15 Stocks with Over 100% Increase in Trading Volumes Last Week: Investment Idea of the Day

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Today, we have picked 15 stocks across sectors of U.S. and Canada which have registered over 100% increase in trading volumes with strong price gains touching their 52-week highs last week. These stocks have registered significant increase in daily average trading volumes during the past five days compared with past one month daily average trading volumes, indicating a strong market interest. During last week these stocks have registered price gains ranging from 2.0% to 58.0% with daily average trading volumes in excess of 100,000.

Company Name

Ticker

Exchange

Sector

Market Cap
(Mn)

Last Price

Price Change (5-Day)

Average Volume
(5-Day)

Average Volume
(1-month)

Volume Change*

52-Week High

52-Week Low

Probe Mines Ltd

PRB

TSXV

Basic Materials

474.9

5.23

55.7%

2,364,199

538,426

339.1%

5.40

1.96

City National Corp/CA

CYN

NYSE

Financial

4,904.6

88.99

18.4%

3,621,624

832,810

334.9%

90.06

67.35

First Capital Realty Inc

FCR

TSX

Financial

4,238.1

19.62

2.0%

1,207,974

360,735

234.9%

20.17

17.10

MagIndustries Corp

MAA

TSX

Basic Materials

151.2

0.20

2.6%

503,402

155,463

223.8%

0.26

0.14

Array BioPharma Inc

ARRY

NASDAQ

Healthcare

938.3

7.11

58.4%

9,074,142

2,914,943

211.3%

7.58

2.98

Interactive Brokers Group Inc

IBKR

NASDAQ

Financial

1,781.4

30.47

8.5%

2,260,517

755,420

199.2%

30.51

20.35

Tootsie Roll Industries Inc

TR

NYSE

Consumer Staples

2,082.8

34.42

12.1%

289,661

111,644

159.5%

35.15

26.03

PetMed Express Inc

PETS

NASDAQ

Consumer Discretionary

325.4

16.06

13.3%

516,731

202,600

155.0%

16.45

12.07

Novavax Inc

NVAX

NASDAQ

Healthcare

1,757.6

7.37

8.2%

14,763,140

5,834,482

153.0%

7.74

3.34

Super Micro Computer Inc

SMCI

NASDAQ

Technology

1,688.7

36.35

3.6%

1,193,403

487,591

144.8%

39.80

16.40

Eagle Pharmaceuticals Inc/DE

EGRX

NASDAQ

Healthcare

265.5

18.92

19.4%

280,194

122,013

129.6%

19.49

9.16

Infinera Corp

INFN

NASDAQ

Communications

2,128.6

16.99

25.8%

4,320,544

1,926,644

124.3%

17.49

6.96

DIRTT Environmental Solutions

DRT

TSX

Industrial

337.6

4.47

13.5%

550,621

252,505

118.1%

4.74

2.35

Janus Capital Group Inc

JNS

NYSE

Financial

3,398.1

18.27

9.4%

7,918,119

3,942,087

100.9%

18.62

10.13

Richmont Mines Inc

RIC

TSX

Basic Materials

208.1

4.33

8.0%

456,223

227,511

100.5%

4.45

1.21

Source: Bloomberg
*Volume Change: 5-Day average volume over 30-Day average volume
*Market cap & last price are in their respective currencies

Company Description

Probe Mines Ltd (TSXV:  PRB)
Probe Mines Ltd. explores for base and precious metals. The company operates in Ontario and Quebec.

City National Corp/CA (NYSE:  CYN)
City National Corporation is the holding company for City National Bank. The Bank offers private and business banking services throughout California, Nevada and New York City. City National serves the needs of small to midsized businesses and affluent individuals, offering a variety of investment products and services, including the CNI Charter family of mutual funds.

First Capital Realty Inc (TSX:  FCR)
First Capital Realty, Inc. develops, owns and operates neighborhood and community shopping centers.  The company’s properties are anchored by supermarkets and drugstores and are located in growing metropolitan areas in Canada.

MagIndustries Corp (TSX:  MAA)
MagIndustries Corp. is developing its magnesium and potash salt deposits in the Republic of Congo, Africa. The company is seeking to market its primary magnesium metal, magnesium alloys, and potash fertilizer production to international markets.

Array BioPharma Inc (NASDAQ:  ARRY)
Array BioPharma Inc., a discovery research company, creates drug candidates. The company provides drug discovery products and services to create, evaluate, and optimize potential drug candidates in collaboration with pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies.

Interactive Brokers Group Inc (NASDAQ:  IBKR)
Interactive Brokers Group, Inc. is an automated global electronic market maker and broker specializing in routing orders and executing and processing trades in securities, futures, and foreign exchange instruments.

Tootsie Roll Industries Inc (NYSE:  TR)
Tootsie Roll Industries, Inc. manufactures and sells candy. The Company’s products are sold under the Tootsie Roll, Tootsie Roll Pops, Child’s Play, Charms, Blow Pop, Blue Razz, Cella’s, Mason Dots, Mason Crows, Junior Mint, and other names.  Tootsie Roll’s principal markets are in the United States, Canada, and Mexico.

PetMed Express Inc (NASDAQ:  PETS)
PetMed Express, Inc. is a pet pharmacy. The company offers prescription and nonprecription pet medications, as well as health and nutritional supplements. PetMed Express offers its products via telephone, fax, mail, and the Internet to customers throughout the United States.

Novavax Inc (NASDAQ:  NVAX)
Novavax, Inc. is a clinical stage biotechnology company. The company creates novel vaccines to address a broad range of infectious diseases worldwide using proprietary virus-like particle (VLP) technology.

Super Micro Computer Inc (NASDAQ:  SMCI)
Super Micro Computer, Inc. designs, develops, manufactures and sells server solutions based on modular and open-standard x86 architecture. The company’s products include servers, motherboards, chassis, and accessories.

Eagle Pharmaceuticals Inc/DE (NASDAQ:  EGRX)
Eagle Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is a specialty pharmaceutical company. The company develops and distributes injectable products, primarily in the critical care and oncology areas. Eagle Pharmaceuticals offers its products to the healthcare and medical industries.

Infinera Corp (NASDAQ:  INFN)
Infinera Corporation manufactures digital optical telecommunications equipment. The company uses photonic integrated circuits to create digital optical networks.  Infinera markets its products to carriers, data service providers, and cable operators.

DIRTT Environmental Solutions (TSX:  DRT)
Dirtt Environmental Solutions Ltd was founded in 2006. The company’s line of business includes the manufacturing of office furniture.

Janus Capital Group Inc (NYSE:  JNS)
Janus Capital Group Inc. is a global asset management firm offering individual investors and institutional clients asset management services. The company provides investment management, administration, distribution and related services to individual and institutional investors through mutual funds, separate accounts and sub advised relationships.

Richmont Mines Inc (TSX:  RIC)    
Richmont Mines, Inc. is a Canadian gold mining company. The company owns and operates mine properties located in Ontario and Quebec Canada.

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