Notable 52-Week Highs and Lows of the Day 02/09: (AAPL) (LNG) (V) High; (DMND) (HEK) Low

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This report is an intraday check of some of the more notable stocks that have hit a 52-week high or low so far today.

52-Week High:

Apple Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL) high of $496.75. Apple making a sharp move higher Thursday, possibly on word that an iPad 3 event will be held the first week of March, as well as some positive analyst comments. For about 45 minutes Thursday morning -- from 10:30 to 11:15am -- it didn't look like Apple was going to stop rising, moving from $485 through $495, though the stock did end up flattening out a little bit towards the afternoon.
Cheniere Energy, Inc. (AMEX: LNG) high of $14.64. Cheniere is moving along with nat gas prices Thursday, amid lighter than expected draw data for last week as traders anticipate further cold weather moving in for much of the U.S. Cheniere moved 18 percent to the new high.
Visa (NYSE: V) high of $114.77. Visa moving higher following its first-quarter earnings report Wednesday night. For the quarter, EPS was $1.49 and revs were $2.55 billion, beating views calling for EPS of $1.45 and revs of $2.47 billion. Visa moved nearly 6 percent Thursday to the new mark.
Nuance Communications (Nasdaq: NUAN) high of $31.15. Nuance is catching a little momentum from Apple, where it plays a big part of the Siri voice control system, ahead of its first-quarter earnings report, which is expected out after the market closes. Shares moved 6.2 percent on the session.

52-Week Low:

Diamond Foods (Nasdaq: DMND) low of $21.44. After the marker closed Wednesday, Diamond reported its audit committee thinks 2010, 2011 financials will need to be restated. The company's Chairman and CEO Mendes and CFO Neil have been put on administrative leave. Since the initial release, a number of sources have said P&G (NYSE: PG) will evaluate the next steps in the sale of Pringles. Shares got hit 41.6 percent early to the new low.
Heckmann Corp. (NYSE: HEK) low of $4.81. Heckmann appeared to get hit with a "fat finger" trade. Around about noon, shares fell 5 percent to the new low, though shares have made their way back to the $5 level. Heckmann is down nearly 30 percent since hitting $6.79 in January.

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