Crosshair Exploration & Mining Corp. (AMEX: CXZ) vaulted 29.14 percent in price Wednesday to $2.26. Volume of 1,673,267 shares was six times its daily average. Crosshair is a prominent player in the exploration and development of uranium, vanadium and gold in the U.S. and Canada.
JP Morgan Chase (NYSE: JPM) traded in 29,365,591 shares Wednesday, approaching its daily average of 38,702,900. Share prices gained 2.71 percent to $42.11.
Jackson Hewitt Tax Service Inc. (NYSE: JTX) fell 9.54 percent in price Wednesday to $1.75, on volume of 1,708,936 shares, nearly twice its full-day average. Based in Parsippany, N.J., JTX is an industry leading provider of full service individual federal and state income tax preparation.
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