EdgeWater 10/26/2010 9:44:52 PM
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Top Service Sector Stock Gainers (ESI, ACTG, RHI)

Top Service Sector Stock Gainers

ITT Educational Services, Inc. (NYSE:ESI) rose 1.82% and closed at $62.24. The company reported this week that new student enrollment in the third quarter of 2010 decreased 3.9% to 26,664 compared to 27,738 in the same period in 2009. Total student enrollment increased 11.1% to 88,004 as of September 30, 2010 compared to 79,208 as of September 30, 2009.

Over the past 52-week, the stock had traded within the range of $50-$121.98.

Acacia Research Corporation (NASDAQ:ACTG) soared 5.62% to $27.24. For the July-September quarter, the company earned $24.7 million, or 70 cents a share, compared with a loss of $3.4 million, or 11 cents a share, last year.

The company said new revenue agreements rose to 51 from 36 last year during the quarter.

The stock went up more than 214% year-to-date.

Robert Half International Inc. (NYSE:RHI) added 0.29% to $27.44. Robert Half's third-quarter net income jumped to $20.1 million, or 14 cents a share, from $9 million, or 6 cents a share, a year go.

Analysts on average were expecting earnings of 13 cents a share on revenue of $791.3 million, according to Thomson Reuters.

Over the past 52-week, the stock had traded within the range of $21.16-$32.25. At today`s closing market price, the market capitalization of the company stood at $4.05 billion.

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