December 2, 2016: Here are four stocks trading with relatively heavy volume among 42 equities making new 52-week lows in Monday’s session. On the NYSE, advancers led decliners by about 2.5 to 1 and on the Nasdaq advancers led decliners by more than 3 to 1.
FitBit Inc. (NYSE: FIT) lost about 2% Monday to post a new 52-week low of $7.98 after closing Friday at $8.14. The 52-week high is $34.68. Volume of around 11 million was about 20% above the daily average of around 9.8 million shares traded. A new report from IDC gave FitBit a 23% market share in the third quarter, but investors still don’t like the proposed acquisition of competitor Pebbles.
Protalix BioTherapeutics Inc. (NYSEMKT: PLX) dropped about 14% on Monday to post a new 52-week low of $0.27 against a 52-week high of $1.05 and a Friday close of $0.31. Volume of more than 10 million was about 30 times the daily average of around 300,000. The company had no specific news Monday.
AstraZeneca plc (NYSE: AZN) dropped about 0.8% on Monday to post a new 52-week low of $25.68 after closing at $25.89 on Friday. The stock’s 52-week high is $35.04. Volume was less than 10% higher than the daily average of around 6.2 million shares. The company reported continued progress related to its leukemia drug based on preliminary phase I and II clinical trials.
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Teva Pharmaceuticals Industries Ltd. (NYSE: TEVA) dropped about 0.4% on Monday to post a new 52-week low of $36.40 after closing at $36.53 on Friday. The stock’s 52-week high is $66.55. Volume of about 5.3 million was about 15% below the daily average of 9 million. The company had no specific news Monday.
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