Stockpickr Lists: Countrywide Sinks to Low

Editor's Note: In this feature from Stockpickr, we highlight lists of stocks that have made new highs or lows or seen other unusual activity.

52-Week Lows: Countrywide Financial(CFC Quote) slipped 10% Tuesday to a 52-week low, after cutting its full-year guidance and saying defaults and delinquencies were on the rise beyond the troubled subprime mortgage space. The news rattled the financial and real estate sectors and Countrywide dipped $3.56 to $30.50.

Biggest % Losers: Lender Fremont General(FMT Quote) sank 18%, among the casualties of Countrywide's bearish outlook. Fremont slid $1.70 to $7.65.

Rising on Unusual Volume: JDA Software Group(JDAS Quote) jumped 11% in trading more than five times its three-month daily average, after reporting after the bell Monday its quarterly profits quadrupled. The company earned $10.6 million, or 31 cents a share, in the second quarter, compared to $2.9 million, or 10 cents a share, in the year-ago period. Analysts polled by Thomson Financial expected earnings of 25 cents a share. The business software company climbed $2.17 to $22.59.

Biggest % Gainers: Telular(WRLS Quote) soared 26%, after the telecommunications-component maker swung to a quarterly profit. The company earned $427,000, or 2 cents a share in the third quarter ended June 30, compared to a loss of $6.4 million, or 37 cents a share in the year-ago period. Shares gained $1.24 to $5.95.

52-Week Highs: Anixter International(AXE Quote) jumped 5.3% to a 52-week high, after beating Wall Street's estimates. The specialty cable and wire maker reported second-quarter earnings of $64.6 million, or $1.53 a share, compared to $49.4 million, or $1.15 a share in the year-ago period. The company reported net sales of $1.51 billion, compared to $1.24 billion in the second quarter of 2006. Analysts polled by Reuters had forecast earnings per share of $1.29 on revenue of $1.38 billion. The stock advanced $4.32 to $86.11

Latest Activist Situations: Barrington, which owns 5.3% of consumer products maker Lancaster Colony(LANC Quote), demanded in a letter filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission that the company hand over certain records to probe "deficiencies" in management. The hedge fund, backed by smaller activist investors RJG Capital Partners and D.B. Zwirn Partners, had earlier complained the company's founding Gerlach family exerted too much control. Shares, which opened at $42.02 Monday, were down $1.42 to $40.74 Tuesday.

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