Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Reuters

Shares of companies active in Wednesday's early trade are: Jabil Circuit, Cree, Adobe, Veeco Instruments, XOMA, Tata Communications, China Southern Airlines Co., Cintas, Global Industries and Northern Oil & Gas.

Gainers:

* Shares of Jabil Circuit Inc. (NYSE:JBL) soared 10.94 percent to $21.00 in early trade. The company reported second quarter net income of $55.4 million or $0.25 per share, up from $29.8 million or $0.14 per share in the same period a year-ago.

* ADR's of Tata Communications Ltd. (NYSE: TCL) rose 11 percent to $10.71in early trade. The company was upgraded to Neutral at HSBC Securities.

* ADR's of China Southern Airlines Company Ltd. (NYSE: ZNH) surged 7.2 percent to $22.60. In the past 52 weeks, the stock has been trading in the range of $18.83 to $39.30.

* Global Industries, Ltd. (NASDAQ: GLBL) rose 5.24 percent to $9.23 in early trade. The provider of construction and subsea services has a 52-week high of $9.18 and a 52-week low of $4.05.

* Cintas Corp. (NASDAQ: CTAS) stock jumped 4.16 percent to $29.31, after its third quarter earnings and revenue exceeded Street view. Profit was 41 cents a share, on revenue of $937.83 million. Analysts had expected profit of 36 cents a share on revenue of $907.56 million. Cintas tightened its full year 2011 earnings forecast to range of $1.60 to $1.63 a share from previous forecast of $1.55 to $1.63 a share. The company raised its revenue outlook to range of $3.75 billion to $3.77 billion from $3.55 billion to $3.75 billion previously. Analysts predict profit of $1.58 a share on revenue of $3.73 billion.

Losers:

* Shares of Cree Inc. (NASDAQ: CREE) tumbled 7.12 percent to $45.51 in early trade, as it lowered third quarter revenue forecast primarily due to lower sales of LED chips and LED components. The company sees quarterly revenue to range from $215 million to $220 million from previous forecast of $245 million to $265 million, while Street predicts $254.82 million. The 52-week trading range is $45.48 to $83.38.

* Adobe Systems Inc. (NASDAQ:ADBE) fell 4.8 percent to $31.30, after its second quarter earnings and revenue forecast fell short of expectations. It expects second quarter profit to be in the range of $0.47 to $0.54 per share on $970 million to $1.02 billion revenue, while analysts expect $0.57 a share on revenue of $1.04 billion.

* Veeco Instruments Inc. (NASDAQ: VECO) declined 4 percent to $47.37. In the past 52 weeks, the stock has been trading in the range of $29.54 to $54.50.

* XOMA Ltd (NASDAQ: XOMA) plunged 29.68 percent to $3.53, after the biopharmaceutical company reported that its potential diabetes treatment failed to lower blood sugar in a mid-stage study.

* Northern Oil & Gas, Inc., (AMEX: NOG) fell 7.2 percent to $26.52 in early trade. In the past 52 weeks, the stock has been trading in the range of $11.72 to $33.98. The energy company is focused on the activities primarily on projects based in the Rocky Mountain Region of the United States, specifically the Bakken and Three Forks/Sanish formations within the Williston Basin.