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Ascension Solar Technologies (NASDAQ:ASTI) +82.7% in Thursday trading on higher volume despite the lack of news, which caused multiple trading stops.
Over 400,000 stocks changed hands today, almost 10 times the average daily volume.
Solar Ascension (ASTI) traded as high as $7.47 after closing at $3.25 on Wednesday, though trading volatility is nothing new for the stock, which closed as low as $33 on Jan. surpassed $90 in October 2021.
Major solar stocks are mostly trading lower today, including Sunrun, -4% after Wolfe Research downgraded the stock.