Hot stock: Medtecs rises over 20% on heavy trading, triggers SGX query
SHARES of Medtecs International : 546 0% climbed amid unusually high trading volumes on Wednesday (Mar 22) morning, prompting a query from the Singapore Exchange (SGX).
The Catalist-listed protective gear manufacturer was up S$0.025 or 22.5 per cent at S$0.136 as at 10.41 am. Some 11.7 million securities had changed hands – well above the counter’s average volume of 4.7 million.
An SGX query on the counter’s “unusual price movements” was issued at 10.49 am.
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