Blue Hat (NASDAQ:BHAT) stock is rocketing higher on Thursday after the company announced plans to shelve a public stock offering.
Blue Hat was previously planning to sell shares and warrants of its stock in an effort to raise funds. However, the company is backing down from this plan. The company also says it hasn’t sold any securities as part of the proposed offering.
The positive movement for BHAT stock today likely has to do with traders celebrating the decision. Without a public stock offering, shareholders in the stock aren’t going to see their stake in the company diluted.
To go along with this news, shares of BHAT stock are seeing incredibly heavy trading today. As of this writing, a massive 151 million shares of the stock have changed hands. That’s an amazing jump compared to the company’s daily average trading volume of only about 263,000 shares.
BHAT stock is up 345% as of Thursday afternoon. However, the stock is still currently down 24% since the start of the year.
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