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Blue chip stocks were up modestly at midday while the stocks of the Nasdaq were essentially flat after days of strong gains.

Stocks moving higher halfway through the trading session are a mix of technology stocks such as Cypress Semiconductor
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and Advanced Micro Devices
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, and financials, including MBIA
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and Washington Mutual
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Among today’s biggest midday movers is Action Products International
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which was among the bigger movers to the downside yesterday.

Here is a list of stocks that have gained 20% or more so far in trading today.

Name Symbol % Up
Action Products International Inc. APII +36.13
Micromet Inc. MITI +25.92
Avistar Communications Corporation AVSR +22.73
Champion Enterprises Inc. CHB +22.45
Great Florida Bank GFLB +21.30
STAAR Surgical Company STAA +20.97

Here is a list of stocks that have lost 20% or more so far in trading today.

Name Symbol % Down
Silver State Bancorp SSBX -22.89
Ivivi Technologies Inc. IVVI -21.55
Arts-Way Manufacturing Company ARTW -20.81

Source: MarketWatch

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David Penn is Senior Editor at TradingMarkets.com.