Amarin Corporation plc, Loral Space & Communications Gapping Up Wednesday

These are stocks that gapped up today and had open prices higher than the close on the previous trading day:

  • Amarin Corporation plc (NASDAQ:AMRN) closed the previous trading session at $13.16, gapping up to open at $15.26 today. Trading at a volume of 10.6 million, the stock price is up 11.5%. Share price went up over the last three months, now up $3.36 (29.7%) from $11.32 on March 30, 2012. The stock is trading 24.7% above its 50-day moving average and 32.6% above its 200-day moving average.
  • Loral Space & Communications (NASDAQ:LORL) opened at $64 after closing the previous trading session at $57.74, gapping up. The stock price is up 14.1% with a volume of 254,767. Over the last three months, the stock has lost $13.69 (-17.2%) from a price of $79.60 on March 30, 2012. The stock has moved up across its 200-day moving average of $64.53 today.