Forget Bitcoin, here are four stocks up more than 1,000% in 2017

BITCOIN is all the rage, but there are also a handful of stocks that have equalled the digital currency's gravity-defying surge this year.

Lesser-known companies trading on stock exchanges in Japan, Hong Kong and India have seen their share prices soar at least 1,000 per cent, matching the cryptocurrency's ascent.

A screening of global equities shows just four of these stocks after excluding those with insufficient trading volume, tiny capitalisations or from troubled Venezuela.