LONDON, March 19, 2014 /PRNewswire/ --
On Tuesday, March 18, 2014, the
NASDAQ Composite finished at 4,333.31, up 1.25%. The Dow Jones
Industrial Average closed the session at 16,336.19, up 0.55% and
the S&P 500 ended the day at 1,872.25, higher by 0.72%. The
gains were broad based with 9 of 10 sectors ending the session in
positive. Investor-Edge looks at some of the equities that hit a
new 52-week high during the last session. These include Penn
Virginia Corp. (NYSE: PVA), Idera Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ:
IDRA), US Geothermal Inc. (AMEX: HTM), and First Republic Bank
(NYSE: FRC). Free technical research on PVA, IDRA, HTM and FRC can
be downloaded upon signing up at:
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Shares in Penn Virginia Corp. finished the day at $15.73, up 15.58%, hitting a new 52-week high of
$16.00 on Tuesday. The stock reported
a trading volume of 8.80 million shares during the trading session,
compared with the 3-month average volume of 2.83 million shares.
Penn Virginia Corp.'s shares have advanced 66.81% on YTD basis.
Shares of the company have rallied 19.17% in the last one month and
63.68% in the previous three months. The S&P 500 Energy Sector
Index mapped a gain of 0.78% during the session and the same has
advanced 1.57% in the previous three trading sessions. The stock is
trading above both its 50-day and 200-day moving averages. The
company's 50-day moving average of $12.78 is above the 200-day moving average of
$8.30. RSI of the company was 47.99
at the end of the session. Sign up today to read free research on
PVA at:
http://www.investor-edge.com/320-PVA-19Mar2014.pdf
On Tuesday, shares in Idera Pharmaceuticals Inc. surged 8.75%,
closing the day at $6.59, hitting a
new 52-week high of $6.87. The stock
recorded a trading volume of 7.63 million shares, compared with the
3-month average volumes of 2.88 million shares. The company's
shares have gained 42.33% on YTD basis. Shares of Idera
Pharmaceuticals Inc. have surged 37.87% in the last one month and
91.57% in the previous three months. The S&P 500 Health Care
Sector Index mapped a gain of 1.17% during the session and charted
up by 8.57% during the previous three months. The stock is trading
above its 50-day and 200-day moving averages. Idera Pharmaceuticals
Inc.'s 50-day moving average of $5.01
is above the 200-day moving average of $2.61. Additionally, the company's shares were
trading at the Relative Strength Index (RSI) of 61.74. Sign up
today to read free research on IDRA at:
http://www.investor-edge.com/320-IDRA-19Mar2014.pdf
On Tuesday, US Geothermal Inc.'s stocks rallied 20.55%, to close
the day at $0.88, hitting a new
52-week high of $0.89. The stock
recorded a trading volume of 4.64 million shares, compared with the
3-month average volume of 0.73 million shares. US Geothermal Inc.'s
shares have surged 132.19% on YTD basis. Shares of the company have
rallied 74.30% in the last one month and 131.58% in the previous
three months. The S&P 500 Utilities Sector Index mapped a loss
of 0.20% during the session while the same has advanced 7.76% in
the previous three months. The stock is trading above its 50-day
and 200-day moving averages. US Geothermal Inc.'s 50-day moving
average of $0.49 is above the 200-day
moving average of $0.45. Furthermore,
shares of the company were trading at the Relative Strength Index
(RSI) of 78.51. Sign up today to read free research on HTM at:
http://www.investor-edge.com/320-HTM-19Mar2014.pdf
First Republic Bank's stock fluctuated in the range of $52.60 and $53.82,
hitting a new 52-week high of $53.82.
The company's stock reported a gain of 0.77%, ending the day at
$53.63. A total of 2.76 million
shares were traded, which is above the 3-months average volume of
0.60 million. The company's shares have gained 5.47% in the last
one month and 3.37% in the previous three months. The company
stocks traded at a PE ratio of 17.19 and were up 2.45% on YTD
basis. The S&P 500 Financials Sector Index posted gains of
2.09% in the last one month and 2.49% in the previous three months.
The company's stock is trading above both its 50-day and 200-day
moving averages. First Republic Bank's 50-day moving average of
$50.96 is above the 200-day moving
average of $47.04. The stock is
trading at RSI of 64.56. Sign up today to read free research on FRC
at:
http://www.investor-edge.com/320-FRC-19Mar2014.pdf
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