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• GAINER
  
  Stocks that increase in value over the course of the trading day are described as gainers or advancers. More specifically, stocks that increase the most in value in relation to their opening price are called percentage gainers (or percentage winners), while stocks that go up the greatest number of points are called net gainers (or dollar winners). Percentage gainers and net gainers tend not to be the same stocks. For example, a $1 increase in market price would be a significant percentage gain-50%-for a stock trading at $2, whereas for a stock trading at $100, $1 would be a moderate 1% gain. The number of gainers during the trading day is usually compared to the number of losers or laggards-the stocks that lose the most value over the trading day.
  
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