3 Tech Stocks Investors Are Watching

CORAL GABLES, FL / ACCESSWIRE / October 5, 2017 / Investors are looking to the most recent reports on United States initial jobless claims and trade balance, which were scheduled to be announced today, Thursday morning. Market participants are also watching for the latest U.S. factory orders data, also set to be released this morning. Two industries in focus during Thursday’s trading session are biotech and technology, following Google’s unveiling of its new Google Pixel 2 smartphones and a continued uptrend across the entire biotech sector. With that being said, here are three companies that are trending during Thursday morning’s trading session.

Lexington Biosciences, Inc. (LXGTF), a development stage medical device company that operates within the healthcare industry, has seen an increase in trading volume over the course of this trading week. On Wednesday (10/4/17), the stock recorded its highest volume day of the year. Since Monday’s trading session (10/2/17), the stock’s price per share has gained 19.94% from lows of $0.2918 on Monday to daily highs during Thursday morning’s trading session of $0.35. For More Info, Click Here.

Aptevo Therapeutics Inc. (APVO), a biotechnology company focused on developing novel immuno-oncology and hematology therapeutics, saw a price per share jump of 65.94% from Wednesday’s (10/4/17) closing price of $2.32 to intraday highs during Thursday’s trading session of $3.85. The company recently announced on Monday (10/2/17) that the company presented new information on its proprietary next-generation ADAPTIR™ protein therapeutic platform at the Bispecific Summit.

“Our data on APVO436 confirms the important advances we have made with our next generation ADAPTIR candidates, specifically improved stability, half-life, activity and manufacturability – all critical attributes for commercialization,” stated Jane Gross, Ph.D., Senior Vice President and Chief Scientific Officer. For More Info, Click Here.

MannKind Corp (NASDAQ: MNKD) has been on an uptrend since the start of the trading week. During Thursday morning’s trading session, the stock hiked 16.02% from lows of $3.62 to daily highs of $4.20. The company announced earlier in the week that the FDA approved its new label update on its insulin drug, Afrezza. For More Info, Click Here.

“Available data suggests approximately 70% of people living with diabetes on insulin are not at HbA1c goals of <7% ²,” stated Michael Castagna, Chief Executive Officer, MannKind Corporation. “We firmly believe that in order for patients to achieve better HbA1c goals, control of mealtime glucose spikes is critical. This label update supports Afrezza as a unique fast-acting mealtime insulin that provides doctors and patients with the flexibility necessary to help them achieve glycemic control.”

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