August 12, 2009 (FinancialWire) — Of the Most Actives, last session’s trading showed 4 advancers versus 21 decliners. Volume leaders were led by Citigroup, Inc. (NYSE: C) trading 139,240,300 shares closing at $3.69 (down 6.3%), Fannie Mae (NYSE: FNM) trading 47,190,800 shares closing at $1.07 (up 7.0%) and Bank of America Corporation (NYSE: BAC) trading 41,298,200 shares closing at $15.85 (down 5.0%).

Of last session’s Greatest Percentage Losers, stocks taking the greatest monetary losses were led by WSP Holdings Ltd. (NYSE: WH) trading on volume of 666,700 shares (losing $230.5 million), CIT Group, Inc. (NYSE: CIT) trading on volume of 14,841,300 shares (losing $108.9 million) and E. W. Scripps Company (NYSE: SSP) trading on volume of 406,500 shares (losing $107.2 million).

Of last session’s Greatest Percentage Winners, stocks making the greatest monetary gains were led by Avanir Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: AVNR) trading on volume of 5,933,454 shares (gaining $50.9 million), Helicos BioSciences Corporation (NASDAQ: HLCS) trading on volume of 2,096,869 shares (gaining $18.7 million) and ICAgen Inc. (NASDAQ: ICGN) trading on volume of 84,738 shares (gaining $8.9 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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