AAR Corp. (AIR) had a good day on the market for Tuesday December 18 as shares jumped 6.59% to close at $42.36. About 383,549 shares traded hands on 4,590 trades for the day, compared with an average daily volume of 246,080 shares out of a total float of 35.04 million. After opening the trading day at $40.10, shares of AAR Corp. stayed within a range of $42.57 to $40.10.

AppFolio Inc. (APPF) had a good day on the market for Tuesday December 18 as shares jumped 5.41% to close at $59.07. About 206,705 shares traded hands on 2,304 trades for the day, compared with an average daily volume of n/a shares out of a total float of 34.25 million. After opening the trading day at $56.56, shares of AppFolio Inc. stayed within a range of $59.18 to $56.30.

Otonomy Inc. (OTIC) had a rough trading day for Tuesday December 18 as shares tumbled 5.02%, or a loss of $-0.11 per share, to close at $2.08. After opening the day at $2.21, shares of Otonomy Inc. traded as high as $2.23 and as low as $2.05. Volume was 204,374 shares over 1,012 trades, against an average daily volume of n/a shares and a total float of 30.63 million.

The spot price of gold has held above the $1,250 mark as investors await a key rate decision. Today the U.S. Federal Reserve is expected to raise the benchmark rate by 0.25% to 2.5%. President Trump has been critical of the Fed’s moves but there are no indications that the central bank will be allowing his rhetoric to influence its decision making. 

December 17 was a positive day for IAMGOLD Corporation (IMG:CA) as its stock finished the day having gained 6.19% to hit a price of $4.80 a share. The company reached a market cap of 2.24 billion and has 466.57 million shares outstanding. IAMGOLD Corporation is a component of the the S&P/TSX Composite Index.

Harris Corporation (HRS) traded on unusually high volume on Dec. 17, as the stock lost 1.72% to close at $145.91. On the day, Harris Corporation saw 2.45 million shares trade hands on 23,404 trades. Considering that the stock averages only a daily volume of 1.25 million shares a day over the last month, this represents a pretty significant bump in volume over the norm.

Novavax Inc. (NVAX) had a rough trading day for Monday December 17 as shares tumbled 5.81%, or a loss of $-0.14 per share, to close at $2.27. After opening the day at $2.40, shares of Novavax Inc. traded as high as $2.41 and as low as $2.25. Volume was 12.26 million shares over 25,893 trades, against an average daily volume of n/a shares and a total float of 382.85 million.

HubSpot Inc. (HUBS) had a rough trading day for Monday December 17 as shares tumbled 5.19%, or a loss of $-6.87 per share, to close at $125.54. After opening the day at $130.99, shares of HubSpot Inc. traded as high as $131.00 and as low as $124.32. Volume was 472,087 shares over 6,156 trades, against an average daily volume of 486,470 shares and a total float of 39.23 million.

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