Market Close: Big Winners & Losers for April 9, 2013 (FSLR, ANV, GCAP, LDK, YGE, BSDM, KID, AFFY, AQQ, SHLM)

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By Paul Ausick Updated Published

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

First Solar Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR)) is up 45.5% at $39.35.

Allied Nevada Gold Corp. (NYSEMKT: ANV) is up 30.3% at $15.36.

GAIN Capital Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: GCAP) is up 26% at $5.38.

LDK Solar Co. Ltd. (NYSE: LDK) is up 24.3% at $1.33.

Yingli Green Energy Holding Co. Ltd. (NYSE: YGE) is up 21.1% at $2.24.

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

BSD Medical Corp. (NASDAQ: BSDM) is down 29.1% at $1.17.

Kid Brands Inc. (NYSE: KID) is down 16.3% at $1.18.

Affymetrix Inc. (NASDAQ: AFFY) is down 13.7% at $4.02.

American Spectrum Realty Inc. (NYSEMKT: AQQ) is down 13.7% at $2.71.

A. Schulman Inc. (NASDAQ: SHLM) is down 12.8% at $25.93.

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Paul Ausick has been writing for 247Wallst.com for more than a decade. He has written extensively on investing in the energy, defense, and technology sectors. In a previous life, he wrote technical documentation and managed a marketing communications group in Silicon Valley.

He has a bachelor's degree in English from the University of Chicago and now lives in Montana, where he fishes for trout in the summer and stays inside during the winter.

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