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Market Movers: Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (NYSE:BABA), Applied Materials, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMAT), ATRION Corp. (NASDAQ:ATRI), Mattersight Corporation (NASDAQ:MATR), Ecolab Inc. (NYSE:ECL)

Market Movers: Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (NYSE:BABA), Applied Materials, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMAT), ATRION Corp. (NASDAQ:ATRI), Mattersight Corporation (NASDAQ:MATR), Ecolab Inc. (NYSE:ECL)
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Charles Donlon
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November 6, 2014
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Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (NYSE:BABA)'s e-commerce and mobile businesses surged in the September quarter, far outpacing its rivals' and glossing over weakening margins and decelerating earnings growth. Its shares edged as much as 3 percent higher to a record high after the Chinese e-commerce company reported a brisk 49 percent rise in the gross value of merchandise sold. Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (NYSE:BABA) belongs to Services sector. Its net profit margin is 56.00% and weekly performance is 10.54%. On last trading day company shares ended up $108.67. Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (NYSE:BABA) distance from 50-day simple moving average (SMA50) is 19.02%. Applied Materials, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMAT) will hold a webcast to discuss its fourth quarter and fiscal 2014 financial results, along with its business outlook, on Thursday, Nov. 13, 2014, at 4:30 p.m. ET (1:30 p.m. PT). Applied Materials, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMAT) shares moved up 2.40% in last trading session and ended the day at $22.61. AMAT Gross Margin is 41.80% and its return on assets is 8.00%. Applied Materials, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMAT) quarterly performance is 9.76%. John Miner, currently a Senior Consultant at Atrion Corp. (NASDAQ:ATRI) providing Database and Business Intelligence solutions to local companies, has been awarded by Microsoft the prestigious designation of Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) for SQL Server. This award marks the third Microsoft MVP on staff for Atrion. On 05 November, ATRION Corp. (NASDAQ:ATRI) shares moved down -0.52% and was closed at $330.64. ATRI EPS growth in last 5 year was 11.00%. ATRION Corp. (NASDAQ:ATRI) year to date (YTD) performance is 12.33%. Mattersight Corporation (NASDAQ: MATR) said that Esurance is deploying Mattersight Predictive Behavioral Routing, following a successful pilot and building upon earlier successes with Mattersight Behavioral Analytics. Mattersight Corporation (NASDAQ:MATR) ended the last trading day at $5.45. Company weekly volatility is calculated as 7.23% and price to cash ratio as 9.30. Mattersight Corporation (NASDAQ:MATR) showed a weekly performance of -2.68%. Ecolab Inc. (NYSE:ECL)‘s stock had its “overweight” rating restated by JPMorgan Chase & Co. in a research note issued on Wednesday, 29 October 2014. Ecolab Inc. (NYSE:ECL) shares moved up 1.02% in last trading session and ended the day at $110.46. ECL Gross Margin is 45.80% and its return on assets is 5.90%. Ecolab Inc. (NYSE:ECL) quarterly performance is 2.48%.

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