Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc.
Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ:VNDA) was the biggest-moving stock at the close of yesterday’s trading session, as the company is now trading at $13.32 + 6.53 (96.21 percent) on a total of 20,029,645 shares traded. Vanda is now +259.97 percent year-to-date and +315.83 percent over the most recent 12 months, both significant gains over previous figures. Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc. is a biopharmaceutical firm that centers on the development and the selling of drug candidates for central nervous system ailments.-
Well behind Vanda among yesterday’s biggest moving stocks was Altair Nanotechnologies Inc. (NASDAQ:ALTI), which is now trading at $5.94 + 1.26 (26.90 percent) on a total of 243,581 shares traded. Altair Nanotechnologies, which develops, manufactures and sells nano lithium titanate batteries and related products, is +176.23 percent year-to-date and +92.06 percent compared to 12 months ago.
Next up was Motorcar Parts of America Inc. (NASDAQ:MPAA), which is presently trading at $16.75 + 3.54 (26.80 percent) on 1,533,369 shares traded. Motorcar Parts of America, which manufactures, re-manufactures and distributes “aftermarket” automobile parts, is +154.95 percent year-to-date and 236.99 percent over the most recent 12 months.
Heartland Express Inc. (NASDAQ:HTLD) is now trading at $17.75 + 3.43 (23.95 percent) on 3,114,877 shares traded as the fourth biggest moving stock at the close of Tuesday trading. Heartland Express is trading at +35.81 percent year-to-date and +25.76 percent over the past 12 months. The company is a short to medium-haul truckload carrier of general commodities.
At fifth place was On Track Innovations Ltd. (NASDAQ:OTIV), a developer, designer and marketer of turnkey and original equipment manufacturer (OEM) solutions. The company is trading at $2.21 + 0.41 (22.78 percent0 on a total of 2,575,377 shares traded. On Track Innovations is now +53.47 percent year-to-date and +64.44 percent over the last 12 months.
Fuel Tech Inc. (NASDAQ:FTEK) is now trading at $5.60 + 0.85 (17.89 percent) on a total of 1,908,079 shares traded. The company, which uses its advanced technologies to provide boiler optimization solutions and other products and services, is +33.33 percent year-to-date and +45.34 percent compared to one year ago.
Next up was Perion Network Ltd. (NASDAQ:PERI), which is trading at $11.94 + 1.73 (16.94 percent) on 1,374,381 shares traded. Perion is +33.56 percent year-to-date and +28.45 percent over the most recent 12 months. Perion Network Ltd. is a consumer Internet company that offers three primary consumer brands IncrediMail, Smilebox and SweetIM.
Rounding things out among yesterday’s big movers on the stock market were Technical Communications Corporation (NASDAQ:TCCO), NeuroMetrix Inc. (NASDAQ:NURO) and Highpower International Inc. (NASDAQ:HPJ). TCCO, which is involved in the design, development, manufacture, distribution, marketing and sale of communications security solutions, is trading at $8.09 + 1.15 (16.59 percent) on 76,046 shares traded. The company is trading at +79.77 percent year-to-date and +52.76 percent over the most recent 12 months.
Neurometrix is now at $2.12 + 0.29 (15.85 percent) on 1,469,200 shares traded, though the medical device company is still -18.30 percent year-to-date and -35.45 percent over the last 12 months.
Lastly, Highpower International is trading at $2.46 + 0.31 (14.42 percent) on 381,399 shares traded. The company is +138.86 percent year-to-date and +147.83 percent compared to 12 months ago.