Noranda Aluminum Holding (NOR) jumps 6.68% on November 26

Noranda Aluminum Holding (NOR) was among the biggest gainers on the Russell 2000 for Wednesday November 26 as the stock popped 6.68% to $4.15, representing a gain of $0.26 per share. Some 629,242 shares traded hands on 2,875 trades, compared with an average daily volume of 848,694 shares out of a total float of 68.87 million. The stock opened at $3.89 and traded with an intraday range of $4.18 to $3.82.

After today's gains, Noranda Aluminum Holding reached a market cap of $285.8 million. Noranda Aluminum Holding has had a trading range between $5.64 and $2.3 over the last year, and it had a 50-day SMA of $4.13 and a 200-day SMA of $4.00.

The stock has a P/E Ratio of n/a.

Noranda Aluminum Holding Corp is a North American integrated producer of value-added primary aluminum products and high quality rolled aluminum coils.

Noranda Aluminum Holding is based out of Franklin, TN and has some 2350 employees. Its CEO is Layle K. Smith.

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