Top Stocks to Watch for April 16, 2014 (NASDAQ: ZN) (TSXV: MPH) (TSXV: PTK)

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Company Name Exchange Ticker Last Price Day 1 (% Change) Day 2 (% Change) 52 WEEK HIGH 52 WEEK LOW Last Volume M.Cap MM ($)
Zion Oil & Gas Inc NASDAQ ZN 2.55 13.9% 11.4% 2.99 1.25 925,682 87.1
Medicure Inc TSXV MPH 2.79 56.7% 32.9% 3.15 0.10 371,091 34.0
POET Technologies Inc TSXV PTK 2.50 10.3% 11.1% 2.53 0.32 2,939,876 370.8

These three stocks are featured as top stocks of the day based on their price performance during previous trading sessions. These stocks recorded a strong price gain momentum during the past two trading session with significant volumes.

Zion Oil & Gas Inc (NASDAQ: ZN), an initial stage oil and gas exploration company with oil and gas exploration, gained over 27% during its past two trading sessions gaining more than 11% in each of the two consecutive days. During its last trading session, the stock gained 11.4% and closed at $2.55 with significant trading volume of 925,682 shares. During its past 5-trading sessions, ZN surged 34.2% with 5-day average volume of 390,680 shares compared to 1-month daily average volume of 171,643 shares.

Medicure Inc (TSXV: MPH), a pharmaceutical company engaged in the research, clinical development and commercialization of human therapeutics, gained over 108% during its past two trading sessions gaining more than 33% in each of the two consecutive days. During its last trading session, the stock gained 32.9% and closed at its 52-week high of C$2.79 with significant trading volume of 371,091 shares. During its past 5-trading sessions, MPH surged 158% with 5-day average volume of 149,418 shares compared to 1-month daily average volume of 52,315 shares.

POET Technologies Inc (TSXV: PTK), a fabless semiconductor company engaged in developing a process for integrating optical and electronic devices on a single chip, the planar opto-electronic technology (POET) a semiconductor platform, gained over 23% during its past two trading sessions gaining more than 10% in each of the two consecutive days. During its last trading session, the stock gained 11.1% and closed at C$2.50 with significant trading volume of 2.9 million shares. During its past 5-trading sessions, PTK surged 58.2% with 5-day average volume of 2.3 million shares compared to 1-month daily average volume of 1.3 million shares.

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