FirstAlert(tm) 'Money Index' Synopsis

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August 26, 2009 (FinancialWire) -- Of the Most Actives, last session's trading showed 14 advancers versus 11 decliners. Volume leaders were led by Citigroup, Inc. (NYSE: C) trading 126,075,900 shares closing at $4.75 (down 1.5%), Fannie Mae (NYSE: FNM) trading 65,291,600 shares closing at $1.86 (up 9.4%) and the PowerShares QQQ Trust Series 1 (NASDAQ: QQQQ) trading 44,741,140shares closing at $103.16 (up 0.2%).

Of last session's Greatest Percentage Losers, stocks taking the greatest monetary losses were led by Barclays PLC (NYSE: BCS) trading on volume of 30,100 shares (losing $9,716.4 million), Gol Linhas Aereas Inteligentes SA (NYSE: GOL) trading on volume of 1,064,300 shares (losing $158.2 million) and AAR Corp. (NYSE: AIR) trading on volume of 308,500 shares (losing $67.7 million).

Of last session's Greatest Percentage Winners, stocks making the greatest monetary gains were led by Casual Male Retail Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: CMRG) trading on volume of 300,079 shares (gaining $31.3 million), Vestin Realty Mortgage I Inc. (NASDAQ: VRTA) trading on volume of 1,980 shares (gaining $26.5 million) and Nexstar Broadcasting Group Inc. (NASDAQ: NXST) trading on volume of 292,801 shares (gaining $19.9 million).

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