November 12, 2009 (FinancialWire) — Barclays PLC (NYSE: BCS) was one of the top three stocks among yesterday’s combined NYSE, NASDAQ and AMEX 25 greatest percentage losers, trading on volume of 49,500 shares  and losing $4.335 billion.

Barclays PLC engages in the provision of financial services in Europe, the United States, Africa, and Asia. It offers retail and commercial banking, credit cards, investment banking, wealth management, and investment management services. The company provides current accounts, deposit accounts, savings accounts, retail mortgages, installment finance, commercial lending, unsecured lending and protection products, and mortgage and general insurance, as well as investment advice, money transmission, and asset financing and leasing solutions. It also involves in credit card and consumer lending business, which includes processing of card payments for retailers and merchants, and issuing of credit and charge cards to corporate customers and the United Kingdom government.

Additional information about yesterday’s NYSE/NASDAQ/AMEX market activity is available via today’s “FirstAlert(tm) Money Index Synopsis” (http://www.financialwire.net/2009/11/12/firstalert-money-index-synopsis-7), which is an indicator of the depth of market direction or indirection. While not always including the same stocks, the NYSE/NASDAQ/AMEX 25 most actives and NYSE/NASDAQ/AMEX greatest percentage losers and greatest percentage winners (weighted against pure monetary loss/gain) indicate the direction in which the mass of money is flowing, as well as the general focus of the market.

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