Top Active Trader Alert Stocks (DEPO, NPSP, MTSN, XNPT)

Active traders and day traders have many stocks to choose from this Thursday morning.  We are tracking news and moves in shares of Depomed, Inc. (NASDAQ: DEPO), NPS Pharmaceuicals (NASDAQ: NPSP), Mattson Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: MTSN), and Xenoport, Inc. (NASDAQ: XNPT).

Depomed, Inc. (NASDAQ: DEPO) is down 30% premarket to $8.10, relative to a 52-week range of $2.32-$7.35. The FDA had just approved treatment of the pharma company’s neuralgia treatment.

NPS Pharmaceuicals (NASDAQ: NPSP) is up 25% this morning to $9.58, well above a 52-week range of $3.10-$8.30. The company had recently reported successful phase III trials of a short bowel system treatment.

Mattson Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: MTSN) is down 5% premarket to $2.20, relative to a 52-week range of $1.93-$5.52.

Xenoport, Inc. (NASDAQ: XNPT) is up 8.3% to $8.45, relative to a 52-week range of $5.66-$20.48.