10 Hottest Stocks From October 16, 2018

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 Auris Medical Holding EARS are up 7.2 percent to $1.48. The company on Monday outlined plans to offer an update on the intranasal betahistine program.
2. Flex Pharma, Inc. FLKS dropped 27.3 percent to $0.69 after intense stock volatility and share jump of 79.25 percent on Monday.
3. Shares of Netflix, Inc. NFLX jumped 3.9 percent to $346.40 ahead of its third-quarter earnings.
4. AcelRx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. ACRX fell 7.4 percent to $3.97. Shares spiked higher Monday, driven by a pending U.S. Food and Drug Administration decision on the opioid drug.
5. Shares of Canopy Growth Corp. CGC fell 6.8 percent to $53.01 ahead of Wednesday's Canadian legalization of recreational marijuana.
6. Cronos Group Inc. CRON fell 1.8 percent to $11.52. 
7. Agile Therapeutics, Inc. AGRX rose 2.54 percent.
8. Shares of Tilray, Inc. TLRY fell 4.03 percent to $159 even after Benchmark gave it a $200 price target.
9. India Globalization Capital, Inc. IGC dropped 13.7 percent to $4.51 after announcing second-quarter earnings results.
10. New Age Beverages Corp. NBEV fell 5.4 percent to $6.99 after the company announced the results of its CBD-infused portfolio.