Here's Why Marathon Patent, Riot, Westport Fuel and Clean Energy Are Moving

One of the most common questions traders have about stocks is “Why Is It Moving?”.

That’s why Benzinga created the Why Is It Moving, or WIIM, feature in Benzinga Pro. WIIMs are a one-sentence description as to why that stock is moving. 

Shares of Marathon Patent Group Inc MARA and Riot Blockchain Inc RIOT are both trading higher amid bitcoin soaring past $40,000 and Tesla Inc TSLA making a $1.5 billion investment in bitcoin.

Marathon and Riot compete as digital asset technology companies that mine cryptocurrencies. 

Shares of Westport Fuel Systems Inc WPRT and Clean Energy Fuels Corp CLNE are both trading higher amid a report that Amazon Inc AMZN ordered 1,000 truck engines which run on compressed natural gas.

Clean Energy also signed a multi-year contract with LA Metro for more than 47.5M gallons of renewable natural gas.

Westport Fuel Systems and Clean Energy Fuels engineer, manufacture, and supply alternative fuel systems and components for use in transportation applications worldwide.