Blue Water Petroleum Corp (OTC BB: BWPC) and Espial Group (TSX:ESP) Lead the Top Sector Gainers

Blue Water Petroleum Corp. (NASDAQ: BWPC) and Espial Group Inc. (TSX:
ESP) lead the top small cap stock gainers for various sectors on both sides of
the border, including one that saw its share price surge 75%.

Top U.S. Gainer

Blue Water Petroleum Corp (OTC BB: BWPC), an exploration stage company, focuses on the acquisition, exploration, and development of oil and natural gas properties in the U.S., was the top performer in the U.S. energy sector after gaining 75.0% and closed at $0.70 Wednesday, while recording significant trading volumes of 432,524 shares. It also broke its key technical resistance level of 30-Day DMA and 50-Day DMA at $0.65 and $0.66 respectively. During the past 5-trading sessions, BWPC gained 62.7% with daily average trading volumes of 87,205 shares.

1-Year Price Chart

Top Canadian Gainer

Espial Group Inc (TSX: ESP), a Canada-based developer and marketer of television (TV) browser and TV Everywhere software solutions to electronics manufacturers and telecommunications service providers, was the top sector gainer after climbing 30.7% and closed at C$2.00 Wednesday, while recording significant trading volumes of 2.0 million shares. The share prices rose due to the announcement by the company that an European Tier 1 Cable operator with 1.5 million pay-TV subscribers has selected Espial as their primary RDK system integrator and software vendor for their next generation 4K Hybrid DVB-IP set-top boxes. During the past 5-trading sessions, ESP rose by 22.7% with daily average trading volumes of 491,369 shares, while the stock raised 31.5% during the past one month with daily average trading volumes of 189,646 shares. The stock is up 16.9% year-to-date.

1-Year Price Chart