August 10, 2009 (FinancialWire) — Of the Most Actives, last session’s trading showed 15 advancers versus 10 decliners. Volume leaders were led by Citigroup, Inc. (NYSE: C) trading 260,696,000 shares closing at $3.85 (up 1.3%), the SPDR Trust ETF (NYSE: SPY) trading 53,016,500 shares closing at $101.20 (up 1.3%) and Bank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC) trading 48,875,500 shares closing at $16.42 (down 1.7%).

Of last session’s Greatest Percentage Losers, stocks taking the greatest monetary losses were led by Leap Wireless International Inc. (NASDAQ: LEAP) trading on volume of 3,662,690 shares (losing $426.7 million), Fannie Mae (NYSE: FNM) trading on volume of 5,830,000 shares (losing $144.0 million) and Ambac Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE: ABK) trading on volume of 8,610,700 shares (losing $97.7 million).

Of last session’s Greatest Percentage Winners, stocks making the greatest monetary gains were led by Opexa Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: OPXA) trading on volume of 1,311,543 shares (gaining $18.8 million), EuroBancshares Inc. (NASDAQ: EUBK) trading on volume of 52,596 shares (gaining $17.3 million) and Cost Plus Inc. (NASDAQ: CPWM) trading on volume of 38,951 shares (gaining $15.7 million).

The statistical source for deriving each day’s The FirstAlert(tm) Money Index is StockSmart.com (http://www.stocksmart.com/ri/mostactive.staticdoc).

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