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Market summary

$INDU$COMPX$INX$RUT.X$TNX.X
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EUR/USDGBP/USDUSD/JPYGold
1.485001.6619690.090101,095.70
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Market trends

Gainers% ChangeLast
Axcelis Technologies Inc+34.48%1.17
Columbia Bancorp (OR)+31.04%1.52
STR Holdings Inc(New)+31.00%13.10
Provident Financial Holdings Inc+25.40%4.69
Ocean Power Technologies Inc+25.27%8.23
ExlService Holdings Inc+22.08%16.92
First PacTrust Bancorp Inc+20.00%6.00
CEL-SCI Corp+19.48%1.22
Sonic Solutions+18.97%7.59
Bioanalytical Systems, Inc+18.53%1.53
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Losers% ChangeLast
Geokinetics Inc-30.36%12.57
Osteotech Inc-24.52%3.17
Nighthawk Radiology Holdings Inc-23.82%5.15
GTC Biotherapeutics Inc-23.76%1.22
CVR Energy Inc-17.56%8.50
Sonesta International Hotels Corp-16.44%9.20
Crocs Inc-15.94%5.75
Red Robin Gourmet Burgers Inc-15.77%14.90
FreightCar America Inc-15.08%21.74
A.C. Moore Arts & Crafts Inc-14.98%3.69
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Actives% ChangeVolume
Citigroup Inc0.00%253,444,167
SPDRs+0.26%170,954,088
General Electric Co+6.24%165,053,340
Ford Motor Co+4.03%159,975,746
Bank of America Corp-0.53%152,297,702
PowerShares QQQ+0.59%96,312,206
Direxion Daily Financial Bear 3X Shares+0.99%91,527,347
Financial Select Sector SPDR-0.42%73,975,108
Motorola Inc-4.51%67,516,272
E TRADE Financial Corp+4.03%64,396,012
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