Socket Mobile Inc. shares SCKT,
shot up 205% in a very high volume to a maximum of more than 13 years in the premarket trade on Tuesday, at the pace of all premarket winners, after the mobile data capture company DuraSled’s new offering, which is a business-grade barcode scanner for Apple Inc. AAPL,
iPhone 12s. Trading volume increased to 14.9 million shares, compared to the full day average of the last 30 days of some 256,000 shares. The company said employers can now support workers using the iPhone 12 series of mobile phones. “The DuraSled turns your iPhone into a one-handed solution that combines the versatility of the iPhone and the power of a business-grade scanner, ”said Vanessa Lindsay, SocketMobile’s product director. The latest data showed that short interest as a percentage of public floatation was 0.9%. The shares, which are on track to open at the highest price observed during the regular sessions since October 2007, had gathered 34.4% over the past three months to Friday, while than the S&P 500 SPX,
gained 8.5%.