ZaZa Energy Corp (NASDAQ: ZAZA) and Donnycreek Energy Inc (TSXV: DCK), lead the top small cap stock gainers for various sectors on both sides of the border, including one that saw its share price surge 45%.
Top U.S. Gainer
|
Company Name |
Exchange |
Ticker |
Market Cap |
Last Price |
Last Volume |
Price Return |
Price Return |
52-Week High |
52-Week Low |
|
ZaZa Energy Corp |
NASDAQ |
ZAZA |
35.3 |
2.98 |
1,143,918 |
44.6% |
61.1% |
14.00 |
1.66 |
ZaZa Energy Corp (NASDAQ: ZAZA), engaged in the exploration of oil and natural gas, was the top performer in the U.S. energy sector after skyrocketing 44.6% and closed at $2.98 Tuesday, while recording significant trading volumes of 1.1 million shares. Recently, the company announced its production of oil that is equivalent to 507,700 barrels from its Toby No. 1, Grisham No. 1 and Laura No. 1 wells in western Texas during their first year of operations ended Sept 30. During the past 5-trading sessions, ZAZA gained 61.1% with daily average trading volumes of 282,724 shares, while the stock fell by 27.3% during the past one month with daily average trading volumes of 91,630 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 |
|
Donnycreek Energy Inc |
TSXV |
DCK |
143.4 |
2.60 |
3,063,080 |
36.8% |
23.2% |
3.20 |
1.74 |
Donnycreek Energy Inc (TSXV: DCK), engaged in the exploration and production of oil & natural gas, was the top sector gainer after gaining 36.8% and closed at C$2.60 Tuesday, while recording significant trading volumes of 3.0 million shares. DCK broke its all key technical resistance levels of 30-Day, 50-Day and 200-Day DMAs at C$2.26, C$2.32 & C$2.37 respectively. Recently, the company announced a merger agreement with Contact Exploration Inc (TSXV: CEX), wherein CEX and DCK will merge to form a new amalgamated corporation to be named as “Kicking Horse Energy Inc.”. Both the companies will amalgamate to form Kicking Horse on the basis of 0.075 of a common share of Kicking Horse being issued in exchange for each outstanding CEX Share and 0.600 of a Kicking Horse Share being issued in exchange for each outstanding common share of DCK. During the past 5-trading sessions, DCK gained 23.2% with daily average trading volumes of 718,875 shares, while the stock accumulated 8.8% gain during the past one month with daily average trading volumes of 232,912 shares.
1-Year Price Chart
