Record 1-Day Returns for Photovoltaic stocks; FSLR up 22.6% today

It was a matter of time before the fear and carnage turned to greed and glee, and the green stocks sector exploded upwards today, led by photovoltaic solar energy companies and geothermal power producers.

Photovoltics Gainers

Name Symbol Last Price Change Mkt Cap

Yingli Green Energy YGE 6.90 +1.53 (28.49%) 875.77M

Suntech Power STP 27.70 +5.80 (26.48%) 4.28B

Trina Solar (ADR)TSL 14.49 +2.77 (23.63%) 371.03M

Evergreen Solar ESLR 4.25 +0.81 (23.55%) 699.92M

First Solar FSLR 143.97 +26.52 (22.58%) 11.52B

SunPower Corp SPWRA 52.00 +8.99 (20.90%) 4.46B

Ascent Solar Tech ASTI 4.99 +0.85 (20.53%) 91.97M

Akeena Solar. AKNS 2.88 +0.48 (20.00%) 83.04M


Green Energy Movers

Name Symbol Last Price Change Mkt Cap


Ormat Tech ORA 31.82 +7.73 (32.09%) 1.44B


American Superconductor AMSC 16.23 +3.22 (24.75%) 699.07M


Energy Conversion Devices ENER 44.82 +8.82 (24.50%) 2.05B


Raser Technologies RZ 5.15 +0.52 (11.23%) 293.15M