Market Close: Big Winners & Losers for April 15, 2013 (GENE, THRX, SGRP, MAGS, CNIT, UNTK, GSS, DSCO, HXM, ECTY)

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By Paul Ausick Updated Published

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

Genetic Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ: GENE) is up 22.8% at $2.75.

Theravance Inc. (NASDAQ: THRX) is up 19.4% at $28.36.

Spar Group Inc. (NASDAQ: SGRP) is up 19.2% at $1.99.

Magal Security Systems Ltd. (NASDAQ: MAGS) is up 18.1% at $4.90.

China Information Technology Inc. (NASDAQ: CNIT) is up 17.8% at $1.59.

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

UniTek Global Services Inc. (NASDAQ: UNTK) is down 49.5% at $1.52.

Golden Star Resources Ltd. (NYSEMKT: GSS) is down 25.1% at $0.94.

Discovery Laboratories Inc. (NASDAQ: DSCO) is down 22.6% at $1.85.

Desarrolladora Homex (NYSE: HXM) is down 19.5% at $6.25.

Ecotality Inc. (NASDAQ: ECTY) is down 19.3% at $0.96.

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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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