ASE Test Ltd., up $2.63 at $14.40
The Taiwanese semiconductor testing services company said ASE Inc., which owns a majority of the company, will take the company private by buying the shares it doesn't directly or indirectly own in a transaction valued at about $784 million.
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