FirstAlert(tm) Money Index Synopsis

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October 23, 2009 (FinancialWire) -- Of the Most Actives, last session's trading showed 17 advancers versus 8 decliners. Volume leaders were led by Citigroup Inc. (NYSE: C) trading 49,642,900 shares closing at $4.49 (up 0.9%), the SPDR Trust ETF (NYSE: SPY) trading 40,654,088 shares closing at $109.33 (up 1.0%) and Bank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC) trading 36,258,700 shares closing at $16.52 (up 0.1%).

Of last session's Greatest Percentage Losers, stocks taking the greatest monetary losses were led by Barclays PLC (NYSE: BCS) trading on volume of 16,500 shares (losing $8.104 billion), TriQuint Semiconductor, Inc. (NASDAQ: TQNT) trading on volume of 9,452,247 shares (losing $333.0 million) and NCR Corp. (NYSE: NCR) trading on volume of 4,690,700 shares (losing $240.7 million).

Of last session's Greatest Percentage Winners, stocks making the greatest monetary gains were led by Switch & Data Facilities Co., Inc. (NASDAQ: SDXC) trading on volume of 1,592,931 shares (gaining $125.4 million), East West Bancorp Inc. (NASDAQ: EWBC) trading on volume of 1,596,096 shares (gaining $102.3 million) and Nature's Sunshine Products Inc. (NASDAQ: NATR) trading on volume of 1,600 shares (gaining $25.9 million).

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The FirstAlert(tm) "Money Index" is an indicator of the depth of market direction or indirection. While not always including the same stocks, the NYSE/NASDAQ/AMEX 25 Most Actives and NYSE/NASDAQ/AMEX greatest Percentage Losers and Percentage Winners (weighted against pure monetary loss/gain) indicate the direction in which the mass of money is flowing, as well as the general focus of the market.

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