Nearly 2.0 billion shares and $31 billion traded yesterday in CNBC's Million Dollar Portfolio Challenge. Additionally, the top currency trader has made over $96 thousand since currency trading opened and yesterday, someone made $10K on a single currency bet. Adding a few thousand dollars could make the difference in the contest leaderboard. Check out Sue Herrera's currency tips here.
Contest Widely Helds:
Quicksilver joined the contest Most Actives today trading over 51M contest shares.
The most widely held stock today remains Sirius, with over 1.8B shares held and 136M shares traded
Financials & Industrials each comprise 25% of the top widely helds
Sample of Top Trades in the Leaderboard:
Collective Brands if you bought on Wednesday before 4pET and held/sold on Thursday, you made 14.37%
Ulta Salon if you bought on Wednesday before 4pET and held/sold on Thursday, you made 7.35%
Comtech Telecom if you bought on Wednesday before 4pET and held/sold on Thursday, you made 8.72%
Lehman Brothers if you bought on Wednesday before 4pET and held/sold on Thursday, you made 7.80%
Ambac Financial if you bought on Wednesday before 4pET and held/sold on Thursday, you made 5.22%
Rosetta Resources if you bought on Wednesday before 4pET and held/sold on Thursday, you made 3.90%
Sample of Losing Trades from the Leaderboard:
Blyth if you bought on Wednesday before 4pET and held/sold on Thursday, you lost -13.50%
Bets being made for today (June 6):
Take-Two
National Semi
Focus Media
Patni Computer
Olympic Steel
Silver Wheaton
Stillwater Mining
Cooper Cos
Morgan Stanley
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