Universal Stainless & Alloy Products Inc. (USAP) Jumps 18.86% on March 07

8 March 2016

Universal Stainless & Alloy Products Inc. (USAP) was among the biggest gainers on the Russell 2000 for Monday March 07 as the stock popped 18.86% to $9.77, representing a gain of $1.55 per share. Some 43,646 shares traded hands on 275 trades, compared with an average daily volume of 41,358 shares out of a total float of 7.48 million. The stock opened at $8.06 and traded with an intraday range of $9.78 to $8.06.

After today's gains, Universal Stainless & Alloy Products Inc. reached a market cap of $73.05 million. Universal Stainless & Alloy Products Inc. has had a trading range between $28.41 and $6.10 over the last year, and it had a 50-day SMA of $7.83 and a 200-day SMA of $11.98.

Universal Stainless & Alloy Products, Inc. and its wholly owned subsidiaries, manufactures and markets semi-finished and finished specialty steel products. It offers stainless steel, nickel alloys, tool steel and certain other premium alloyed steels.

Universal Stainless & Alloy Products Inc. is based out of Bridgeville, PA and has some 634 employees. Its CEO is Dennis M. Oates.

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