September 2, 2009 (FinancialWire) — Of the Most Actives, last session’s trading showed 2 advancers versus 23 decliners. Volume leaders were led by Citigroup Inc. (NYSE: C) trading 171,282,500 shares closing at $4.54 (down 9.2%), the PowerShares QQQ Trust Series 1 (NASDAQ: QQQQ) trading 58,684,710 shares closing at $39.28 (down 1.9%) and the SPDRS Trust ETF (NYSE: SPY) trading 58,412,821 shares closing at $100.20 (down 2.2%).

Of last session’s Greatest Percentage Losers, stocks taking the greatest monetary losses were led by Barclays PLC (NYSE: BCS) trading on volume of 41,400 shares (losing $11,301.6 million), Cardinal Health Inc. (NYSE: CAH) trading on volume of 2,636,500 shares (losing $3,409.8 million) and American International Group (NYSE: AIG) trading on volume of 10,440,300 shares (losing $1,254.3 million).

Of last session’s Greatest Percentage Winners, stocks making the greatest monetary gains were led by AVI Biopharma Inc. (NASDAQ: AVII) trading on volume of 5,452,509 shares (gaining $31.7 million), Icagen Inc. (NASDAQ: ICGN) trading on volume of 655,666 shares (gaining $22.1 million) and US Energy Corp. (NASDAQ: USEG) trading on volume of 210,752 shares (gaining $11.5 million).

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