BlackBerry Shares Leap Following Order for 1 Million Smartphones

BlackBerry Z10 is set to hit its make-or-break U.S. market later this month.

A visitor tries out the touchscreen BlackBerry Z10 smartphone at the 2013 CeBIT technology trade fair on March 5 in Hanover, Germany. BlackBerry shares leaped over eight percent on Mar. 13 after the company received an order for 1 million smartphones, with another gain of over two percent in afterhours trading in the U.S.