Nutrition 21 Shares Drop 12% on News of Widened Loss
Shares of Nutrition 21 (Nasdaq: NXXI) plummeted 17 cents - nearly 12 percent - to $1.29 Monday morning, moving on a volume of 569,988. The dietary supplements maker today announced that preliminary results show a wider loss for fiscal 2007 due in part to a significant one-time charge related to its Selenomax product. Nutrition 21 estimates a loss for the fiscal year ended June 30 to be $18.2 million, or 32 cents per share, as compared to a loss of $10.3 million, or 26 cents per share, for 2006. The loss includes a $1.4 million charge for the return of…