September 1, 2009 (FinancialWire) — Of the Most Actives, last session’s trading showed 6 advancers versus 19 decliners. Volume leaders were led by Citigroup, Inc. (NYSE: C) trading 122,762,600 shares closing at $5.00 (down 4.4%), E-Trade Financial Corp. (NASDAQ: ETFC) trading 53,097,983 shares closing at $1.76 (up 7.3%) and the SPDRS Trust Series 1 ETF (AMEX: SPY) trading 47,468,999 shares closing at $102.46 (down 0.9%).

Of last session’s Greatest Percentage Losers, stocks taking the greatest monetary losses were led by Barclays PLC (NYSE: TC) trading on volume of 19,300 shares (losing $12,187.4 million), American International Group, Inc. (NYSE: AIG) trading on volume of 9,989,800 shares (losing $658.8 million) and Standard Pacific Corp. (NYSE: SPF) trading on volume of 1,286,100 shares (losing $34.3 million).

Of last session’s Greatest Percentage Winners, stocks making the greatest monetary gains were led by Helicos BioSciences Corporation (NASDAQ: HLCS) trading on volume of 3,316,802 shares (gaining $67.9 million), Sequenom Inc. (NASDAQ: SQNM) trading on volume of 7,805,155 shares (gaining $67.9 million) and AuthenTec, Inc. (NASDAQ: AUTH) trading on volume of 960,825 shares (gaining $20.6 million).

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