On the upside
Delta Petroleum (Nasdaq: DPTR) received approval from the Klickitat County Board of Adjustment to drill four exploratory natural gas wells.
JDA Software (Nasdaq: JDAS) repurchased its preferred convertible stock for $30 million.
Rite Aid (NYSE: RAD) will report second quarter earnings on September 24.
On the downside
Shares of Blockbuster (NYSE: BBI) dropped after a report last week that YouTube may stream movie rentals.
Omega Navigation Enterprises (Nasdaq: ONAV) swung to a loss for the second quarter.
Credit Suisse analyst Deepak Sitaraman downgraded Palm (NYSE: PALM) saying that by selecting only one carrier for its Pixi phone will hurt sales.
In the broad market, advancing issues outpaced decliners by a margin of 5 to 2 on the NYSE and by nearly 5 to 2 on Nasdaq. The Russell 2000 which tracks small cap stocks climbed 10 points to 586.