Nanosphere Inc (NSPH) 0.44 $NSPH
Momentum Indicators for Biotech Stocks -- Nanosphere, Isis Pharma, Halozyme Therapeutics, ACADIA Pharma, and Synta Pharma
PR Newswire - Fri Oct 31, 7:40AM CDT
Investor-Edge has initiated coverage on the following equities: Nanosphere Inc. (NASDAQ: NSPH), Isis Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ: ISIS), Halozyme Therapeutics Inc. (NASDAQ: HALO), ACADIA Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ: ACAD), and Synta Pharmaceuticals Corporation (NASDAQ: SNTA). Free research on these five companies can be accessed at: http://investor-edge.com/register. On Thursday, October 30, 2014, the NASDAQ Composite ended at 4,566.14, up 0.37%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average advanced 1.30%, to finish the day at 17,195.42, and the S&P 500 closed at 1,994.65, up 0.62%. The gains were broad based as nine out of ten sectors ended the session in positive. The S&P 500 Health Care Sector Index ended the day at 774.91, up 1.81%, with the index also advancing 7.78% in the previous three months. Register for your complimentary reports on these five stocks at:
SNTA: 2.96 (-0.05), ACAD: 27.70 (-0.35), HALO: 9.62 (+0.01), ISIS: 46.06 (+0.18), NSPH: 0.44 (unch)
Nanosphere to Release Third Quarter Results and Host Investor Conference Call on Wednesday, November 5
GlobeNewswire - Tue Oct 28, 3:01PM CDT
Nanosphere, Inc. (Nasdaq:NSPH), a company enhancing medicine through targeted molecular diagnostics, today announced that it will report its results for the third quarter of 2014 on Wednesday, November 5, 2014. The company will also hold a live investor conference call and webcast at 5:00pm Eastern/2:00pm Pacific.
NSPH: 0.44 (unch)
Nanosphere, Inc. Announces the Closing of Common Stock Offering
GlobeNewswire - Mon Oct 27, 3:01PM CDT
Nanosphere, Inc. (the "Company"
(Nasdaq:NSPH), a company enhancing medicine through targeted molecular diagnostics, today announced the closing of its previously announced underwritten public offering of 40,000,000 shares of its common stock at a public offering price of $0.50 per share. As part of the fee payable to the underwriters in connection with the offering, the Company also issued 400,000 shares of common stock to the underwriters. Chardan Capital Markets, LLC acted as the sole book-running manager for the offering.
NSPH: 0.44 (unch)
Stock to Watch: Nanosphere Down 36.7% (NSPH)
Comtex SmarTrend(R) - Wed Oct 22, 10:16AM CDT
Nanosphere (NASDAQ:NSPH) is one of today's worst performing penny stocks, down 36.7% to $0.47 on 3.7x average daily volume. Thus far today, Nanosphere has traded 5.6 million shares, vs. average volume of 1.5 million shares per day. The stock has underperformed the Dow (-37.0% to the Dow's 0.0%) and underperformed the S&P 500 (-37.0% to the S&P's 0.2%) during today's trading.
NSPH: 0.44 (unch)
Nanosphere Prices $20 Million Public Offering of Common Stock
GlobeNewswire - Wed Oct 22, 8:44AM CDT
Nanosphere, Inc. (the "Company" (Nasdaq:NSPH), a leader in the development and commercialization of advanced molecular diagnostics systems, today announced the pricing of its previously announced underwritten public offering of 40,000,000 shares of its common stock at a public offering price of $0.50 per share. In connection with the offering, the Company has also granted the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 6,000,000 shares of common stock to cover over-allotments, if any. As part of the fee payable to the underwriters in connection with the offering, the Company will issue 400,000 shares of common stock to the underwriters, plus up to an additional 60,000 shares of common stock in the event that the underwriters exercise their over-allotment option. Chardan Capital Markets, LLC is acting as the sole book-running manager for the offering.
NSPH: 0.44 (unch)
Nanosphere Announces Commencement of Public Offering of Common Stock; Preliminary Third Quarter 2014 Top Line Results
GlobeNewswire - Tue Oct 21, 3:39PM CDT
Nanosphere, Inc. (the "Company" or "Nanosphere" (Nasdaq:NSPH), a company enhancing medicine through targeted molecular diagnostics, today announced that it has commenced an underwritten public offering of its common stock. Chardan Capital Markets, LLC is acting as the sole book-running manager for the offering. Nanosphere plans to use the net proceeds from the offering for general corporate purposes and working capital.
