New Highs: Yum! Brands (NYSE:YUM), YPF (NYSE:YPF), Companhia Energetica Minas Gerais (NYSE:CIG), Mondelez International Inc (NASDAQ:MDLZ)

Yum! Brands, Inc. (NYSE:YUM) on 1 July 2014 announced the opening of the first KFC in Bolivia, with Franchise partner, DELOSUR. The introduction of the first KFC in Bolivia reflects the reach of the KFC Brand and the Company’s expansion in emerging markets. Yum! Brands, Inc. (NYSE:YUM) stock performance was 1.59% in last session and finished the day at $83.23. Traded volume was 3.04million shares in the last session and the average volume of the stock remained 2.36million shares. The beta of the stock remained 0.72. Yum! Brands, Inc. (NYSE:YUM) insider ownership is 0.10%.

YPF SA (ADR) (NYSE:YPF), a well known Argentine Oil and Gas organization, experienced an avalanche-slide in its inventory cost on July 16, among large business actions. The reason for such extreme drop is a immediate effect of the choice of the US Superior Judge to decline Argentina’s requirements on late ties. Axel Kicillof, the Argentine Economic system Reverend, had discussed on a payment of $15 billion dollars to be able to take care of awaiting conflicts, spanned over previous times 4 several weeks. YPF SA (ADR) (NYSE:YPF) rose 4.65 percent to $37.15 Wednesday on volume of 4.33million shares. The intra-day range of the stock was $35.34 to $37.40. YPF SA (ADR) (NYSE:YPF) has a market capitalization of $14.57billion.

Companhia Energetica Minas Gerais (ADR) (NYSE:CIG) said it was the target of a large growth in short interest in June. As of June 13th, there was short interest totalling 19,569,585 shares, a growth of 41.6% from the May 30th total of 13,817,191 shares. Companhia Energetica Minas Gerais (ADR) (NYSE:CIG)’s stock on July 09, 2014 reported a increase of 1.03% to the closing price of $7.82. Its fifty two weeks range is $5.23 -$8.40. The total market capitalization recorded $9.84billion. The overall volume in the last trading session was 5.67million shares. In its share capital, CIG has 1.16billion outstanding shares.

On May 7, Mondelez International Inc (NASDAQ:MDLZ) announced the proposed spin-off of its coffee business to the Netherlands-based coffee company, D.E Master Blenders 1753 for $5 billion in cash. The deal will allow Mondelez International Inc (NASDAQ:MDLZ) to enhance growth by concentrating on its core snacks portfolio, strengthen cash position and also improve margins by cutting supply chain and overhead costs. On Wednesday, shares of Mondelez International Inc (NASDAQ:MDLZ) dropped -0.18% to close the day at $38.01. Company return on investment (ROI) is 7.90% and its monthly performance is recorded as 0.21%. Mondelez International Inc (NASDAQ:MDLZ) quarterly revenue growth is 10.27%.