Against the current: Markets slid, yet Riot Blockchain, Inc., Lumentum Holdings Inc., PagSeguro Digital Ltd. went up and made this list of yesterday's top technology stocks gainers.
Leading equity indices in the US declined as Dow Jones slipped 0.72% and closed at 34,054. S&P 500 shed 0.47% and closed at 4,388.71.
Meanwhile, United States Building Permits (May) released yesterday at 12:30 UTC with a figure of 1.49 million, while the previous figure was 1.15 million.
Even though markets fell yesterday, some technology stocks were bullish. Have a look at these Top Gainers from yesterday's session:
+5.58%: PagSeguro Digital opened at $10.16 yesterday before posting solid session gaining 5.58%
After ending Monday at $10.21, the payment processing software developer spiked to $10.9 and closed yesterday at $10.78 — gaining 5.58% overall. PagSeguro Digital's market cap currently stands at $3.50 billion with an average daily volume of 5.51 million shares. So far this year, it has been outperforming the Nasdaq by 9.16%.
+5.03%: Paysafe opened at $10.67 yesterday before posting solid session gaining 5.03%
The payment solutions company went up to $11.28, gaining 5.03%. The company has a market cap of $691 million with an average daily trading volume of 653,596 shares. So far this year, it has been under-performing the Nasdaq by 46.58%.
+6.18%: pre-market trading leads Lumentum to drop to $60.3 (a 1.74% change) after ending yesterday at $61.37
Bullish sentiment helped the optical and photonic product supplier to hammer out a noteworthy $59.94 to $65.15 range yesterday, and finally closing at $61.37 to end the session. Currently, the telecoms equipment company has a market capitalization of $4.22 billion with an average daily trading volume of 2.41 million shares.
Riot Blockchain, Inc. | +3.56% in pre-market trade with 12 minutes until open
The Bitcoin miner has managed to gain 312.7% so far this year despite trading at lows around $3.29 previously. The US large-scale Bitcoin miner's market cap currently stands at $2 billion with an average daily volume of 19.49 million shares. Riot Blockchain, Inc. has a forecast of $76 million with an EPS of -17 cents.