NSPH: 0.44 (unch)
Shire PLC Takes A Dive As AbbVie Reconsiders Offer
at The Street - Wed Oct 15, 3:01PM CDT
Billionaire stock picks Paramount Gold and Silver Corp. (NYSEMKT
ZG), Nanosphere, Inc. (NASDAQ:NSPH) and Orexigen Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:OREX) have made noteworthy climbs on the market this Wedn...
DVR: 0.14 (-0.08), PZG: 0.67 (-0.03), SHPG: 199.80 (+0.38), NSPH: 0.44 (unch)
Domino's Pizza Jumps On Q3 Results Report
at The Street - Tue Oct 14, 4:00PM CDT
EXCO Resources Inc (NYSE:XCO), Sears Holdings Corp (NASDAQ:SHLD) and Domino’s Pizza, Inc. (NYSE
PZ) made noteworthy gains on Wall Street this Tuesday. Taking major falls are Nanosphere, Inc. ...
DVR: 0.14 (-0.08), XCO: 3.05 (+0.22), DPZ: 88.79 (-0.09), SHLD: 34.92 (-1.82), NSPH: 0.44 (unch)
Why Nanosphere (NSPH) Stock Is Plummeting Today
at The Street - Tue Oct 14, 1:38PM CDT
Nanosphere (NSPH) plunged in afternoon trading Tuesday after the World Health Organization said the number of new Ebola cases in the hardest-hit areas is declining.
NSPH: 0.44 (unch)
Market Maker Surveillance Report. DORLN, VSR, DORLP, LAKE, NSPH, MBII, Winning Stocks With Lowest Price Friction For Monday, October 13th 2014
M2 - Tue Oct 14, 4:16AM CDT
BUYINS.NET / www.buyins.net, announced today its proprietary Market Maker Friction Factor Report for Monday. Since October 2008 market makers are now required to be on the bid as much as they are on the offer and for like amounts of stock. This Fair Market Making Requirement is designed to prevent market makers from manipulating stock prices. On Monday there were 4783 companies with "abnormal" market making, 1672 companies with positive Friction Factors and 3138 companies with negative Friction Factors. Here is a list of the top companies with the largest percentage gain per share Monday and low price friction (bullish). This means that there was more buying than selling in the stocks and their stock prices rose faster with less Friction. Doral Financial Corp (OTC ORLN), Versar Inc (NYSE:VSR), Doral Financial Corp (OTC ORLP), Lakeland Industries Inc (NASDAQ:LAKE), Nanosphere Inc (NASDAQ:NSPH), (NASDAQ:MBII). To access Friction Factor, Naked Short Data and SqueezeTrigger Prices on all stocks please visit http://www.buyins.net .
MBII: 2.62 (+0.04), LAKE: 14.10 (-0.14), VSR: 3.25 (-0.05), DRL: 5.81 (-0.04), NSPH: 0.44 (unch)
Leon Cooperman To Cash In On Atlas Energy Acquisition
at The Street - Mon Oct 13, 12:06PM CDT
Doral Financial Corp. (NYSE RL), Nanosphere, Inc. (NASDAQ:NSPH) and Atlas Energy LP (NYSE:ATLS) made major gains early in the day this Monday. In the red are DryShips Inc. (NASDAQ RYS), Mitek Syst...
ATLS: 37.53 (-0.92), DRL: 5.81 (-0.04), DRYS: 1.48 (-0.04), NSPH: 0.44 (unch)
Traders Get Bullish on Shares of Nanosphere, Shares Up 14.1% (NSPH)
Comtex SmarTrend(R) - Mon Oct 13, 11:38AM CDT
Nanosphere (NASDAQ:NSPH) is one of today's best performing penny stocks, up 14.1% to $0.74 on 3.3x average daily volume. Nanosphere has traded 2.5 million shares thus far today, vs. average volume of 764,000 shares per day. The stock has outperformed the Dow (14.5% to the Dow's -0.3%) and outperformed the S&P 500 (14.5% to the S&P's -0.5%) during today's trading.
NSPH: 0.44 (unch)
Nanosphere (NSPH) Soars: Stock Adds 26.6% in Session - Tale of the Tape
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Mon Oct 13, 7:51AM CDT
Nanosphere, Inc. (NSPH) was a big mover last session, as its shares rose almost 27% on the day.
