Market Movers | Winners: WOLF, BQ, YCBD | Losers: MLTX, KALA, IOBT
On Monday, September 29, broader market witnessed strong advances in the S&P 500 rising 0.26%, the Dow 30 rising 0.15%, and the Nasdaq 100 rising 0.44%. Participation was broad, although not entirely uniform.
List of Market Winners
The following table shows the list of 10 stocks that generated the highest returns on the last trading day:
| # | Ticker | Company Name | 1-D Returns |
YTD Returns |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | WOLF | Wolfspeed | 1726.4% | 231.8% |
| 2 | BQ | Boqii | 233.2% | 153.9% |
| 3 | YCBD | cbdMD | 121.2% | -54.0% |
| 4 | ENTA | Enanta Pharmaceuticals | 91.9% | 163.7% |
| 5 | JFB | JFB Construction | 85.4% | |
| 6 | TLRY | Tilray Brands | 60.9% | 39.1% |
| 7 | POAI | Predictive Oncology | 54.8% | 46.3% |
| 8 | SCOR | comScore | 46.2% | 53.3% |
| 9 | DWTX | Dogwood Therapeutics | 43.3% | 217.7% |
| 10 | BKKT | Bakkt | 42.3% | 3.1% |
List of Market Losers
On the other hand, the following table shows the list of 10 stocks that generated the lowest returns:
| # | Ticker | Company Name | 1-D Returns |
YTD Returns |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MLTX | MoonLake Immunotherapeutics | -89.9% | -88.5% |
| 2 | KALA | Kala Bio | -89.3% | -70.5% |
| 3 | IOBT | IO Biotech | -76.9% | -60.3% |
| 4 | JZXN | Jiuzi | -60.3% | -69.5% |
| 5 | APLT | Applied Therapeutics | -50.7% | -28.5% |
| 6 | MTEK | Maris Tech | -50.6% | -58.9% |
| 7 | BIAF | bioAffinity Technologies | -38.6% | -88.1% |
| 8 | MTEN | Mingteng International | -38.0% | 0.0% |
| 9 | BYND | Beyond Meat | -36.1% | -51.6% |
| 10 | LRMR | Larimar Therapeutics | -33.7% | -12.7% |
Why does this matter? Significant stock moves – up or down – deserve your attention. Sharp declines in fundamentally strong names can offer smart buying opportunities. And when momentum aligns with solid fundamentals, riding the trend can be highly rewarding.
Movers – Last One Week
Analysing over the last one week (5 trading days), weakness was evident in the S&P 500 falling 0.49%, the Dow 30 falling 0.14%, and the Nasdaq 100 falling 0.60%. The pullback was broad, but select names remained resilient.
List of 1-Week Market Winners
The following table shows the list of 10 stocks that generated the highest returns over the last week:
| # | Ticker | Company Name | 1-W Returns |
YTD Returns |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FTEL | Fitell | 1068.4% | -96.0% |
| 2 | WOLF | Wolfspeed | 886.6% | 231.8% |
| 3 | WHLR | Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust | 404.4% | -99.7% |
| 4 | MNDR | Mobile-health Network Solutions | 388.0% | -71.1% |
| 5 | QURE | uniQure | 329.5% | 236.4% |
| 6 | NUAI | New Era Energy & Digital | 311.7% | |
| 7 | BQ | Boqii | 208.5% | 153.9% |
| 8 | DVLT | Datavault AI | 180.5% | |
| 9 | DFLI | Dragonfly Energy | 132.9% | -76.4% |
| 10 | SHFS | SHF | 130.9% | -18.7% |
List of 1-Week Market Losers
Similarly, the following table shows the 10 stocks that were at the bottom in terms of returns:
| # | Ticker | Company Name | 1-W Returns |
YTD Returns |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | WOK | WORK Medical Technology | -91.5% | -98.5% |
| 2 | KALA | Kala Bio | -89.0% | -70.5% |
| 3 | MLTX | MoonLake Immunotherapeutics | -88.6% | -88.5% |
| 4 | SDM | Smart Digital | -87.5% | -83.8% |
| 5 | NRIM | Northrim BanCorp | -76.1% | 14.0% |
| 6 | IOBT | IO Biotech | -75.5% | -60.3% |
| 7 | ZYBT | Zhengye Biotechnology | -74.9% | |
| 8 | AMBI | Ambipar Emergency Response | -74.0% | -78.8% |
| 9 | FGL | Founder | -63.8% | -64.3% |
| 10 | BINI | Bollinger Innovations | -63.6% | -100.0% |
Movers – Last One Month
On a slightly wider timeline over the last one month, stocks moved decisively higher, as seen in the S&P 500 rising 2.45%, the Dow 30 rising 1.49%, and the Nasdaq 100 rising 3.83%. Most stocks saw buying, though some stocks missed out.
List of 1-Month Market Winners
The following table shows the 10 stocks that generated the maximum returns over the last one month:
| # | Ticker | Company Name | 1-M Returns |
YTD Returns |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PMI | Picard Medical | 13709.5% | 13709.5% |
| 2 | TNFA | TNF Pharmaceuticals | 7529.9% | -95.9% |
| 3 | QMMM | QMMM | 2749.6% | 9228.1% |
| 4 | WOLF | Wolfspeed | 1757.1% | 231.8% |
| 5 | EAF | GrafTech International | 1199.0% | -24.2% |
| 6 | SEGG | Lottery.com | 646.7% | -7.9% |
| 7 | SLNH | Soluna | 435.8% | 20.0% |
| 8 | PTNM | Pitanium | 433.3% | |
| 9 | NUAI | New Era Energy & Digital | 395.6% | |
| 10 | BREA | Brera | 380.3% | 3593.8% |
List of 1-Month Market Losers
In the same period, these 10 stocks were at the bottom in terms of returns:
| # | Ticker | Company Name | 1-M Returns |
YTD Returns |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BINI | Bollinger Innovations | -96.1% | -100.0% |
| 2 | WOK | WORK Medical Technology | -90.8% | -98.5% |
| 3 | CJET | Chijet Motor | -90.3% | -92.7% |
| 4 | MLTX | MoonLake Immunotherapeutics | -88.6% | -88.5% |
| 5 | YAAS | Youxin Technology | -85.8% | -98.9% |
| 6 | ATYR | aTyr Pharma | -85.1% | -78.0% |
| 7 | CURX | Curanex Pharmaceuticals | -84.9% | 28.8% |
| 8 | YYGH | YY | -84.6% | -80.3% |
| 9 | NEON | Neonode | -84.6% | -58.7% |
| 10 | SDM | Smart Digital | -82.5% | -83.8% |
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