The highest volumes today go to: STORE Capital Corporation & Duck Creek Technologies, Inc..
A short overview of the current market situation: Markets are mixed with Nasdaq drawing back 0.35% to 12,043. Dow Jones goes up 0.21%, trading at 33,657.
Why trading volume matters?
Trading volume is simply the total number of shares traded including both buy and sell orders. If a stock has appreciated on high volume, it is more likely to be a sustained move compared to an appreciation with low volume. Typically, high volume trading sessions are considered significant occurrences and closely watched by traders.
While trading was mostly flat yesterday, some real_estate stocks are at high volumes. Check them out.
STORE Capital Corporation | 157% improvement so far today
With an average daily volume of 2.61 million shares.
A blockbuster trading session for STORE Capital Corporation, eclipsing its average daily volume by 157% and recording 4 million.
Duck Creek Technologies | 1.87 million traded volume so far today exceeding the daily average by 103%
A hectic day for Duck Creek Technologies, surpassing its average daily volume by 103% to reach 1.87 million.
This year has been a bright one for the enterprise insurance software developer after trading as low as $10.24 and going on to appreciate by 52.9% year to date. The stock has been trending positively for about 3 months. It's been more of the same this session on the back of a month of flat trade,
— Average trading volume refers to a 21-day rolling average.