May 11, 2010 (FinancialWire) — The FirstAlert(tm) “Money Index” 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 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.

Of the Most Actives, last session’s trading showed 21 advancers versus 4 decliners. Of last session’s Greatest Percentage Winners, stocks making the greatest monetary gains were led by ethanol fuel production company BioFuel Energy Corp. (NASDAQ: BIOF) trading on volume of 87,553 (gaining $12.7 million), followed by commercial banks company The South Financial Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: TSFG) trading on volume of 2,072,714 (gaining $12.2 million), followed by healthcare/biotech company Poniard Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: PARD) trading on volume of 303,754 (gaining $8.0 million).

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The FirstAlert(tm) Economics Calendar lists Weekly Chain StoreChain Store Sales (8:55 am ET); Wholesale Inventories for March (10 am ET); Treasury auctions 3-year notes (1 pm ET).

The FirstAlert(tm) Events Calendar showcases ADCT at the Avondale Network Convergence Conference; ATRC, CSH, GET, JADE at the JMP Securities Research Conference; CELG, GPRO, AHS, CYTK at the Bank of America Merrill Lynch Healthcare Conference; CHK, CPN, CSIQ, XEL at the Deutsche Bank Securities Alternative Energy, Utilities & Power Conference; DHX, ELNK, FLWS at the Jefferies Global Internet, Media & Telecom Conference; , SLW, GFI, HL at the Bank of America Merrill Lynch Global Metals & Mining Conference; IMMR, DMRC, ARWR, VIRL at the MDB Capital Group Bright Lights Conference; The SCHW Spring Business Update.

FirstAlert(tm) Website of the Day: http://www.asx.com.au/

Quote of the Day: "The only sin is mediocrity." –Martha Graham (05/11/1894 – 04/01/1991); US choreographer, dancer.

Today is: Eat What You Want Day

Happy Birthday: 1924 – Antony Hewish, English radio astronomer, Nobel laureate; 1950 – Jeremy Paxman, British journalist and author; 1959 – Martha Quinn, American television personality; 1974 – Billy Kidman, American professional wrestler; 1984 – Gerald Clayton, Dutch/American jazz pianist; 1987 – Monica Roşu, Romanian gymnast.

Today in History: 1310 – In France, fifty-four members of the Knights Templar are burned at the stake as heretics; 1502 – Christopher Columbus leaves for his fourth and final voyage to the West Indies; 1745 – War of Austrian Succession: Battle of Fontenoy – French forces defeat an Anglo-Dutch-Hanoverian army; 1858 – Minnesota is admitted as the 32nd U.S. state; 1927 – The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is founded; 1949 – Israel joins the United Nations; 1997 – IBM Deep Blue, a chess-playing supercomputer, defeats Garry Kasparov in the last game of the rematch, becoming the first computer to beat a world-champion chess player in a classic match format.

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