Market Pulse: Hoku Scientific shares soar on two upbeat broker notes: Financial News - Yahoo! Finance

"Shares of Hoku Scientific Inc. soared $1.51, or 24.7% to $7.63 in afternoon trading Thursday after two brokers started coverage on the company with an outperform rating. Piper Jaffray analyst Jesse Pichel said Hoku is one of the best-positioned component suppliers to the emerging fuel cell industry."