NF Energy Saving Corp (NASDAQ: NFEC) and Natcore Technology Inc (TSXV: NXT), lead the top small cap stock gainers for various sectors on both sides of the border, including one that saw its share price surge 38%.
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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NF Energy Saving Corp |
NASDAQ |
NFEC |
11.5 |
2.01 |
1,355,705 |
37.6% |
27.8% |
4.30 |
0.82 |
NF Energy Saving Corp (NASDAQ: NFEC), engaged in producing heavy industrial components and products such as valves, was the top performer in the U.S. industrials sector after climbing 37.6% and closed at $2.01 Tuesday, while recording significant trading volumes of 1.3 million shares. NFEC has also broken its key technical resistance levels of 30-Day and 50-Day DMAs at $1.62 and $1.77 respectively. Recently, NFEC announced that it has recently entered into a sales contract to supply its DN2600 butterfly valves to TECNEDIL INTERNATIONAL SRL, an Italian company. During the past 5-trading sessions, NFEC gained 27.8% with daily average trading volumes of 275,240 shares, while the stock accumulated 21.0% gain during the past one month with daily average trading volumes of 50,046 shares. The stock is up 26.4% 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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Natcore Technology Inc |
TSXV |
NXT |
27.3 |
0.57 |
186,968 |
32.5% |
20.0% |
1.06 |
0.43 |
Natcore Technology Inc (TSXV: NXT), engaged in the business of producing and selling thin and thick film of silicon dioxide and mixed silicon oxides, was the top sector gainer after gaining 32.5% and closed at C$0.57 Tuesday, while recording significant trading volumes of 186,968 shares. NXT has also breached its key technical resistance levels of 30-Day & 50-Day DMAs at C$0.48 and C$0.50 respectively. The hike in the stock’s price is attributable to the recent announcement made by NXT that with the help of their proprietary advances in laser technology its scientists have produced an all-low-temperature laser-doped solar cell with all of its electrical contacts on the back of the cell. Moreover, these all-back-contact solar cells can be manufactured at much lower cost than conventional cells. During the past 5-trading sessions, NXT gained 20.0% with daily average trading volumes of 78,833 shares, while the stock accumulated 20.0% during the past one month with daily average trading volumes of 48,471 shares. The stock is up 23.9% year-to-date.
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