{"id":11354,"date":"2011-08-08T20:10:00","date_gmt":"2011-08-08T20:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www2.thestockmarketwatch.com\/stock-market-news\/mrx-bsft-sqqq-wms-trh-had-unusual-volume\/11072\/"},"modified":"2011-08-08T20:10:00","modified_gmt":"2011-08-08T20:10:00","slug":"mrx-bsft-sqqq-wms-trh-had-unusual-volume","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www2.stockmarketwatch.com\/stock-market-news\/mrx-bsft-sqqq-wms-trh-had-unusual-volume\/11354\/","title":{"rendered":"MRX, BSFT, SQQQ, WMS, TRH Had Unusual Volume"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-1408583772585547\";\n\/* 468x60, created 7\/9\/11 *\/\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"7934226266\";\ngoogle_ad_width = 468;\ngoogle_ad_height = 60;\n\/\/-->\n<\/script><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p>We have found the following stocks had <b>unusual volume spikes<\/b> on Monday, August 08, 2011.<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/thestockmarketwatch.com\/stock.aspx?stock=MRX\">Medicis Pharma CP  (NYSE:MRX)<\/a><\/b>  had a 83.7% volume spike trading 6,829,400 shares.  MRX&#8217;s 30-day average volume is 1,111,780.  Shares closed at $33.63 +4.73%.  Medicis Pharmaceutical Corporation focuses on helping patients attain a healthy and youthful appearance and self-image through the development and marketing in the U.S. of products for the treatment of dermatological and aesthetic conditions.<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/thestockmarketwatch.com\/stock.aspx?stock=BSFT\">Broadsoft Inc.  (NASDAQ:BSFT)<\/a><\/b>  had a 85.3% volume spike trading 5,741,841 shares.  BSFT&#8217;s 30-day average volume is 843,350.  Shares closed at $26.00 +9.70%.  BroadSoft, Inc. is a global provider of software that enables fixed-line, mobile and cable service providers to deliver voice and multimedia services over their Internet protocol-based, or IP-based, networks.<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/thestockmarketwatch.com\/stock.aspx?stock=SQQQ\">Proshares Trust  (NASDAQ:SQQQ)<\/a><\/b>  had a 83.8% volume spike trading 5,363,914 shares.  SQQQ&#8217;s 30-day average volume is 866,865.  Shares closed at $33.60 +18.10%.  The investment seeks daily investment results, before fees and expenses, which correspond to three times (300%) the inverse (opposite) daily performance of the <a href=\"https:\/\/thestockmarketwatch.com\/markets\/nasdaq\/today.aspx\">NASDAQ<\/a>-100 Index. The fund invests in derivatives that ProShare Advisors believe should have sim<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/thestockmarketwatch.com\/stock.aspx?stock=WMS\">W M S INDS Inc  (NYSE:WMS)<\/a><\/b>  had a 77.3% volume spike trading 4,515,500 shares.  WMS&#8217;s 30-day average volume is 1,027,040.  Shares closed at $19.00 +4.28%.  WMS Industries, Inc. is engaged in serving the legalized gaming industry worldwide by designing, manufacturing and distributing video and reel-spinning gaming machines, video lottery terminals and in gaming operations.<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/thestockmarketwatch.com\/stock.aspx?stock=TRH\">Transatlantic HLDS  (NYSE:TRH)<\/a><\/b>  had a 88.6% volume spike trading 3,862,000 shares.  TRH&#8217;s 30-day average volume is 441,820.  Shares closed at $48.31 +2.96%.  Transatlantic Holdings Inc. through its operating subsidiaries offers reinsurance capacity for a full range of property and casualty products to insurers and reinsures on a treaty and facultative basis.<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/thestockmarketwatch.com\/stock.aspx?stock=ZIOP\">Ziopharm Oncology Inc  (NASDAQ:ZIOP)<\/a><\/b>  had a 67.5% volume spike trading 2,628,510 shares.  ZIOP&#8217;s 30-day average volume is 853,895.  Shares closed at $5.09 +8.30%.  ZIOPHARM Oncology, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical Company that is seeking to develop and commercialize a diverse, risk-sensitive portfolio of in-licensed cancer drugs that address unmet medical needs.<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/thestockmarketwatch.com\/stock.aspx?stock=GOLD\">Randgold Resources Limited  (NASDAQ:GOLD)<\/a><\/b>  had a 71.1% volume spike trading 2,386,991 shares.  <a href=\"https:\/\/stockmarketwatch.com\/metal\/gold\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"4\" title=\"gold price today\">GOLD<\/a>&#8217;s 30-day average volume is 688,990.  Shares closed at $98.43 +4.18%.  Randgold Resources, Ltd. is engaged in gold mining, exploration and related activities. The Company&#8217;s activities are focused on West and Central Africa.<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/thestockmarketwatch.com\/stock.aspx?stock=FDUS\">Fidus Investment Corporation  (NASDAQ:FDUS)<\/a><\/b>  had a 100.0% volume spike trading 69,269 shares.  FDUS&#8217;s 30-day average volume is 0.  Shares closed at $13.01 +2.44%.  Fidus Investment Corporation provides customized mezzanine debt and equity financing solutions to lower middle-market companies located throughout the United States.<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/thestockmarketwatch.com\/stock.aspx?stock=LMAT\">Lemaitre Vascular Inc  (NASDAQ:LMAT)<\/a><\/b>  had a 19.8% volume spike trading 66,716 shares.  LMAT&#8217;s 30-day average volume is 53,515.  Shares closed at $6.68 +-4.43%.  LeMaitre Vascular Inc. develops, manufactures, and markets medical devices and implants used mainly in the field of vascular surgery.<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/thestockmarketwatch.com\/stock.aspx?stock=VGLT\">Vanguard Scottsdale Funds  (NASDAQ:VGLT)<\/a><\/b>  had a 87.0% volume spike trading 33,200 shares.  VGLT&#8217;s 30-day average volume is 4,315.  Shares closed at $67.32 +2.83%.  The investment seeks to replicate, net of expenses, the performance of the Barclays Capital U.S. Long Government Float Adjusted Index. 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