TradingMarkets 7 Stocks You Need to Know for Monday (EL, EXPE, ODP, BIDU, DELL, SUN, MRK)

Stocks making big moves higher going into the weekend include ^MWW^, up more than 25%, and ^PCLN^, which rallied by more than 2% after a two-day pullback.

Pulling back above the 200-day moving average on Friday were shares of ^FSLR^. Shares of FSLR pulled back by more than 8% in trading on Friday after closing higher for six consecutive sessions.

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Here are 7 Stocks You Need to Know for Monday.

After pulling back for four straight days above the 200-day moving average, shares of ^EL^ soared by more than 10% on Friday, closing at new year-to-date highs.

Shares of ^EXPE^ (below) pulled back by more than 2% intraday on Friday before rallying to trim losses significantly.

EXPE Chart

EXPE had closed higher for five out of the past six trading days before Friday’s sell-off. The stock has been trading above its 200-day moving average since September.

Closing lower for a fourth day, ^ODP^ dropped by well over 4% in trading on Friday.

Down two days in a row on Friday were shares of ^BIDU^ (below).

BIDU Chart

The last time BIDU pulled back to these levels was two weeks ago, shortly before the stock’s recent short term advance.

Shares of ^DELL^ also pulled back for a second session, closing lower by more than 1% on Friday.

^SUN^ (below) pulled back by more than 5% in trading on Friday.

SUN Chart

SUN closed at its lowest levels since the beginning of the month. The stock has traded above the 200-day consistently since the spring.

Off 2% intraday on Friday before trimming losses late, ^MRK^ has closed lower above the 200-day moving average for three out of the past four trading days.

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David Penn is Editor-in-Chief at TradingMarkets.com.