Today’s Biggest Gainers and Losers (April 27)

All the major averages remain under substantial pressure after Standard & Poors’ downgrade of Greece and Portugal. The Dow is currently down 130 pts, or -1.15%, to 11076, the Nasdaq Comp is down 38 pts to 2485, and the S&P 500 is down 19 pts, or -1.53% to 1194.

Biggest % Gainers/Losers

Price % Gainers:

• Atlantic Southern Financial (ASFN) : $4.59 / +$1.64 (55.59%)
• Atlantic BancGroup Inc. (ATBC) : $6.50 / +$2.25 (52.94%)
• Zion Oil & Gas Inc. (ZNWAW) : $4.20 / +$1.24 (41.89%)
• Bank of Granite Corporation (GRAN) : $2.80 / +$0.77 (37.93%)
• Broadway Financial Corporation (BYFC) : $5.20 / +$0.94 (22.07%)
• Winner Medical Group Inc. (WWIN) : $6.45 / +$0.85 (15.18%)
• Pacific Capital Bancorp (PCBC) : $3.97 / +$0.50 (14.41%)
• Zion Oil & Gas Inc. (ZN) : $6.82 / +$0.82 (13.67%)
• Trans World Entertainment Corp. (TWMC) : $2.54 / +$0.29 (12.89%)
• DSW Inc. (DSW) : $31.25 / +$3.53 (12.73%)
• Retail Ventures (RVI) : $11.52 / +$1.00 (9.50%)

Price % Losers:

• Sterling Financial Corp. (STSA) : $1.13 / -$0.45 (28.48%)
• Crescent Banking Co. (CSNT) : $2.33 / -$0.92 (28.31%)
• Midwest Banc Holdings (MBHI) : $0.77 / -$0.27 (25.96%)
• Pacific State Bancorp CA (PSBC) : $1.17 / -$0.41 (25.94%)
• Cascade Bancorp (CACB) : $0.98 / -$0.29 (22.83%)
• Bay National Corp. (BAYN) : $1.48 / -$0.44 (22.90%)
• PokerTek, Inc. (PTEK) : $1.21 / -$0.35 (22.43%)
• EuroBancshares, Inc. (EUBK) : $0.95 / -$0.22 (18.80%)
• Cost Plus, Inc. (CPWM) : $4.68 / -$0.96 (17.02%)
• ADVENTRX Pharmaceuticals (ANX) : $3.47 / -$0.69 (16.59%)
• Integra Bank Corporation (IBNK) : $1.20 / -$0.24 (16.51%)

Biggest Point Gainers/Losers

$ Gainers:

• Direxion Daily Emerging Markets (EDZ) : $43.62 / +$3.65
• Direxion Daily Latin America Bear 3X Shs (LHB) : $39.65 / +$3.99
• Cummins Inc. (CMI) : $73.84 / +$3.53
• DSW Inc. (DSW) : $31.25 / +$3.53
• Avery Dennison Corp. (AVY) : $42.19 / +$2.89
• UltraPro Short QQQ ProShares (SQQQ) : $51.70 / +$2.61
• II-VI Inc. (IIVI) : $36.79 / +$2.63
• Atlantic Tele-Network Inc. (ATNI) : $58.10 : +$2.46
• UltraShort MSCI EAFE ProShares (EFU) : $37.50 / +$2.30
• iPath Global Carbon ETN (GRN) : $26.78 / +$1.70
• Stanley Black & Decker (SWK) : $64.31 / +$1.01

$ Losers:

• Baidu Inc. (BIDU) : $617.25 / -$23.60
• NVR Inc. (NVR) : $705.21 / -$23.50
• Washington Post Co. (WPO) : $514.74 / -$17.53
• Direxion Daily Emrg Mkts Bull 3X Shares (EDC) : $127.99 / -$12.09
• Rio Tinto plc (RTP) : $222.12 / -$12.19
• UltraPro S&P500 ProShares (UPRO) : $183.79 / -$8.96
• Direxion Daily Technology Bull 3X Shares (TYH) : $172.40 / -$7.90
• Direxion Daily Mid Cap Bull 3X Shares (MWJ) : $132.76 / -$7.73
• American International Group (AIG) : $40.01 / -$4.50
• Estee Lauder Companies Inc. (EL) : $65.43 / -$4.55
• Lincoln National Corp. (LNC) : $31.17 / -$1.73

Stocks Rising on Unusual Volume

• Atlantic Tele-Network, Inc. (ATNI) : Volume % change: 322%
• DSW Inc. Common Stock  (DSW) : Volume % change: 748%
• Repsol YPF S.A. Common Stock (REP) :  Volume % change: 2,212%