Market Close: Big Winners & Losers for Thursday

April 25, 2013 by Paul Ausick

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

Global Geophysical Services Inc. (NYSE: GGS) is up 74.8% at $3.74.

ITT Educational Services Inc. (NYSE: ESI) is up 30.5% at $20.00.

Old Second Bancorp Inc. (NASDAQ: OSBC) is up 30% at $4.25.

Angies’ List Inc. (NASDAQ: ANGI) is up 28.9% at $25.92.

Stamps.com Inc. (NASDAQ: STMP) is up 27.1% at $32.62.

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

Exide Technologies (NASDAQ: XIDE) is down 23.9% at $1.02.

QKL Stores Inc. (NASDAQ: QKLS) is down 23.7% at $4.06.

Whiting USA Trust I (NYSE: WHX) is down 23% at $7.37.

Point.360 (NASDAQ: PTSX) is down 20.5% at $1.01.

Maxcom Telecomunicaciones S.A.B. de C.V. (NYSE: MXT) is down 18.2% at $2.20.

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