Penn Virginia Corporation, Peregrine Pharmaceuticals Among Stocks Gapping Up Monday

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

  • Penn Virginia Corporation (NYSE:PVA) closed the previous trading session at $4.82, gapping up to open at $5.32 today. While trading at a volume of 256,525, the stock price has risen 11.4%. Shares have been on an upward trajectory over the past month, rising 92 cents (20.7%) from a price of $4.45 on April 20, 2012. The stock has moved up across its 200-day moving average of $5.12 today.
  • Peregrine Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:PPHM) opened at 60 cents after closing the previous trading session at 44 cents, gapping up. Shares are up 15.9% and trading at a volume of 1.3 million. The stock has moved up across its 50-day moving average of 47 cents today.
  • Alvarion (NASDAQ:ALVR) closed the previous trading session at 46 cents, gapping up to open at 60 cents today. Shares have risen 8.7%, trading at a volume of 138,503. The stock is trading at 73% of its 50-day moving average and 54.6% of its 200-day moving average.
  • Westinghouse Solar (NASDAQ:WEST) opened at 28 cents after closing the previous trading session at 23 cents, gapping up. The stock price is up 1.1% with a volume of 115,926. The stock is trading at 50.7% of its 50-day moving average and 40.6% of its 200-day moving average.