Viggle Inc. (NASDAQ: VGGL) and Hamilton Thorne Ltd. (TSXV: HTL) lead the top small cap stock gainers for various sectors on both sides of the border, including one that saw its share price surge 29%.
Top U.S. Gainer
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Company Name |
Exchange |
Ticker |
Market Cap |
Last Price |
Last Volume |
Price Return |
Price Return |
52-Week High |
52-Week Low |
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Viggle Inc |
NASDAQ |
VGGL |
55.2 |
3.43 |
14,347,233 |
28.9% |
8.2% |
56.00 |
1.27 |
Viggle Inc (NASDAQ: VGGL), engaged in developing loyalty program for television that gives people real rewards for checking into the television shows they are watching on most mobile operating system, was the top performer in the U.S. technology sector after climbing 28.9% and closed at $3.43 Wednesday, while recording significant trading volumes of 14.3 million shares. VGGL broke its key technical resistance levels of 30-Day and 50-Day DMAs at $2.75 & $2.99 respectively. Recently, VGGL announced that they will provide a more robust rewards program by expanding them to include movie and television content for users through M-GO, a premium digital video on demand (VOD) service and joint venture between Technicolor and DreamWorks Animation. The management perceives this as a major step forward in the value proposition of a Viggle account. During the past 5-trading sessions, VGGL gained 8.2% with daily average trading volumes of 3.6 million shares, while the stock accumulated 2.4% gain during the past one month with daily average trading volumes of 2.1 million shares.
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Top Canadian Gainer
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Company Name |
Exchange |
Ticker |
Market Cap |
Last Price |
Last Volume |
Price Return |
Price Return |
52-Week High |
52-Week Low |
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Hamilton Thorne Ltd |
TSXV |
HTL |
17.7 |
0.34 |
611,052 |
19.3% |
17.2% |
0.35 |
0.04 |
Hamilton Thorne Ltd (TSXV: HTL), engaged in providing laser systems and instruments for in-vitro cell applications in the regenerative medicine research and fertility clinic markets was the top sector gainer after gaining 19.3% and closed at C$0.34 Wednesday, while recording significant trading volumes of 611,052 shares. Recently, HTL announced its operational and financial results for the third quarter and nine-month period ended September 30, 2014, where it reported sales of $2.0 million for Q3’14 compared to $1.6 million for Q3’13 and a net income of $144,007 against $7,844 reported in Q3’13. During the past 5-trading sessions, HTL gained 17.2% with daily average trading volumes of 282,761 shares, while the stock accumulated 172.0% gain during the past one month with daily average trading volumes of 168,952 shares. The stock is up 580.0% year-to-date.
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