Top Stocks to Watch for April 23, 2014 (NASDAQ: SRPT) (NASDAQ: CARA) (TSXV: EGX) (TSXV: SRN)

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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 ($)
Sarepta Therapeutics Inc NASDAQ SRPT 38.79 39.3% 14.2% 55.61 12.12 4,314,175 1,465.3
Cara Therapeutics Inc NASDAQ CARA 16.72 11.6% 12.0% 23.30 10.40 169,288 377.8
Ecuador Gold and Copper Corp TSXV EGX 0.12 11.1% 20.0% 0.14 0.02 2,424,593 26.6
Suroco Energy Inc TSXV SRN 0.42 13.6% 12.0% 0.50 0.22 381,800 56.4

These four 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.

Sarepta Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ: SRPT), a biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery and development of ribonucleic acid (RNA)-based therapeutics for the treatment of rare and infectious diseases, climbed over 59% during its past two trading sessions gaining more than 14% in each of the two consecutive days. During its last trading session, the stock increased 14.2% and closed at $38.79 with significant trading volume of 4.3 million shares. During its past 5-trading sessions, SRPT surged 74.0% with 5-day average volume of 4.0 million shares compared to 1-month daily average volume of 1.59 million shares.

Cara Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ: CARA), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing new chemical entities designed to alleviate pain by selectively targeting kappa opioid receptors, increased over 25% during its past two trading sessions gaining more than 11% in each of the two consecutive days. During its last trading session, the stock increased 12% and closed at $16.72 with significant trading volume of 169,288 shares. During its past 5-trading sessions, CARA surged 8.01% with 5-day average volume of 129,565 shares compared to 1-month daily average volume of 238,170 shares.

Ecuador Gold and Copper Corp (TSXV: EGX), a Canada-based exploration and mining company focused on the Condor Gold Project located in the Zamora region of Ecuador, climbed over 33% during its past two trading sessions gaining more than 11% in each of the two consecutive days. During its last trading session, the stock increased 20% and closed at C$0.12 with significant trading volume of 2.4 million shares. During its past 5-trading sessions, EXG surged 60% with 5-day average volume of 850,063 shares compared to 1-month daily average volume of 605,825 shares.

Suroco Energy Inc (TSXV: SRN), a junior oil and gas company which explores for, develops and sells crude oil, natural gas liquids and natural gas in Colombia, climbed over 27% during its past two trading sessions gaining more than 13% in each of the two consecutive days. During its last trading session, the stock increased 12% and closed at C$0.42 with significant trading volume of 381,800 shares. During its past 5-trading sessions, SRN surged 37.7% with 5-day average volume of 223,193 shares compared to 1-month daily average volume of 121,805 shares.

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