EBS: 22.62 (+0.27), FCSC: 2.80 (-0.05), NSPH: 0.44 (unch)
FDA Clears Additional Viral Targets on Verigene Enteric Pathogens Test
GlobeNewswire - Mon Oct 13, 7:00AM CDT
Nanosphere, Inc. (Nasdaq:NSPH), a company enhancing medicine through targeted molecular diagnostics, today announced it has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its Verigene(R) Enteric Pathogens Nucleic Acid Test (EP), which now includes additional viral targets, as well as the bacterial and toxigenic targets cleared by FDA earlier this summer.
NSPH: 0.44 (unch)
Microchip Technology Dips On Sales Warning
at The Street - Fri Oct 10, 12:04PM CDT
Billionaire stock picks EXACT Sciences Corporation (NASDAQ:EXAS), Nanosphere, Inc. (NASDAQ:NSPH) and Rock Creek Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:RCPI) are making noteworthy gains on the market this Friday...
RCPI: 0.25 (-0.02), MCHP: 43.11 (+2.02), KN: 19.46 (+0.26), EXAS: 24.07 (-0.74), NSPH: 0.44 (unch)
Hot Stock: Nanosphere, Shares Gain 14.6% (NSPH)
Comtex SmarTrend(R) - Fri Oct 10, 10:06AM CDT
Nanosphere (NASDAQ:NSPH) is one of today's best performing penny stocks, up 14.6% to $0.59 on 1.5x average daily volume. Thus far today, Nanosphere has traded 1.1 million shares, vs. average volume of 742,000 shares per day. The stock has outperformed the Dow (15.7% to the Dow's 0.1%) and outperformed the S&P 500 (15.7% to the S&P's -0.4%) during today's trading.
NSPH: 0.44 (unch)
Soros Picks Nanosphere, NII Holdings Rebound Midday
at The Street - Wed Oct 08, 12:57PM CDT
Today's top midday gainers on the market are NII Holdings Inc (OTCMKTS:NIHDQ), Nanosphere, Inc. (NASDAQ:NSPH) and Pendrell Corp (NASDAQ CO). Endeavour International Corporation (NYSE:END), dELi...
DLIA: 0.11 (-0.01), END: 0.16 (-0.03), SHLD: 34.92 (-1.82), NSPH: 0.44 (unch)
4 Stocks Under $10 Moving Higher Into Breakout Territory
at The Street - Fri Sep 19, 7:34AM CDT
Keep these under-$10 breakout stocks on your trading radar.
RIBT: 4.36 (-0.04), OPTT: 0.99 (-0.04), PHMD: 3.84 (+0.01), NSPH: 0.44 (unch)
Biotech Stocks in Motion - XOMA, Nanosphere, Isis Pharma, Halozyme Therapeutics, and Synta Pharma
PR Newswire - Wed Sep 17, 7:45AM CDT
The US markets on Tuesday, September 16, 2014, ended on a positive note as the Dow Jones Industrial Average finished at 17,131.97, up 0.59% and the NASDAQ Composite closed at 4,552.76, up 0.75%. The S&P 500 finished the session 0.75% higher at 1,998.98. During the trading session, all the ten sectors finished on a higher note. The S&P 500 Health Care Sector Index ended the day at 744.20, up 1.34%, with the index gaining 7.96% in the previous three months. Investor-Edge has initiated coverage on the following equities: XOMA Corporation (NASDAQ: XOMA), Nanosphere Inc. (NASDAQ: NSPH), Isis Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ: ISIS), Halozyme Therapeutics Inc. (NASDAQ: HALO), and Synta Pharmaceuticals Corporation (NASDAQ: SNTA). Free research on these five companies can be accessed at:
SNTA: 2.96 (-0.05), HALO: 9.62 (+0.01), ISIS: 46.06 (+0.18), NSPH: 0.44 (unch), XOMA: 4.29 (-0.28)
Stock to Watch: Nanosphere Up 5.9% (NSPH)
Comtex SmarTrend(R) - Mon Sep 08, 10:38AM CDT
Nanosphere (NASDAQ:NSPH) is one of today's best performing penny stocks, up 5.9% to $0.59 on 2.8x average daily volume. Nanosphere has traded 2.3 million shares thus far today, vs. average volume of 803,000 shares per day. The stock has outperformed the Dow (5.9% to the Dow's -0.1%) and outperformed the S&P 500 (5.9% to the S&P's -0.1%) during today's trading.
