** Hycroft Mining HYMC.O shares up 35.3% premarket to
9-month high of $3.14, adding to big gain in previous session
** HYMC on Mon closed up 81.3% at $2.32 on heavy volume in
wake of Nevada mine owner saying it completed ~$138.6 mln
at-the-market (ATM) equity program urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL2N2VV1VP
** HYMC remains in retail trading spotlight: it's the most
watched stock on retail trader forum Stocktwits early Tues with
message volume up ~61%
** On the flip side, shares of AMC Entertainment AMC.N ,
which bought ~$28 mln stake in Hycroft earlier this month, are
down ~3% before the bell after they soared 44.9% on Mon
** AMC's top boss on Mon signaled more meme-stock powered
deals to come urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL2N2VU0HI
** This as Wall Street's regulator mulls changes to stock
market rules to increase competition for orders and improve
deals for retail investors urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL2N2V72H1
(Lance Tupper is a Reuters market analyst. The views expressed
are his own)
((lance.tupper@thomsonreuters.com
lance.tupper@tr.com 1-332-219-1430))