Twitter and Hertz are big market movers

Twitter, Hertz, Marvell, UniPixel, Phillips 66 are big market movers

NEW YORK Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Tuesday on the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq Stock Market:

NYSE

Hertz Global Holdings Inc., up $2.71 to $28.62

The rental car company adopted a "poison pill" stock plan after seeing "unusual and substantial" trading of its shares.

Twitter Inc., up $3.14 to $63.65

The social media site bounced back from a bruising two days during which investors dumped stock they felt had grown too expensive.

Illinois Tool Works Inc., up 64 cents to $84.08

A five-year strategic plan released this month and strong outlook from the manufacturer sent the stock to an all-time high.

Phillips 66, up $2.41 to $77.13

Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway is trading roughly $1.4 billion of its stock in the refiner for a business owned by Phillips 66.

Nasdaq

Marvell Technology Group Ltd., up 62 cents to $14.38

A regulatory filing revealed that investment firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. has taken a 6.8 percent stake in the chip maker.

UniPixel Inc., down $1.78 to $10.01

CEO Reed Killion will step down at the touch-display technology maker and be replaced by the chairman and a board director.

Star Scientific Inc., down 9 cents to $1.16

The FDA said that the dietary supplement maker is illegally marketing two products.

Immunomedics Inc., up 43 cents at $4.60

The company said it was awarded a patent that covers two of its experimental cancer drugs.

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