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Market Close: Big Winners & Losers for April 22, 2013

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Here are today’s five biggest gaining stocks at closing:

Aerosonic Corp. (NYSEMKT: AIM) is up 59.7% at $7.74.

Power-One Inc. (NASDAQ: PWER) is up 56.7% at $6.32.

ARCA Biopharma Inc. (NASDAQ: ABIO) is up 47.2% at $2.90.

Met-Pro Corp. (NYSE: MPR) is up 39.4% at $13.38.

India Globalization Capital Inc. (NYSEMKT: IGC) is up 24.4% at $2.24.

And here are today’s five biggest losing stocks at closing:

Omthera Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ: OMTH) is down 13.1% at $6.38.

SGOCO Group Ltd. (NASDAQ: SGOC) is down 12.6% at $1.11.

Desarrolladora Homex (NYSE: HXM) is down 11.6% at $7.23.

Village Bank and Trust Financial Corp. (NASDAQ: VBFC) is down 11.4% at $2.09.

First Advantage Bancorp (NASDAQ: FABK) is down 11.1% at $11.26.

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