EM1) shares rocket more than 20%

The Emerge Gaming Ltd (ASX: EM1) share price is rocketing today, up 19.4% at the time of writing to 8 cents. Emerge Gaming shares closed at just 6.7 cents yesterday, but opened at 7 cents today after a brief trading halt (more on that later), and climbed even higher afterwards, hitting 8.6 cents a share at one point.

Today’s move caps off what has been a wild few months for Emerge Gaming shares. As recently as May 2020, the company’s shares were trading for just 1 cent apiece. However, the shares spiked back in October, climbing as high as 19 cents, representing a year-to-date gain of 600% and a 1,300% gain since 25 May. On today’s prices, Emerge shares are still up 305% year to date, but also down more than 42% from…