Owens-Illinois, Standard Microsystems Corporation Among Stocks Gapping Up Wednesday

Here are stocks that gapped up today with opening prices significantly higher than the close on the previous trading day:

  • Owens-Illinois (NYSE:OI) gapped up today, opening at $24.57 after closing the previous trading session at $22.01. While trading at a volume of 1.6 million, the stock price has risen 8.6%. Share price went up over the last three months, now up $1.58 (7.1%) from $22.33 on January 12, 2012. The stock has moved up across its 50-day moving average of $23.67 today.
  • Standard Microsystems Corporation (NASDAQ:SMSC) closed the previous trading session at $24.23, gapping up to open at $26.85 today. Shares are up 13.5% and trading at a volume of 166,063. The stock has risen $3.35 (13.9%) over the last three months from a price of $24.14 on January 12, 2012. The stock has moved up across its 200-day moving average of $24.67 today.
  • Guanwei Recycling (NASDAQ:GPRC) gapped up today, opening at $1.85 after closing the previous trading session at $1.64. Trading at a volume of 1.1 million, the stock price is up 8.5%. The stock is trading 99% above its 50-day moving average and 43.4% above its 200-day moving average.
  • L&L Energy (NASDAQ:LLEN) closed the previous trading session at $2.29, gapping up to open at $2.60 today. The stock price is up 2.2% with a volume of 329,256. The stock has fallen over the last three months, dropping 51 cents (-17.9%) from $2.85 on January 12, 2012. The stock has climbed a step closer to its 50-day moving average, sitting at just 95.7% of the mark.