TM editors' note: This article discusses a penny stock and/or microcap. Such stocks are easily manipulated; do your own careful due diligence. 

The cannabis stock sector went up 7.5%, on average, Thursday with 15 such non-penny stocks going up 7.5% or more, 6 going down in excess of 2.5% and the performance another 15 non-penny pot stocks worthy of mention. 

The cannabis market consists of 319 publicly-traded companies of which the vast majority trade for less than $1/share (i.e. are penny stocks) and it is acknowledged that even small changes in such prices can have a very large effect on the percentage change. Because of the aforementioned, this post only highlights those stocks that are currently trading above $1/share.

Here's the list in descending order: (Source of data)

Top Performers

1. Tilray (TLRY) +55.9%
2. Greenlane (GNLN) +48.0%
3. Pyxus (PYX) +27.6%
4. Neptune Wellness (NEPT) +15.1%
5. Harvest Health (HARV.CN)(HRVSF) +15.1%
6. Cara Therapeutics (CARA) +14.9%
7. Aphria (APHA) +11.8%
8. Canopy Growth (CGC) +11.8%
9. Innovative Industrial Properties (IIPR) +11.0%
10. Planet 13 (PLTH.CN)(PLNHF) +9.6%
11. Jushi (JUSH.CN)(JUSHF) +9.5%
12. Alcanna (CLIQ)(LQSIF) +9.2%
13. Akerna Corp. (KERN) +9.0%
14. Aurora Cannabis (ACB) +7.8%
15. Ayr Strategies (AYR.A)(AYRSF) +7.5%

Worst Performers

1. Village Farms (VFF) -8.4%
2. Columbia Care (CCHW.NE) -7.1%
3. FSD Pharma (HUGE) -7.0%
4. Medicine Man (MDCL) -4.5%
5. TerrAscend Corp. (TER.CN)(TRSSF) -3.5%
6. Curaleaf Holdings (CURA.CN)(CURLF) -2.8%

Notable Mentions

1. Hexo (HEXO) +55.8%
2. Charlotte's Web (CWEB.TO)(CWBHF) +7.3%
3. Zynerba (ZYNE) +6.9%
4. Cresco (CL.CN)(CRLBF) +6.8%
5. Trulieve (TRUL.CN)(TCNNF) +5.6%
6. XPyto (PHYX) +5.5%
7. Corbus (CRBP) +4.8%
8. Cronos (CRON) +4.8%
9. MediPharm (LABS) +4.6%
10. GrowGeneration (GRWG) +4.5%
11. Valens GroWorks (VLNS.V)(VLNCF) +3.8%
12. Acreage Holdings (ACRG-U.CN)(ACRGF) +2.7% 
13. Green Thumb (GTBIF) +1.2%
14. Abacus Health (ABCS) +0.69%
15. OrganiGram (OGI) +0.45%

A picture is worth a thousand words. Below is Thursday's Pot Stock Sector Heat Map 

How did the marijuana stock sector perform on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday? Read these exclusive articles as posted on TalkMarkets here, here and here for the details.