Soon after, trading volume in Sedona shares spiked sixteenfold, to more than 4 million a day.
The price of Schering's shares barely budged that week, however, and trading volume was steady.
Its share price quadrupled over the next two years while trading volume nearly doubled.
Following the news, Abbott stock fell nearly 5 percent on excessively heady trading volume.
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He also began scavenging the bombed-out landscape for acquisitions that would add trading volume.
It only features companies who have a minimum average daily trading volume of 600, 000 shares.
This arguably makes the market more efficient, especially for securities with higher levels of trading volume.
Foreign investors already account for over 60 percent of trading volume in Japanese stocks.
Comex gold futures prices ended the U.S. day session solidly higher in heavy trading volume Monday.
In 2009, hedge funds generated about 3% of trading volume in U.S. government bonds.
For example, the ICE Dollar Index isn't regularly reweighted based on changes in trading volume.
They find that in all three cases trading volume is positively correlated with higher volatility.
The Futures Industry Association notes that trading volume in energy futures and options rose 13% last year.
Schwartz said that high frequency funds account for around 60% of the trading volume on Wall Street.
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Gox suspended trading for 12 hours last week after a surge in trading volume overloaded its system.
Trading volume in Terax jumped from 6, 950 shares the day before the announcement to 1.35 million shares.
Overall, Ghodsi foresees ETFs with trading volume and lower expense ratios thriving amid the sea of funds.
Skate and surf clothing seller Quiksilver leapt to a seven-month high on triple its average trading volume.
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Trading volume has soared (see chart), up by 27% in the first quarter from a year earlier.
Trading volume thins dramatically the longer you go out, so you risk getting killed on the spread.
They also describe two other big factors in markets: trading volume and the size of mutual funds.
The average trading volume at CME Group reached 13.4 million contracts per day, up 10% from 2010.
This included iShares MSCI Japan ( EWJ), which has an average daily trading volume of 45 million shares.
Between July 1, 2010, and March 28 of this year, trading volume averaged 1.3 million shares a day.
They have to commit to a minimum trading volume, and a maximum margin between bid- and offer- prices.
The tepid investor response to these ETFs is highlighted by their respective assets under management and daily trading volume.
Trading volume in the ETF reached about six times the daily average Friday.
Meanwhile, trading volume has slipped in markets such as China in recent weeks.
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He added that he had seen a recent spike in exchange-traded-fund trading volume.
As many shares as the average daily trading volume of the entire NYSE.
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