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Daily Stock Market Update:

The almost violent up-and-down action for major stock indexes continues during today’s trading. Stocks are up sharply and still gaining at the time of this writing as fears over the conflict in Syria spiraling out of control appear to be easing, for now. Wall Street expects a big slate of earnings announcements this week, which should continue to drive volatile action in equities markets.

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Today’s Top Performer: NightFood, AMEX:NGTF

Cannabis Edibles Stock Surging on Business Update

NightFood is another player in the legal cannabis space—a white-hot sector that’s generating frequent Top Performers in recent months. The legalization of cannabis continues to create myriad market opportunities that investors are still working to understand.

Today, NightFood is surging after announcing that it is zeroing in on a deal to license its line of cannabis-infused snack products for manufacture and distribution. NightFood is focused on developing cannabis edibles in a variety of forms, all developed and marketed under the “Half Baked” brand.

Meanwhile, NGTF revealed that they are working with a group of food science companies and nutritionists to design a new line of edibles code-named “Project X.” At this time, their team believes this project will lead to a viable (and, most importantly, patentable) product.

Investors are pouring money into the stock at the time of this writing. The stock is up over 23% on heavy volume.

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