China Life Insurance Company Ltd Among the NYSE's Biggest Movers on October 17, 2012

The Nasdaq has remained steady, the S&P 500 has moved up 0.3% and the Dow is unchanged this morning. Today, more than half of all NYSE trades are conducted electronically, although floor traders are still used to set pricing and deal in high volume institutional trading.

The biggest movers traded on the NYSE so far are:

Company	Market Cap	Percentage Change
Kaman (NYSE:KAMN)	$963.2 million	-19.4%
Badger Meter (NYSE:BMI)	$541.5 million	+15.5%
United Rentals (NYSE:URI)	$3.15 billion	+12.4%
Centene (NYSE:CNC)	$1.8 billion	+9.1%
Lindsay (NYSE:LNN)	$947.4 million	-7%
China Life Insurance Company Ltd (NYSE:LFC)	$85.96 billion	-6.2%
Stanley Black & Decker, Inc (NYSE:SWK)	$12.16 billion	-5.3%

Broker Summary: E-Trade Financial

After a precipitous drop of 19.4%, Kaman (NYSE:KAMN) is now trading at a share price of $36.26. This morning, the company is trading a volume of 14,356 shares.

Badger Meter (NYSE:BMI) rose a significant 15.5% to reach $43.76 per share. So far today, the company's volume is 222,757 shares, 3.6 times the current daily average.

After a big jump of 12.4%, United Rentals (NYSE:URI) is trading at $38.19 per share. So far today, 5.2 million shares of the company's stock have changed hands. This is greater than yesterday's volume of 3.9 million shares.

Centene (NYSE:CNC) is up 9.1% to reach a current price of $38.15 per share. The company's volume for the day so far is 2.1 million shares, 3.6 times the average volume over the last three months.

Falling 7%, Lindsay (NYSE:LNN) is currently at a share price of $69.31. The company is currently trading a volume of 236,457 shares.

After a decline of 6.2%, China Life Insurance Company Ltd (NYSE:LFC) has hit a share price of $42.80. So far today, the company's volume is 272,280 shares, 1.8 times the average daily volume.

Stanley Black & Decker, Inc (NYSE:SWK) is trading at $68.46 per share, down 5.3%. The company's volume is currently 2.2 million shares.

The Bottom Line The nature of the market is such that stocks will have good days and bad days. It is important to weigh current activity against historical performance when making any investment decisions. However, these fundamental metrics must be analyzed with historic data, industry information in addition to firm specific financial statements.