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Update On Most Active Stocks And Biggest Gainers

Hi folks. Here's a look at the stocks you are buying and trading. The best performing trades by % gain from Monday's close to Tuesday's close were: Valhi : If you bought on Monday at $14.90 and held/sold on Tuesday with a close of $17.93, the contestant gained 20.34% on the trade. Valhi gained almost 13% Monday and Tuesday, followed with another 20% gain, and there isn't a lot of news out there as to what its gains are derived from. The company is in the pigment business and last week executed a special dividend/spin-off of Titanium Metals or TIMET.

Other best performers:
Lawson Software: If you bought on Monday at $8.03 and held/sold on Tuesday with a close of $8.88, the contestant gained 10.59% on the trade. Lawson forecast that its third-quarter earnings will be above guidance. The company is expected to report on Monday.
Kronos Worldwide: If you bought on Monday at $31.97 and held/sold on Tuesday with a close of $35.02, the contestant gained 9.54% on the trade. Up on positive earnings.
Chicago Bridge & Iron: If you bought on Monday at $30.21 and held/sold on Tuesday with a close of $32.97, the contestant gained 9.14% on the trade. CBI was upgraded to a buy at Goldman.
Marshall & Ilsley: If you bought on Monday at $45.86 and held/sold on Tuesday with a close of $49.83, the contestant gained 8.66% on the trade. M&I to spin-off its financial technology unit, Metavante Corp.

Worst Performing Trades By % Gain from Monday's close to Tuesday's close:
Jackson Hewitt Tax Service  : If you bought on Monday at $32.40 and held/sold on Tuesday with a close of $26.53, the contestant lost 18.12% on the trade. JTX fell on allegations of fraud on returns.
Affymax : If you bought on Monday at $32 and held/sold on Tuesday with a close of $29.97, the contestant lost 6.34% on the trade. Reported an earnings loss.
Western Refining : If you bought on Monday at $39.66 and held/sold on Tuesday with a close of $37.54, the contestant lost 5.35% on the trade.

Most Actives as of the close on 4/3:
CMGI
Crystallex International
Revlon 
Conexant 
Vonage
Oilsands Quest 
Sirius
Fremont General
Technical Olympics USA
Rio Narcea Gold Mines

Widely Helds as of the close on 4/3:
CMGI: with 4,285,477,090 shares held (Held shares of CMGI have declined, but contestants still own double the amount of the #2 most widely held, Revlon.
Revlon: 2,047,822,452 shares held, up from Monday.
Conexant: 1,567,473,674 shares held, up from Monday.
Crystallex International: 1,382,998,213 shares held, down from Monday.
Sirius: 1,362,537,990 shares held, up from Monday.
Vonage: 936,098,654 shares held, down from Monday.


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