10 Hottest Stocks From October 17, 2018


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This list of stocks was generated by tracking the most popular ticker searches on the Benzinga Pro real-time news platform.

Readers can rely on this daily list to offer insight into which stocks retail investors are most interested in during a given trading session. In addition to providing the list itself, this article offers a quick glimpse into why a certain stock may be trending.

  1. Shares of Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ:NFLX) are up 5.25 percent to $364.59 after the company released strong Q3 earnings that surpassed estimates.
  2. vTv Therapeutics Inc. (NASDAQ:VTVT) shares are up 28.42 percent to $3.66 after the company announced two presentations for the Clinical Trials on Alzheimer’s Disease Conference.
  3. Shares of Yulong Eco Materials Limited (NASDAQ:YECO) shares surged 571.05 percent to $10.20 after the company announced it's in the process of a sale and spin off of its China businesses in order to focus on its newly-acquired Millennium Sapphire business.
  4. Auris Medical Holding (NASDAQ:EARS) closed down 20.95 percent to $1.17 after the company announced positive results from the second Phase 1 clinical trial with Intranasal Betahistine.
  5. Shares of Flex Pharma, Inc. (NASDAQ:FLKS) fell 2.39 percent to $0.67. Despite no news on any stock movement, the volume of shares traded resulted three times higher than the average volume on Wednesday.
  6. Blink Charging Co. (NASDAQ:BLNK) fell 31.18 percent to $2.45. Shares rallied Tuesday after the company announced plans to team up with Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG)’s Google Maps to assist electric vehicle drivers in locating charging stations.
  7. Shares of International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE:IBM) fell 7.63 percent to $134.05 after the company missed revenue estimates and demonstrated slowed server and software sales.
  8. Oragenics, Inc. (NYSE:OGEN) shares surged 9.65 percent to $1.25 after the company received clearance to enroll patients into its Phase 2 clinical trial for oral mucositis.
  9. Shares of Fuwei Films Co. (NASDAQ:FFHL) rose 6.54 percent to $2.28. The company on Tuesday announced it received higher orders from its major customer, Eternal Electronic Material Co.
  10. Canopy Growth Corp. (NYSE:CGC) dropped 4.38 percent to $50.69 following a substantial sell-off in cannabis stocks.

Crypto Whales Are Loading Up — Are You?

New research shows the biggest crypto buyers are back. And this time? They could hold for the possibility that Bitcoin will surpass $100,000 in 2024. You don’t want to miss the next massive crypto bull run like we saw in 2020 and 2021. To know exactly what’s going on and what to buy… Get Access To Benzinga’s Best Crypto Research and Investments For Only $1.


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