Vinco Ventures, Aterian, Support.com rise as social media chatter grows

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30/08/2021 19:49

(Updates prices, adds options data)
    ** Shares of e-commerce firm Vinco Ventures  BBIG.O  surged 
88% to $10.00 on Monday before paring gains to trade  up 42.64%
at $7.56; on Friday, the shares soared 80.9% 
    ** BBIG among most actively discussed stocks on retail
trading forum Stocktwits on Monday
    ** About 660k BBIG options contracts traded by 2:30 p.m.
(1830 GMT), making the company's options the 3rd most actively
traded single stock name on Monday, per Trade Alert data
    ** Other stocks generating buzz on the forum include
customer support provider Support.com Inc  SPRT.O , e-commerce
platform Aterian Inc  ATER.O , niche hi-tech materials maker
Meta Materials  MMAT.O  and auto insurer Root Inc  ROOT.O 
    ** ROOT was the top trending stock on Swaggystocks, a site
that tracks sentiment on Reddit investor forum r/WallStreetBets 
    ** Stocks among heaviest trading volumes across exchanges
    ** SPRT surges 19.62% after closing at a 17-yr-high on
Friday; ATER rises 12.83
    ** Retail trading favourite AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc
 AMC.N  up 7.49% in heavy trading

 (Reporting by Ruhi Soni And Saqib Iqbal Ahmed)
 ((Ruhi.Soni@thomsonreuters.com;))