KiOR (NASDAQ:KIOR) major shareholder Stuart L. Peterson sold 171,564 shares of KiOR stock on the open market in a transaction dated Monday, February 24th. The stock was sold at an average price of $1.19, for a total value of $204,161.16. Following the sale, the insider now directly owns 251,522 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $299,311. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. Major shareholders that own more than 10% of a company’s shares are required to disclose their sales and purchases with the SEC. KiOR Inc (NASDAQ:KIOR) stock opened at $1.15 in last session, and closed at $1.31, while the day range of KIOR stock is $1.14-$1.35.The stock showed a positive weekly performance of 16.96%.
Rare Element Resources (NYSE MKT: REE) announced that it has filed a utilitypatent application with the US Patent and Trademark Office that combines its initial provisional patent on the “Rare Earth Element Extraction” process technology, filed in January 2013, with its “Extraction of Thorium from Rare Earth Compounds and Related Methods” provisional patent, filed in November 2013. Collectively, this extraction technology enhances the recovery of rare earth elements from ores mined from the Company’s Bear Lodge Project in northeast Wyoming, improving the efficiency of the process and isolating the thorium for easy and safe third-party disposal. Rare Element Resources Ltd (NYSEMKT:REE) stock opened at $1.67, in last session and closed at $1.58, by gained -3.07%.The 52 week range was $1.10-$3.50.Company’s market capitalization is $77.63 million.
Golden Minerals looks like a most attractive speculative play here. Despite its name it is primarily a silver stock. On its 4-year chart we can see that it has suffered an exceptionally severe decline from its peak late in 2010, so that it is very cheap indeed as it is now only about one 28th of its price at its high. While being cheap is not in itself a reason to buy something, this stock has shown strength in recent weeks and demonstrated that it is going to rally with the sector, as we will soon see. Volume indicators, which have been weak, have turned higher with the price as it has started to recover this year. The current tight bunching of the price and its moving averages indicate a tight technical situation that could trigger a powerful rally. Golden Minerals Co (NYSEMKT:AUMN) stock gained 2.73% and finished the last session at $1.13.The EPS of the stock remained -5.63.Company’s market capitalization is $55.57 million.
The -0.2% January return was even more impressive given Senvest Partners’ 130 percent long exposure. “The Fund benefitted from a number of positions that had significant moves higher which offset the overall market weakness,” the investor letter said. Flavor technology company Senomyx Inc. (NASDAQ:SNMX), one of Senvest’s holdings, lead the month’s positive contributors when it surged more than 50%, for instance. Senomyx Inc. (NASDAQ:SNMX) stock opened the session at $8.87, and closed the session at $9.17.The 52 week range of the SNMX stock remained $1.81-$10.62 and the day range was $8.83-$9.72.