Spinning and swimming to shore
End of Day, Cause and Effect
Closing Bell: The NASDAQ closed UP +24.85 (+0.84%) to 2,976.08 while the DOW is UP +72.43 (+0.56%) to 12,943.82
EOD Commentary : We’re caught in a trading range and we are swimming to shore … until we get some clarity in the markets. RegMed stocks are still spinning … through stumbling markets. ASTM is … post their “common stock exchange” … holding in a holiday-shortened trading session.
Investors will be looking ahead to government’s June employment report at the end of the week. Economists expect a gain of 90,000 jobs.
The CBOE Volatility Index finished below 17, hitting a 2 month low . Breadth was pretty even or mixed, with universe losers (13) beating gainers (8) with(2) flats.
Who is up … at the close:
- Advanced Cell Technology (OTC ACTC) +$0.0002 <+0.32%> to $0.0625;
- BioHeart (OTC BHRT) +$0.0022 <+8.22%> to $0.029;
- BioMimetic (BMTI) +$0.02 <+0.70%> to $2.89;
- BioTime (Amex: BTX) +$0.07 <+1.46%> to $4.85;
- ImmunoCellular (Amex: IMUC) +$0.14 <+3.78%> to $3.84;
- NeoStem (Amex: NBS) +$0.046 <+9.32%> to $0.545;
- Neuralstem (Amex: CUR) +$0.05 <+5.26%> to $1.00;
- Opexa (OPXA) +$0.03 <+9.38%> to $0.35;
- Pluristem (PSTI) +$0.14 <+5.88%> to $2.52;
- ThermoGenesis (KOOL) +$0.08 <+8.89%> to $0.98;
- Verastem (VSTM) +$0.41 <+3.82%> to $11.14.