NSPH: 0.44 (unch)
Momentum Indicators for Biotech Stocks -- Nanosphere, Isis Pharma, Halozyme Therapeutics, ACADIA Pharma, and Synta Pharma
PR Newswire - Fri Oct 31, 7:40AM CDT
Investor-Edge has initiated coverage on the following equities: Nanosphere Inc. (NASDAQ: NSPH), Isis Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ: ISIS), Halozyme Therapeutics Inc. (NASDAQ: HALO), ACADIA Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ: ACAD), and Synta Pharmaceuticals Corporation (NASDAQ: SNTA). Free research on these five companies can be accessed at: http://investor-edge.com/register. On Thursday, October 30, 2014, the NASDAQ Composite ended at 4,566.14, up 0.37%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average advanced 1.30%, to finish the day at 17,195.42, and the S&P 500 closed at 1,994.65, up 0.62%. The gains were broad based as nine out of ten sectors ended the session in positive. The S&P 500 Health Care Sector Index ended the day at 774.91, up 1.81%, with the index also advancing 7.78% in the previous three months. Register for your complimentary reports on these five stocks at:
SNTA: 2.96 (-0.05), ACAD: 27.70 (-0.35), HALO: 9.62 (+0.01), ISIS: 46.06 (+0.18), NSPH: 0.44 (unch)
Nanosphere to Release Third Quarter Results and Host Investor Conference Call on Wednesday, November 5
GlobeNewswire - Tue Oct 28, 3:01PM CDT
Nanosphere, Inc. (Nasdaq:NSPH), a company enhancing medicine through targeted molecular diagnostics, today announced that it will report its results for the third quarter of 2014 on Wednesday, November 5, 2014. The company will also hold a live investor conference call and webcast at 5:00pm Eastern/2:00pm Pacific.
NSPH: 0.44 (unch)
Nanosphere, Inc. Announces the Closing of Common Stock Offering
GlobeNewswire - Mon Oct 27, 3:01PM CDT
Nanosphere, Inc. (the "Company"
(Nasdaq:NSPH), a company enhancing medicine through targeted molecular diagnostics, today announced the closing of its previously announced underwritten public offering of 40,000,000 shares of its common stock at a public offering price of $0.50 per share. As part of the fee payable to the underwriters in connection with the offering, the Company also issued 400,000 shares of common stock to the underwriters. Chardan Capital Markets, LLC acted as the sole book-running manager for the offering. NSPH: 0.44 (unch)
Stock to Watch: Nanosphere Down 36.7% (NSPH)
Comtex SmarTrend(R) - Wed Oct 22, 10:16AM CDT
Nanosphere (NASDAQ:NSPH) is one of today's worst performing penny stocks, down 36.7% to $0.47 on 3.7x average daily volume. Thus far today, Nanosphere has traded 5.6 million shares, vs. average volume of 1.5 million shares per day. The stock has underperformed the Dow (-37.0% to the Dow's 0.0%) and underperformed the S&P 500 (-37.0% to the S&P's 0.2%) during today's trading.
NSPH: 0.44 (unch)
Nanosphere Prices $20 Million Public Offering of Common Stock
GlobeNewswire - Wed Oct 22, 8:44AM CDT
Nanosphere, Inc. (the "Company"
(Nasdaq:NSPH), a leader in the development and commercialization of advanced molecular diagnostics systems, today announced the pricing of its previously announced underwritten public offering of 40,000,000 shares of its common stock at a public offering price of $0.50 per share. In connection with the offering, the Company has also granted the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 6,000,000 shares of common stock to cover over-allotments, if any. As part of the fee payable to the underwriters in connection with the offering, the Company will issue 400,000 shares of common stock to the underwriters, plus up to an additional 60,000 shares of common stock in the event that the underwriters exercise their over-allotment option. Chardan Capital Markets, LLC is acting as the sole book-running manager for the offering. NSPH: 0.44 (unch)
Nanosphere Announces Commencement of Public Offering of Common Stock; Preliminary Third Quarter 2014 Top Line Results
