August 20, 2009 (FinancialWire) — Of the Most Actives, last session’s trading showed 13 advancers versus 12 decliners. Volume leaders were led by Citigroup, Inc. (NYSE: C) trading 70,833,000 shares closing at $4.13 (down 0.2%), the SPDRS Trust ETF (NYSE: SPY) trading 45,137,852 shares closing at $99.96 (up 0.9%) and the PowerShares QQQ Trust Series 1 (NASDAQ: QQQQ) trading 34,041,424 shares closing at $39.3 (up 0.7%).

Of last session’s Greatest Percentage Losers, stocks taking the greatest monetary losses were led by Barclays PLC (NYSE: BCS) trading on volume of 11,400 shares (losing $$5,486.4 million), Longtop Financial Technologies Ltd. (NYSE: LFT) trading on volume of 671,400 shares (losing $111.4 million) and EnerSys (NYSE: ENS) trading on volume of 754,300 shares (losing $90.2 million).

Of last session’s Greatest Percentage Winners, stocks making the greatest monetary gains were led by Cerus Corporation (NASDAQ: CERS) trading on volume of 3,507,310 shares (gaining $35.5 million), Empire Resorts Inc. (NASDAQ: NYNY) trading on volume of 763,876 shares (gaining $27.6 million) and EDAP TMS SA (NASDAQ EDAP) trading on volume of 1,616,181 shares (gaining $27.1 million).

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