(Updates prices, volume)
** Several meme stocks were seeing some of the biggest
trading volume on U.S. exchanges on Thursday with the newest
meme darling Marin Software MRIN.O leading the charge with a
56.3% gain and more than 120 mln shares changing hands
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** Torchlight Energy TRCH.O up 5.6% was next in line with
more than 74 mln shares changing hands. Metamaterial MMAT.CD ,
which is combining with Torchlight was up 22.5% in Canada
** Another high-volume retail-favorite, ContextLogic
WISH.O however was not faring as well, last down 6.8%
** U.S.-listed shares in Danish biotech company Orphazyme
ORPH.O were also trading briskly, last up 7.9% after surging
~25% on Wednesday
** ORPH, one of the "meme stocks" that have garnered the
attention of small-time traders on social media, has seen sharp
swings in its share prices this month, jumping ~300% on June 10
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** Another meme stock, MicroVision MVIS.O was up 1.5%
Clover Heath Investments Inc CLOV.O down 0.4%, AMC
Entertainment Holdings Inc AMC.N down 3.8%, Alfi Inc ALF.O
up 5.1%, Workhorse Group WKHS.O was down 2.6%
(Reporting by Sagarika Jaisinghani in Bengaluru, Sinéad Carew
in New York)
((sinead.carew@thomsonreuters.com))