September 21, 2009 (FinancialWire) — Of the Most Actives, last session’s trading showed 17 advancers versus 8 decliners. Volume leaders were led by the Citigroup, inc. (NYSE: C) trading 160,017,100 shares closing at $4.30 (down 2.7%), E-Trade Financial Corp. (NASDAQ: ETFC) trading 57,097,678 shares closing at $1.84 (up 8.2%) and Bank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC) trading 39,353,700 shares closing at $17.63 (up 0.1%).

Of last session’s Greatest Percentage Losers, stocks taking the greatest monetary losses were led by Valhi, Inc. (NYSE: VHI) trading on volume of 136,000 shares (losing $132.4 million), International Coal Group, Inc. (NYSE: ICO) trading on volume of 1,537,300 shares (losing $45.7 million) and Strategic Hotels & Resorts, Inc. (NYSE: BEE) trading on volume of 1,596,900 shares (losing $14.8 million).

Of last session’s Greatest Percentage Winners, stocks making the greatest monetary gains were led by Oncolytics Biotech, Inc. (NASDAQ: ONCY) trading on volume of 195,736 shares (gaining $34.0 million), Columbia Bancorp. (NASDAQ: CBBO) trading on volume of 325,910 shares (gaining $13.8 million) and GSI Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: GSIG) trading on volume of 481,991 shares (gaining $11.0 million).

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