The stock has since regained some of its losses.
The rally helped blue-chip and smaller stocks regain most of their earlier losses.
The plummeted stocks regained huge value and Evelyn sold them, making a large profit.
The stock later regained some of its losses, closing yesterday at $47.94.
But stocks regained much of their losses in the final hour of trading.
In 1996 and 1997, stocks regained their previous peaks within a matter of months.
A bond market rally helped larger stocks regain their balance.
Some managers doubt whether these small stocks can regain the strength they enjoyed in the first half of the year.
Blue-chip stocks fell in the morning but had regained some of their losses by afternoon.
But after today's news, the stock regained all those losses and more, closing at £2.63 in London, a gain of 46 percent.