Auspex Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ: ASPX) and Zenn Motor Co Inc (TSXV: ZNN), lead the top small cap stock gainers for various sectors on both sides of the border, including one that saw its share price surge 100%.
Top U.S. Gainer
|
Company Name |
Exchange |
Ticker |
Market Cap |
Last Price |
Last Volume |
Price Return |
Price Return |
52-Week High |
52-Week Low |
|
Auspex Pharmaceuticals Inc |
NASDAQ |
ASPX |
1,383.0 |
50.14 |
5,629,902 |
99.8% |
114.3% |
52.12 |
13.25 |
Auspex Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ: ASPX), engaged in the development and commercialization of medicines for the treatment of orphan diseases, was the top performer in the U.S. healthcare sector after skyrocketing 99.8% and closed at $50.14 Wednesday, while recording significant trading volumes of 5.6 million shares. ASPX broke its key technical resistance levels of 30-Day and 50-Day DMAs at $25.61 & $ 25.77 respectively. The upbeat in the stock’s price resulted with ASPX’s announcement of positive topline efficacy and safety results from its Phase 3 registration trial evaluating SD-809 for the treatment of chorea associated with Huntington’s disease (HD), called First-HD. During the past 5-trading sessions, ASPX gained 114.3% with daily average trading volumes of 1.3 million shares, while the stock accumulated 99.4% gain during the past one month with daily average trading volumes of 338,748 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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Zenn Motor Co Inc |
TSXV |
ZNN |
44.6 |
0.75 |
1,084,210 |
87.5% |
97.4% |
1.00 |
0.11 |
Zenn Motor Co Inc (TSXV: ZNN), engaged in the business of developing electric vehicle technologies and solutions that will incorporate electrical energy storage units, was the top sector gainer after skyrocketing 87.5% and closed at C$0.75 Wednesday, while recording significant trading volumes of 1.0 million shares. Recently, ZNN announced the findings of four independent reports on the testing of the capacitor technology developed by its 71.3% owned subsidiary, EEStor Inc. Intertek Group plc (“Intertek”) rigorously tested an extensive sampling of EEStor capacitor layers across multiple voltages (250vdc, 450vdc, 700vdc, 1000vdc and 1500vdc) using its own equipment, testing protocols and confirmed internal testing results achieved by EEStor, which would validate the potential of EEStor’s technology for capacitor applications. During the past 5-trading sessions, ZNN gained 97.4% with daily average trading volumes of 284,500 shares, while the stock accumulated 284.6% gain during the past one month with daily average trading volumes of 139,944 shares.
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