ZIOPHARM Oncology Inc (ZIOP) was among the biggest gainers on the Russell 2000 for September 5 as the stock popped 10.37% to $3.30, representing a gain of $0.31 per share. Some 1,427,297 shares traded hands on 5,939 trades, compared with an average daily volume of 540,489 shares out of a total float of 100,742,889. The stock opened at $2.99 and traded with an intraday range of $2.97 to $3.31.
After today's gains, ZIOPHARM Oncology Inc reached a market cap of $332,451,534. ZIOPHARM Oncology Inc has had a trading range between $5.58 and $2.87 over the last year, and it had a 50-day SMA of $3.36 and a 200-day SMA of $3.89.
ZIOPHARM Oncology, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company engaged in the development and commercialization of small molecule and synthetic biology approaches to cancer therapies.
ZIOPHARM Oncology Inc is based out of Boston, MA and has some 43 employees. It's CEO is Jonathan Lewis.
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