Microsoft, Capital One, Broadcom Are Big Movers

The Associated Press

NEW YORK (AP) — The following stocks were among those that moved substantially or traded heavily Friday on the New York Stock Exchange:

NYSE:

Synovus Financial Corp., down 65 cents at $2.92

Souring loans kept growing at the southeastern regional bank, deepening its losses, and analysts say bad assets will linger for some time.

Elan Corp., down $1.13 at $5.31

European regulators are investigating reports of the drug maker's multiple sclerosis drug causing a potentially fatal brain infection.

Capital One Financial Corp., up $2.62 at $40.95

The credit card issuer posted its first quarterly profit in a year due to lower funding costs, taxes and expenses, even as defaults rose.

Whirlpool Corp., up $3.59 at $77.13

The appliance maker boosted its outlook, saying deep cost cuts are going to start paying off as sales rise in Asia and Latin America.