Top Gainers: Golden Minerals (NYSEMKT:AUMN), SinoCoking Coal and Coke Chem (NASDAQ:SCOK), CombiMatrix (NASDAQ:CBMX), Pixelworks (NASDAQ:PXLW)

Golden Minerals (NYSEMKT:AUMN) is reopening its Velardena silver–gold mine in Mexico’s Durango state in July as a leaner and lower-cost operation. The Golden, Colo.-head­quart­er­ed firm suspended the under­ground operation in Durango state in June 2013, mainly due to falling metal prices. Golden Minerals Co (NYSEMKT:AUMN) stock performance was 27.88% in last session and finished the day at $1.33. Traded volume was 1.08million shares in the last session and the average volume of the stock remained 254.09K shares. The beta of the stock remained 2.12. Golden Minerals Co (NYSEMKT:AUMN) insider ownership is 2.80%.

SinoCoking Coal and Coke Chem Ind, Inc. (NASDAQ:SCOK) has provided an update on a facility that is easily one of its kind in China. In a statement sent to newsrooms, the company said that the construction of its facility targeted at converting carbon dioxide into clean-burning synthetic gas (Syngas), is complete, and the facility will be up and running in the fourth quarter of 2014. SinoCoking Coal and Coke Chem Ind, Inc. (NASDAQ:SCOK) rose 19.85 percent to $1.63 Wednesday on volume of 1.96million shares. The intra-day range of the stock was $1.35 to $2.10. SinoCoking Coal and Coke Chem Ind, Inc. (NASDAQ:SCOK) has a market capitalization of $34.43million.

On June 4, 2014, CombiMatrix Corporation (NASDAQ:CBMX) entered into an Amendment No. 2 to Common Stock Purchase Warrants (the “Amendments”) with holders (the “Holders”) of certain of the Company’s warrants to purchase up to an aggregate of 168,100 shares of the Company’s Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share, that were originally issued on October 1, 2012 (the “Warrants”). CombiMatrix Corp (NASDAQ:CBMX)’s stock on July 09, 2014 reported a increase of 15.60% to the closing price of $2.52. Its fifty two weeks range is $2.10 -$4.55. The total market capitalization recorded $27.88million. The overall volume in the last trading session was 1.64million shares. In its share capital, CBMX  has 11.08million outstanding shares.

Pixelworks Inc (NASDAQ:PXLW) CEO Bruce A. Walicek unloaded 12,000 shares of Pixelworks stock on the open market in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, July 8th. The shares were sold at an average price of $7.60, for a total value of $91,200.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer now directly owns 328,761 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $2,498,584. Pixelworks, Inc. (NASDAQ:PXLW) stock performance was 14.87% in last session and finished the day at $8.73. Traded volume was 10.80million shares in the last session and the average volume of the stock remained 832.60K shares. The beta of the stock remained 1.76. Pixelworks, Inc. (NASDAQ:PXLW) insider ownership is 6.90%.