GlobeNewswire - Tue Oct 21, 3:39PM CDT
Nanosphere, Inc. (the "Company" or "Nanosphere"
(Nasdaq:NSPH), a company enhancing medicine through targeted molecular diagnostics, today announced that it has commenced an underwritten public offering of its common stock. Chardan Capital Markets, LLC is acting as the sole book-running manager for the offering. Nanosphere plans to use the net proceeds from the offering for general corporate purposes and working capital. NSPH: 0.44 (unch)
Shire PLC Takes A Dive As AbbVie Reconsiders Offer
at The Street - Wed Oct 15, 3:01PM CDT
Billionaire stock picks Paramount Gold and Silver Corp. (NYSEMKT
ZG), Nanosphere, Inc. (NASDAQ:NSPH) and Orexigen Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:OREX) have made noteworthy climbs on the market this Wedn... DVR: 0.14 (-0.08), PZG: 0.67 (-0.03), SHPG: 199.80 (+0.38), NSPH: 0.44 (unch)
Domino's Pizza Jumps On Q3 Results Report
at The Street - Tue Oct 14, 4:00PM CDT
EXCO Resources Inc (NYSE:XCO), Sears Holdings Corp (NASDAQ:SHLD) and Domino’s Pizza, Inc. (NYSE
PZ) made noteworthy gains on Wall Street this Tuesday. Taking major falls are Nanosphere, Inc. ... DVR: 0.14 (-0.08), XCO: 3.05 (+0.22), DPZ: 88.79 (-0.09), SHLD: 34.92 (-1.82), NSPH: 0.44 (unch)
Why Nanosphere (NSPH) Stock Is Plummeting Today
at The Street - Tue Oct 14, 1:38PM CDT
Nanosphere (NSPH) plunged in afternoon trading Tuesday after the World Health Organization said the number of new Ebola cases in the hardest-hit areas is declining.
NSPH: 0.44 (unch)
Market Maker Surveillance Report. DORLN, VSR, DORLP, LAKE, NSPH, MBII, Winning Stocks With Lowest Price Friction For Monday, October 13th 2014
M2 - Tue Oct 14, 4:16AM CDT
BUYINS.NET / www.buyins.net, announced today its proprietary Market Maker Friction Factor Report for Monday. Since October 2008 market makers are now required to be on the bid as much as they are on the offer and for like amounts of stock. This Fair Market Making Requirement is designed to prevent market makers from manipulating stock prices. On Monday there were 4783 companies with "abnormal" market making, 1672 companies with positive Friction Factors and 3138 companies with negative Friction Factors. Here is a list of the top companies with the largest percentage gain per share Monday and low price friction (bullish). This means that there was more buying than selling in the stocks and their stock prices rose faster with less Friction. Doral Financial Corp (OTC
ORLN), Versar Inc (NYSE:VSR), Doral Financial Corp (OTC ORLP), Lakeland Industries Inc (NASDAQ:LAKE), Nanosphere Inc (NASDAQ:NSPH), (NASDAQ:MBII). To access Friction Factor, Naked Short Data and SqueezeTrigger Prices on all stocks please visit http://www.buyins.net . MBII: 2.62 (+0.04), LAKE: 14.10 (-0.14), VSR: 3.25 (-0.05), DRL: 5.81 (-0.04), NSPH: 0.44 (unch)
Leon Cooperman To Cash In On Atlas Energy Acquisition
at The Street - Mon Oct 13, 12:06PM CDT
Doral Financial Corp. (NYSE
RL), Nanosphere, Inc. (NASDAQ:NSPH) and Atlas Energy LP (NYSE:ATLS) made major gains early in the day this Monday. In the red are DryShips Inc. (NASDAQ RYS), Mitek Syst... ATLS: 37.53 (-0.92), DRL: 5.81 (-0.04), DRYS: 1.48 (-0.04), NSPH: 0.44 (unch)
Traders Get Bullish on Shares of Nanosphere, Shares Up 14.1% (NSPH)
Comtex SmarTrend(R) - Mon Oct 13, 11:38AM CDT
Nanosphere (NASDAQ:NSPH) is one of today's best performing penny stocks, up 14.1% to $0.74 on 3.3x average daily volume. Nanosphere has traded 2.5 million shares thus far today, vs. average volume of 764,000 shares per day. The stock has outperformed the Dow (14.5% to the Dow's -0.3%) and outperformed the S&P 500 (14.5% to the S&P's -0.5%) during today's trading.
NSPH: 0.44 (unch)
Nanosphere (NSPH) Soars: Stock Adds 26.6% in Session - Tale of the Tape
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Mon Oct 13, 7:51AM CDT
Nanosphere, Inc. (NSPH) was a big mover last session, as its shares rose almost 27% on the day.
