Acura Pharmaceuticals Inc.
Acura Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ:ACUR) was one of three companies that made double-digit gains in after-hours trading yesterday, as the pharmaceutical company surged by 15.6 percent to $2 per share on 44,500 shares traded. Acura is trading 3.87 percent above its 50-day moving average and 14.41 percent below its 200-day moving average. The company is presently 61.56 percent below its 52-week high and 63.21 percent above its 52-week low.
GT Advanced Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ: GTAT) added 13.4 percent in after-hours trading yesterday, moving up to $9.5 per share on 143,530 shares traded. GT Advanced, which is a global provider of polysilicon production technology, is trading 7.60 percent better than its 50-day moving average and 71.50 percent above its 200-day moving average. GTAT stock is 10.57 percent below its 52-week high and 221.07 percent above its 52-week low.
Rounding up the list of double-digit gainers was Fabrinet (NYSE: FN), which improved by 10.9 percent to $10.9 per share on 12,900 shares traded. The company is now 8.88 percent above its 50-day moving average and 15.29 percent above its 200-day moving average. The company is now 2.11 percent below its 52-week peak and 82.23 percent above its 52-week low.
Appliance Recycling Centers of America Inc. (NASDAQ: ARCI) was fourth on the list of after-hours gainers yesterday, moving up by 8.1 percent to $3.19 per share on 38,400 shares traded. ARCI is trading 2.03 percent better than its 50-day moving average and 37.14 percent above its 200-day moving average. The company is presently 7.81 percent below its 52-week high and 168.18 percent above its 52-week low.
At fifth place as Universal Insurance Holdings Inc. (NYSE: UVE), which rallied by 6.5 percent to $8.35 per share on 5,080 shares traded. UVE stock is 7.21 percent and 22.60 percent respectively above its 50-day and 200-moving averages, and also 7.54 percent below its 52-week high and 121.91 percent above its 52-week low.
Three companies gained between 4 and 5 percent in yesterday’s after-hours trading – Procera Networks Inc. (NASDAQ: PKT), which added 4.5 percent to $14.8 per share, Repros Therapeutics Inc. (NASDAQ: RPRX), which moved up 4.5 percent to $18.32 per share, and Ocean Rig UDW Inc. (NASDAQ: ORIG), which improved by 4.4 percent to $18.85 on 2,430 shares traded. Procera Networks is presently 0.98 percent under its 50-day moving average and 0.66 percent above its 200-day moving average.
Repros Therapeutics, which is a development stage biopharmaceutical company, is trading 24.42 percent below its 50-day moving average and 2.61 percent below its 200-day moving average. Ocean Rig is now 1.31 percent below its 50-day moving average and 5.46 percent above its 200-day moving average.
Other gainers in yesterday’s after-hours trading session included Maui Land & Pineapple Company Inc. (NYSE: MLP, up 3.8 percent to $4.39 per share), Central European Media Enterprises Ltd. (NASDAQ: CETV, up 3.7 percent to $2.4567, stock oversold as RSI at 21.05), Pioneer Natural Resources Co. (NYSE:PXD, up 3.1 percent to $220), Harvard Bioscience Inc. (NASDAQ: HBIO, up 3.1 percent to $4.5546, stock oversold as RSI at 27.30), Weatherford International Ltd. (NYSE: WFT, up 3 percent to $16.95), InterDigital Inc.(NASDAQ: IDCC, up 3 percent to $34.1885) and Cornerstone OnDemand Inc. (NASDAQ: CSOD, up 3 percent to $47.52 per share).