Here are four stocks to watch, three of them moving on strong earnings. Clicking on any of the symbols will yield a SlopeChart with the chart autoloaded.
Anika Therapeutics, Inc. (ANIK) popped $11.78, or 28.8%, to $52.60 on Thursday on 1.3 million shares, or about 8x its average volume. The small biotech beat analyst estimates in its second-quarter results released after market close Wednesday. The breakaway gap and continued run-up broke the stock through several layers of lateral resistance, with the next target at the $61 level last reached in early 2018.
AudioCodes Ltd. (AUDC) jumped 69 cents to $18.52 on Thursday on 454,300 shares. The vendor of advanced voice networking and media processing solutions for the digital workplace reported strong second quarter results on Tuesday. That news broke the stock out of a nearly 3-month coil pattern. After pulling back slightly on Wednesday, the stock resumed the rally on Thursday, with the rising channel pointing to $21 next.
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