Bionano Genomics (NASDAQ:BNGO) stock is getting a boost on Monday from a couple of new pieces of news.
Let’s start off with the news most directly connected to the company. It was revealed this morning that BNGO stock was added to the US small-cap Russell 2000® Index. This is due to the 2021 Russell indexes reconstitution and the stock’s membership in the Russell 3000® Index.
Erik Holmlin, PhD, CEO of Bionano Genomics, said the following about the positive news for BNGO stock.
“Inclusion in the Russell indexes enhances the visibility of our company as we continue to grow the installed base of Saphyr and potentially build the next great genomics company.”
The second big bit of news that has shares of BNGO stock on the move today comes from Intellia Therapeutics (NASDAQ:NTLA). It reported the first successful treatment of patients using CRISPR gene-editing therapy on an internal organ.
Bionano Genomics is also in the gene-editing business and is jumping alongside the positive news from NTLA. It isn’t just BNGO stock, either. Several others in the space are also seeing shares increase on the news. That includes Editas Medicine (NASDAQ:EDIT) and CRISPR Therapeutics (NASDAQ:CRSP).
BNGO stock isn’t seeing particularly heavy trading today despite the news. As of this writing, some 14 million shares had traded. That’s about half of the company’s daily average trading volume of roughly 23.7 million shares.
BNGO stock was up 2.9% as of Monday afternoon and is up 7.5% since the start of the year.
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