Trading on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange

Trading on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Credit: AP file

Here are two Long Island stocks that moved significantly during the week ending April 21, 2011.

Orbit International
(ORBT)
Hauppauge
$3.51 (week's change: +9.7%) 
52-week return: -4.1%
The maker of electronic components for military and commercial communication systems said its Behlman Electronics unit received $950,000 in new orders.

N.Y. Community Bancorp
(NYB)
Westbury
$16.19 (week's change: -4.9%) 
52-week return: +3.6%
Shares suffered their worst weekly percentage drop in eight months after the bank holding company reported first-quarter earnings that were less than Wall Street's estimates.

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