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Hot Stock: Delcath Systems, Shares Gain 6.6% (DCTH)
[February 04, 2013]

Hot Stock: Delcath Systems, Shares Gain 6.6% (DCTH)


Feb 04, 2013 (SmarTrend(R) Spotlight via COMTEX) -- Delcath Systems (NASDAQ:DCTH) is one of today's best performing low-priced stocks, up 6.6% to $1.61 on 3.1x average daily volume. Delcath Systems has traded 4.3 million shares thus far today, vs. average volume of 1.4 million shares per day. The stock has outperformed the Dow (6.6% to the Dow's -0.8%) and outperformed the S&P 500 (6.6% to the S&P's -0.7%) during today's trading.



Delcath Systems Inc. has developed a system to isolate the liver from the circulatory system and to administer chemotherapy and other therapeutic agents directly to the liver. This system filters the patients blood removing most of the harmful chemotherapy agents lessening the side-effects of the treatment.

Potential upside of 195.8% exists for Delcath Systems, based on a current level of $1.61 and analysts' average consensus price target of $4.76. Delcath Systems shares should encounter resistance at the 200-day moving average (MA) of $1.75 and support at the 50-day MA of $1.36.


In the past 52 weeks, Delcath Systems share prices have been bracketed by a low of $1.01 and a high of $9.70 and are now at $1.61, 59% above that low price. Over the past week, the 200-day moving average (MA) has gone down 2.1% while the 50-day MA has advanced 2.0%.

SmarTrend is tracking the current trend status for Delcath Systems and will alert subscribers who have DCTH in their portfolio or watchlist when shares have changed trend direction.

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