Stockhouse @ the Bell: Stocks up on EU bank report

North American stocks rose Friday, as investors reacted to reports of a stress test which indicates that most European banks are sound.

Today on Stockhouse

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Ticker Trax’s Thom Calandra takes a peek at what’s behind this molybdenum junior’s vast weekly gain.

While Kent Moors of Money Morning provides four 'smart-grid' tech stock picks to energize your portfolio.

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Top Bullboard: Premium Exploration (TSX: V.PEM, Stock Forum) received the most reads and the second-most posts.

Top blog: WesternRookie believes it’s a good time to buy shares of this coal junior in The Western Investor blog.

For news about small stocks that made big moves in Friday’s trading, please read the Stockhouse Canadian Small and Micro-cap Stock Report.

Word on Wall Street

"The banking system in Europe is sounder than some people thought it was ... but they only tested what they call the trading book, which is a significantly smaller portion than what they consider is on their balance sheets in terms of sovereign debt," said Gerald Buetow, chief investment officer at Innealta Capital, in an interview with MarketWatch.