Basic Material Bullish Stocks: Senomyx Inc. (NASDAQ:SNMX), Solazyme (NASDAQ:SZYM), Mines Management (NYSEMKT:MGN), Metabolix (NASDAQ:MBLX)

Senomyx Inc. (NASDAQ:SNMX) said the U.S. Food and Drug Administration had declared that its Sweetmyx food flavouring was safe, paving the way for customers such as PepsiCo Inc. to add it to drinks to reduce the use of sugar and sugar substitutes. Senomyx Inc. (NASDAQ:SNMX) stock opened at $11.00 in last session, and closed at $11.03, while the day range of Senomyx Inc. (NASDAQ:SNMX) stock is $10.45 – $12.74. The stock showed a positive weekly performance of 18.35%.

Solazyme (NASDAQ:SZYM) Director Jerry Fiddler sold 71,200 shares of Solazyme stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, March 11th. The stock was sold at an average price of $14.01, for a total transaction of $997,512.00. Following the transaction, the director now directly owns 47,925 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $671,429. Solazyme Inc. (NASDAQ:SZYM) stock opened at $14.13 in last session, and closed at $14.41 by gaining 6.82%. The 52 week range of $7.15 – $14.44. Company’s market capitalization is $986.41 million.

Mines Management, Inc. (NYSEMKT:MGN) is pleased to announce that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) has issued Final Draft Biological Opinions (BO) for the Montanore Silver-Copper Project, a critical step in the overall permitting process. Mines Management, Inc. (NYSEMKT:MGN) stock increased 5.63% and finished the last session at $1.50. The EPS of the stock remained -0.26. Company’s market capitalization is $43.50 million.

Metabolix, Inc. (NASDAQ:MBLX), an innovation-driven, performance biomaterials company delivering sustainable solutions to the plastics and chemicals industries, announced today that it will be releasing its fourth quarter fiscal year 2013 financial results after the market close on Thursday, March 27, 2014.Metabolix, Inc. (NASDAQ:MBLX) stock opened the session at $1.31, and closed the session at $1.44. The 52 week range of the Metabolix, Inc. (NASDAQ:MBLX) stock remained $0.75 – $2.58 and the day range was $1.31 – $1.48.