FirstAlert(tm) ‘Money Index’ Synopsis

August 17, 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 146,852,600 shares closing at $4.04 (down 0.5%), the PowerShares QQQ Trust Series 1 (NASDAQ: QQQQ) trading 49,276,451 shares closing at $39.63 (down 1.1%) and the SPDR Trust ETF (NYSE: SPY) trading 40,938,576 shares closing at $100.79 (down 0.8%).

Of last session’s Greatest Percentage Losers, stocks taking the greatest monetary losses were led by Barclays PLC (NYSE: BCS) trading on volume of 8,300 shares (losing $6,868.5 million), Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS) trading on volume of 627,900 shares (losing $119.8 million) and Jinpan International Ltd. (NASDAQ: JST) trading on volume of 183,339 shares (losing $54.7 million).

Of last session’s Greatest Percentage Winners, stocks making the greatest monetary gains were led by China GrenTech Corp. Ltd. (NASDAQ: GRRF) trading on volume of 978,124 shares (gaining $47.8 million), Oneida Financial Corp. (NASDAQ: ONFC) trading on volume of 4,768 shares (gaining $15.2 million) and Radio One, Inc. (NASDAQ: ROIAK) trading on volume of 84,277 shares (gaining $12.9 million).

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.

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