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[BRIEFING.COM] Some early buying sent the S&P 500 up to a fractionally better 2009 high, but a lack of support left stocks to roll over and settle at the neutral line. A firmer U.S. dollar also dragged down interest in stocks. Despite a... more...


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Stocks to watch

Here are the latest moves for a selection of stocks chosen by MSN Money editors.

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Top-rated stocks generating the largest % return in the market today
Hottest 5-Star Stocks 5 stars % Change more...
GreenHunter Energy (GRH)+82.08% 
Newpark Resources, Inc. (NR)+19.25% 
Almaden Minerals Ltd. (USA) (AAU)+17.07% 
Stocks with the highest bullish/bearish sentiment from the highest-rated CAPS players over the last seven days
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Hasbro IncHAS
Amazon.com IncAMZN
Jacobs Engineering Group IncJEC
PDL BioPharma IncPDLI
Continucare CorpCNU
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Stock nameStock Symbol
PetroAlgae IncPALG
Origin Agritech LtdSEED
Brown Shoe Company IncBWS
Rydex Inverse 2x S&P MidCap 400RMS
InterOil CorpIOC
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Market summary

Currency rates     more...
EUR/USDGBP/USDUSD/JPYGold
1.509211.6680687.950741,225.60
+0.00409+0.00333+0.36075+25.40
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Market trends

Gainers% ChangeLast
GreenHunter Energy Inc+82.08%1.93
Opexa Therapeutics Inc+51.90%3.19
Atlantic Southern Financial Group Inc+39.09%1.53
StemCells Inc+37.04%1.48
BioFuel Energy Corp+34.21%3.57
Lihua International Inc+33.54%11.03
WHX Corp+30.00%1.69
Gray Television Inc+25.45%1.38
Claude Resources Inc+20.91%1.33
Dyax Corp+20.86%4.23
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Losers% ChangeLast
Euro Tech Holdings Ltd-15.19%3.07
Freddie Mac Variable Rate Non Cumulative Pref Shs-14.73%1.10
Taitron Components Inc-14.65%1.18
Parke Bancorp Inc-12.70%7.77
Quaterra Resources Inc-11.89%1.26
GSI Technology Inc-11.69%4.23
Transwitch Corp-11.68%2.42
Intertape Polymer Group Inc-11.33%2.27
Netlist Inc-10.40%4.74
Borders Group Inc (MI)-10.08%1.16
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Actives% ChangeVolume
Citigroup Inc0.00%189,223,560
SPDRs-0.04%132,315,059
Bank of America Corp-1.51%130,213,074
E TRADE Financial Corp+2.34%96,097,220
PowerShares QQQ+0.14%81,653,509
iShares Russell 2000 Index+1.19%71,220,551
General Electric Co-0.62%65,324,649
iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index+0.41%64,268,598
Ford Motor Co+1.46%63,656,537
Direxion Daily Financial Bear 3X Shares+0.26%62,409,203
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