August 21, 2009 (FinancialWire) — Of the Most Actives, last session’s trading showed 16 advancers versus 9 decliners. Volume leaders were led by Citigroup, Inc. (NYSE: C) trading 135,215,400 shares closing at $4.48 (up 8.5%), the SPDRS Trust ETF (NYSE: SPY) trading 38,525,661 shares closing at $100.99 (up 1.0%) and the PowerShares QQQ Trust Series 1 (NASDAQ: QQQQ) trading 31,694,332 shares closing at $39.76 (up 1.2%).

Of last session’s Greatest Percentage Losers, stocks taking the greatest monetary losses were led by ING Groep NV (NYSE: IND) trading on volume of 198,000 shares (losing $104.8 million), Citi Trends (NASDAQ: CTRN) trading on volume of 585,955 shares (losing $78.0 million) and TechTarget, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTGT) trading on volume of 39,897 shares (losing $61.3 million).

Of last session’s Greatest Percentage Winners, stocks making the greatest monetary gains were led by Anika Therapeutics Inc. (NASDAQ: ANIK) trading on volume of 882,500 shares (gaining $23.9 million), World Heart Corp. (NASDAQ: WHRT) trading on volume of 56,406 shares (gaining $23.9 million) and Bon-Ton Stores Inc. (NASDAQ: BONT) trading on volume of 234,966 shares (gaining $18.0 million).

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