Skystar Bio Pharmaceutical Company (NASDAQ: SKBI) was the biggest gainer in after-hours trading yesterday, zooming up 30 percent to $6.5 per share on 3,500 shares traded.
Skystar Bio Pharmaceutical Company (NASDAQ: SKBI) was the biggest gainer in after-hours trading yesterday, zooming up 30 percent to $6.5 per share on 3,500 shares traded. Skystar Bio Pharmaceutical, which is involved in the research, development, manufacture and distribution of veterinary products in China, is trading at $8.85 percent above its 50-day moving average and 110.31 percent above its 200-day moving average. The company is now trading 23.08 percent under its 52-week high and 400 percent above its 52-week low.
A number of other companies made double digit gains in yesterday’s after-hours session, including Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ: VNDA), which moved up 24.5 percent to $16.23 per share on 177,860 shares traded. Vanda is now 30.32 percent above its 50-day moving average and 68.46 percent above its 200-day moving average. The company is just 8.30 percent below its 52-week high and 346.58 percent above its 52-week low.
Also making a substantial gain, albeit far behind Vanda, was Alliance One International Inc. (NYSE: AOI), which rallied 13.2 percent to $3.51 per share on 5,900 shares traded. AOI is now 5.31 percent above its 50-day moving average and 11.84 percent below its 200-day moving average, and also 26.71 percent below its 52-week high and 11.11 percent above its 52-week low.
Two companies made gains of 12.2 percent in yesterday’s after-hours trading – Cadence Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: CADX), which is now at $6.6 per share on 124,570 shares traded, and Kingold Jewelry Inc. (OTC: KGJI), which is trading at $2.12 per share on 3,500 shares traded. Cadence is now 3.63 percent above its 50-day moving average and 4.87 percent below its 200-day moving average, and also 28.81 percent below its 52-week peak and 104.17 percent above its 52-week low.
Kingold Jewelry, on the other hand, is trading 14.84 percent and 40.42 percent respectively above its 50-day and 200-day moving averages. The company is also 22.86 percent below its 52-week high and 96.88 percent above its 52-week low.
One company, Viewpoint Financial Group (NASDAQ: VPFG), made a 9 percent gain in after-hours trading yesterday, while two others – StemCells Inc. (NASDAQ: STEM) and Paulson Capital Corp. (NASDAQ: PLCC) – improved by 8.2 percent. Viewpoint Financial Group is now trading at $24.14 per share on 1,550 shares traded, and is trading at 5.94 percent and 9.16 percent respectively above its 50-day and 200-day moving averages.
StemCells is trading at $1.32 on 1,220 shares traded, and also 18.84 percent below its 50-day moving average and 26.98 percent below its 200-day moving average.
Lastly, Paulson Capital is trading at $1.19 on 3,330 shares traded after the gain, and is presently 8.83 percent below its 50-day moving average and 13.46 percent above its 200-day moving average.
Other substantial gainers in yesterday’s after-hours trading session included Tile Shop Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: TTS, up 7.3 percent to $13.9 per share, stock oversold as RSI at 15.68), Pegasystems Inc. (NASDAQ: PEGA, up 7.1 percent to $48.8017), Dyax Corp. (NASDAQ: DYAX, up 6.4 percent to $8.49), WPX Energy Inc. (NYSE: WPX, up 6 percent to $19.49) and Kimberly-Clark Corporation (NYSE: KMB, up 6 percent to $116.25 per share, stock overbought as RSI at 74.16).