EBS: 22.62 (+0.27), FCSC: 2.80 (-0.05), NSPH: 0.44 (unch)
FDA Clears Additional Viral Targets on Verigene Enteric Pathogens Test
GlobeNewswire - Mon Oct 13, 7:00AM CDT
Nanosphere, Inc. (Nasdaq:NSPH), a company enhancing medicine through targeted molecular diagnostics, today announced it has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its Verigene(R) Enteric Pathogens Nucleic Acid Test (EP), which now includes additional viral targets, as well as the bacterial and toxigenic targets cleared by FDA earlier this summer.
NSPH: 0.44 (unch)
Microchip Technology Dips On Sales Warning
at The Street - Fri Oct 10, 12:04PM CDT
Billionaire stock picks EXACT Sciences Corporation (NASDAQ:EXAS), Nanosphere, Inc. (NASDAQ:NSPH) and Rock Creek Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:RCPI) are making noteworthy gains on the market this Friday...
RCPI: 0.25 (-0.02), MCHP: 43.11 (+2.02), KN: 19.46 (+0.26), EXAS: 24.07 (-0.74), NSPH: 0.44 (unch)
Hot Stock: Nanosphere, Shares Gain 14.6% (NSPH)
Comtex SmarTrend(R) - Fri Oct 10, 10:06AM CDT
Nanosphere (NASDAQ:NSPH) is one of today's best performing penny stocks, up 14.6% to $0.59 on 1.5x average daily volume. Thus far today, Nanosphere has traded 1.1 million shares, vs. average volume of 742,000 shares per day. The stock has outperformed the Dow (15.7% to the Dow's 0.1%) and outperformed the S&P 500 (15.7% to the S&P's -0.4%) during today's trading.
NSPH: 0.44 (unch)
Soros Picks Nanosphere, NII Holdings Rebound Midday
at The Street - Wed Oct 08, 12:57PM CDT
Today's top midday gainers on the market are NII Holdings Inc (OTCMKTS:NIHDQ), Nanosphere, Inc. (NASDAQ:NSPH) and Pendrell Corp (NASDAQ
CO). Endeavour International Corporation (NYSE:END), dELi... DLIA: 0.11 (-0.01), END: 0.16 (-0.03), SHLD: 34.92 (-1.82), NSPH: 0.44 (unch)
4 Stocks Under $10 Moving Higher Into Breakout Territory
at The Street - Fri Sep 19, 7:34AM CDT
Keep these under-$10 breakout stocks on your trading radar.
RIBT: 4.36 (-0.04), OPTT: 0.99 (-0.04), PHMD: 3.84 (+0.01), NSPH: 0.44 (unch)
Biotech Stocks in Motion - XOMA, Nanosphere, Isis Pharma, Halozyme Therapeutics, and Synta Pharma
PR Newswire - Wed Sep 17, 7:45AM CDT
The US markets on Tuesday, September 16, 2014, ended on a positive note as the Dow Jones Industrial Average finished at 17,131.97, up 0.59% and the NASDAQ Composite closed at 4,552.76, up 0.75%. The S&P 500 finished the session 0.75% higher at 1,998.98. During the trading session, all the ten sectors finished on a higher note. The S&P 500 Health Care Sector Index ended the day at 744.20, up 1.34%, with the index gaining 7.96% in the previous three months. Investor-Edge has initiated coverage on the following equities: XOMA Corporation (NASDAQ: XOMA), Nanosphere Inc. (NASDAQ: NSPH), Isis Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ: ISIS), Halozyme Therapeutics Inc. (NASDAQ: HALO), and Synta Pharmaceuticals Corporation (NASDAQ: SNTA). Free research on these five companies can be accessed at:
SNTA: 2.96 (-0.05), HALO: 9.62 (+0.01), ISIS: 46.06 (+0.18), NSPH: 0.44 (unch), XOMA: 4.29 (-0.28)
Stock to Watch: Nanosphere Up 5.9% (NSPH)
Comtex SmarTrend(R) - Mon Sep 08, 10:38AM CDT
Nanosphere (NASDAQ:NSPH) is one of today's best performing penny stocks, up 5.9% to $0.59 on 2.8x average daily volume. Nanosphere has traded 2.3 million shares thus far today, vs. average volume of 803,000 shares per day. The stock has outperformed the Dow (5.9% to the Dow's -0.1%) and outperformed the S&P 500 (5.9% to the S&P's -0.1%) during today's trading.
NSPH: 0.44 (unch)
