Stocks Soaring (LONG) (GFRE) (CHUX) (LAS) (HMPRD) (FFBHD) Most Today

Shares of eLong (NASDAQ:LONG), Gulf Resources (NASDAQ:GFRE), Hampton Roads Bankshares (NASDAQ:HMPRD), First Federal Bancshares (NASDAQ:FFBHD), Lentuo International (NYSE:LAS) and O'Charley's (NASDAQ:CHUX) were the top gainers today.

eLong is the market leader today as measured by percentage of upward movement, soaring to $26.83, gaining $9.87, or 58.20 percent.

The Chinese travel booking Website was soaring on news it will take a 16 percent stake in Expedia's (NASDAQ:EXPE) Chinese operation.

O'Charley's was trading at $ 7.45, up $0.91, or 13.91 percent, as of 2:32 PM EDT.

Lentuo International was at $3.99, gaining $0.68, or 20.54 percent.

First Federal Bancshares was trading at $9.43, jumping $1.42, or 17.73 percent.

Hampton Roads Bankshares was at $14.74, rising $3.38, or 29.75 percent.

First Federal Bancshares was at $9.43, increasing $1.42, or 17.73 percent.

Gulf Resources was trading at $4.18, up $1.15, or 37.95 percent.

Losers (CENX) (OPEN) (NXTM) (CTCM) (HMPRD) on May 4

Century Aluminum Company (NASDAQ:CENX), OpenTable Inc (NASDAQ:OPEN), NxStage Medical, Inc. (NASDAQ:NXTM), CTC Media, Inc. (NASDAQ:CTCM) and Hampton Roads Bankshares Inc (HMPRD) were among the big losers on Wednesday, May 4.

Century Aluminum Company (CENX) closed at $16.52, plunging $3.22, or 16.31 percent. Missing revenue and earnings estimates in the latest quarter was the major catalyst.

OpenTable Inc (OPEN) closed Wednesday at $89.35, dropping $15.65, or 14.90 percent. The switching of CEOs was behind driving the share price down.

NxStage Medical, Inc. (NXTM) closed the trading session at $20.43, falling $3.25, or 13.76 percent. Trading volume was about 6 times the daily 3-month average.

CTC Media, Inc. (CTCM) ended the day at $20.00, down $2.69, or 11.86 percent. Shares dropped after the company reported non-GAAP EPS of $0.16, missing estimates by 1 cent.

Hampton Roads Bankshares Inc (HMPRD) closed Wednesday at $11.72, dropping $1.56, or 11.75 percent. Volume was just under 5 times the daily 3-month average. It traded in a range of $11.62 - $12.99 on the day.