Market Close: Big Winners & Losers for April 18, 2013

thinkstockHere are today’s five biggest gaining stocks at closing: Overstock.com (NASDAQ: OSTK) is up 37% at $15.70. Adcare Health Systems Inc. (NYSEMKT: ADK) is up 36.7% at $5.88. Primus Telecommunications Group Inc. (NYSE: PTGI) is up 24.6% at $12.35. SilverCrest…

Published April 18, 2013, 4:48pm ET · 1 min read

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

Overstock.com (NASDAQ: OSTK) is up 37% at $15.70.

Adcare Health Systems Inc. (NYSEMKT: ADK) is up 36.7% at $5.88.

Primus Telecommunications Group Inc. (NYSE: PTGI) is up 24.6% at $12.35.

SilverCrest Mines Inc. (NYSEMKT: SVLC) is up 16.5% at $2.05.

Theravance Inc. (NASDAQ: THRX) is up 16.2% at $32.56.

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

Mecox Lane Ltd. (NASDAQ: MCOX) is down 19.9% at $5.18.

Ultratech Inc. (NASDAQ: UTEK) is down 17.9% at $29.88.

New Concept Energy Inc. (NYSEMKT: GBR) is down 17% at $1.00.

Crumbs Bake Shop Inc. (NASDAQ: CRMB) is down 15.4% at $1.26.

Uni-Pixel Inc. (NASDAQ: UNXL) is down 15% at $32.35.

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Paul Ausick

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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