Roberts Realty Investors Inc (NYSE: RPI) and Lightstream Resources Ltd (TSX: LTS), lead the top small cap stock gainers for various sectors on both sides of the border, including one that saw its share price surge 143%.
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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Roberts Realty Investors Inc |
NYSE |
RPI |
10.4 |
1.03 |
434,123 |
143.3% |
47.1% |
1.16 |
0.33 |
Roberts Realty Investors Inc (NYSE: RPI), engaged in the business of owning and operating multifamily properties, was the top performer in the U.S. financial sector after skyrocketing 143.3% and closed at $1.03 Thursday, while recording significant trading volumes of 434,123 shares. RPI breached all of its key technical resistance levels of 30-Day, 50-Day and 200-Day DMAs at $0.73, $0.76 & $0.86 respectively. The company recently announced that it has signed a definitive stock purchase agreement with A-III Investment Partners LLC (A-III), wherein A-III has agreed to purchase $12.0 million of the company’s common stock at a purchase price per share to be determined based on an estimate of the company’s closing date net asset value, which is currently expected to be approximately $1.40 per share. During the past 5-trading sessions, RPI gained 47.1% with daily average trading volumes of 109,245 shares, while the stock accumulated 53.8% gain during the past one month with daily average trading volumes of 22,652 shares. The stock is up 14.4% year-to-date.
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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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Lightstream Resources Ltd |
TSX |
LTS |
677.6 |
3.38 |
3,425,318 |
21.1% |
22.5% |
9.09 |
2.28 |
Lightstream Resources Ltd (TSX: LTS), engaged in the exploration and production of oil in Canada was the top sector gainer after gaining 21.1% and closed at C$3.38 Thursday, while recording significant trading volumes of 3.4 million shares. LTS broke its key technical resistance level of 30-Day DMA at C$3.31. The rise in the stock’s price is attributable to the company’s announcement of cash dividend of $0.04 per share for the month of November, which will be paid on December 15, 2014 to all LTS shareholders of record on November 30, 2014. The ex-dividend date is November 26, 2014. During the past 5-trading sessions, LTS gained 22.5% with daily average trading volumes of 1.8 million shares, while the stock fell by 16.3% during the past one month with daily average trading volumes of 1.7 million shares.
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