The breakout could come with only 60% of normal volume and be just as meaningful.
But at about 2 pm EST, News Corp. shares started to rise on heavier than normal volume.
And if it is rising on higher than normal volume, it will keep rising until it levels off.
If a stock is going down on heavier than normal volume, this means it will keep falling until it reaches a point of equilibrium.
They were worried they were getting orders but not a normal volume, the lights are on but a router upstream may have failed and slowed things down.
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Whatever transpired, between Oct. 1 and Oct. 4 last year, shares in the company slumped 17% on four times their normal volume (see Schering-Plough's Scary Silence).
Phil Neugebauer, spokesman at Allianz Global Investors, said that Allianz's call centers, which also handle customer inquiries for subsidiary Pimco's mutual funds, reported "no greater than normal volume" of calls Monday.
The city of Fairfield, which has three affected train stations, sent out a message telling commuters there will not be enough extra buses to handle normal passenger volume on Monday.
One micro-cap company that has been generating a lot of press over last few days popped onto my screen after trading over forty times its normal share volume on Wednesday May 1.
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This gain was on normal trading volume and completely consistent with the bullish move in other solar-related stocks today such as such as GT Advanced Technologies (GTAT), First Solar (FSLR), MEMC Electronic Materials (WFR), SunPower Corp. (SPWR) and Veeco Instruments (VECO).
Trading continued in fixed income, currencies and commodities, though volume was lighter than normal, as trading floors in New York were closed.
Market volume is around half the normal size.
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When the researchers infused the drug into mice with DMD they found it restored the volume of the hearts major pumping chamber to that of normal mice.
What's more, trading volume in Schering shares jumped to more than four times its normal level on each of those days, topping 33 million shares Oct. 4.
The company added the volume of calls it is receiving means response times are likely to be slower than normal.
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