Ballard Power Shares Strongly Outperform Other Fuel-Cell Stocks

There was one clear winner in the fuel-cell group Monday: Ballard Power Systems

. The stock rallied some 15 percent to a session high at $1.59 -- all while peers in the space, Plug Power

and FuelCell Energy

, fell about 3 percent and 4 percent, respectively. Volume seemed inline with this action. Ballard Power traded about four times normal full-day volume; both Plug Power and FuelCell traded a number of shares which was under their average daily shares traded. A news-related justification for the price action in the fuel-cell sector could not be found.