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$INDU$COMPX$INX$RUT.X$TNX.X
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EUR/USDGBP/USDUSD/JPYGold
1.433491.6155190.661831,111.50
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Market trends

Gainers% ChangeLast
Builders FirstSource Transferable Subscription Rights+268.42%1.40
Bank of the Carolinas Corp+159.70%8.70
Interstate Hotels & Resorts Inc+74.02%2.21
Alliance Bankshares Corp+59.51%3.94
Pacific Capital Bancorp+48.28%1.29
Amcore Financial Inc+47.85%1.02
Royal Bancshares of Pennsylvania Inc+41.73%1.80
Escalon Medical Corp+40.13%2.20
Central Pacific Financial Corp+38.14%1.34
SenoRx Inc+33.79%6.77
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Losers% ChangeLast
Habersham Bancorp-28.79%1.41
Raptor Pharmaceutical Corp-23.27%1.88
Marine Products Corp-20.33%3.88
Ohio Legacy Corp-20.31%1.17
Transcept Pharmaceuticals Inc-18.58%6.09
Zale Corp-17.79%2.08
Psivida Corp-16.66%3.40
CTC Media Inc-16.25%12.58
Freddie Mac Variable Rate Non Cumulative Pref Shs-15.00%1.16
Conolog Corp-13.33%1.43
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Actives% ChangeVolume
Bank of America Corp+1.14%202,871,517
SPDRs+0.57%174,591,136
Wells Fargo & Co+2.72%145,756,572
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co+0.04%123,619,358
Intel Corp+2.94%98,983,184
PowerShares QQQ+1.64%96,442,564
Financial Select Sector SPDR+1.52%94,469,466
E TRADE Financial Corp+10.56%94,179,165
Microsoft Corp+2.57%94,117,968
Dynegy Inc+2.09%89,950,470
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