Today’s Market Winners and Losers

November 28, 2012 by 247sam

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The market was down Wednesday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average down 0.06%, the Nasdaq down 0.26% and the S&P 500 down 0.20%. Today’s winners are a coffee company reporting strong earnings and a trading firm getting bought out. Meanwhile, today’s sole loser is a food company reporting earnings that missed expectations.

These are Wednesday’s market winners and loser.

Biggest Winners

Shares of Green Mountain Coffee Roasters Inc. (NASDAQ: GMCR) are up 24.36% to $36.00 on trading volume of 12.3 million shares. The company reported fourth-quarter earnings of 64 cents a share, better than Wall Street analyst estimates of 48 cents a share. The 52-week high is $71.15.

Shares of Knight Capital Group, Inc. (NYSE: KCG) are up 16.59% to $3.46 on trading volume of 19.9 million shares. Trading firm Getco Holding Co. will take control of the firm for $3.50 a share. The 52-week high is $13.59.

Biggest Loser

Shares of The Fresh Market, Inc. (NASDAQ: TFM) are down 15.60% to $50.84 on trading volume of 3.3 million shares. The company reported third-quarter earnings of 23 cents a share, lower than the 26 cents a share Wall Street was expecting.  The 52-week low is $33.82.

Samuel Weigley

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