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Daily What's Hot

May 08

Symb	Last	Change	% Chg
DRS TECHNOLOGIES INC	73.89	+10.15	15.92%
ENERGY CONV DEVICE	49.91	+15.10	43.38%
GIBRALTAR IND INC	14.12	+3.07	27.78%
SUPERTEL HOSPITALITY	5.63	+0.49	9.53%

Daily What's Not

May 08

Symb	Last	Change	% Chg
BARR PHARMA INC	38.10	-11.55	23.26%
PETROLEO BRAS PETROB	53.29	-52.55	49.65%
PETROLEO BRASILEIRO	63.78	-62.97	49.68%
KINGSWAY FINANCIAL S	9.83	-4.33	30.58%

Commodities

Symb	Last	Change	Date
Gold	886.2	+10.8	05/08/08
Crude Oil	123.69	+0.16	05/08/08
Platinum	2042.3	+73.3	05/08/08
Silver	16.870	+0.175	05/08/08
Palladium	435.90	+10.15	05/08/08
High Grade Copper	3.7875	-0.0465	05/08/08
Natural Gas	11.263	-0.064	05/08/08

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