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Technology, energy and materials stocks are among the big gainers as of midday on Wednesday, with shares of Hewlett Packard
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, XTO Energy
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, and Freeport McMoran Copper & Gold
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all up more than 4% halfway through trading.

Wednesday’s biggest movers include a fair share of financial stocks like Firstfed Financial Corporation
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and energy stocks such as Particle Drilling Technologies
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, as well.

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

Name Symbol % Up
Verifone Holdings Inc. PAY +25.73
Particle Drilling Technologies PDRT +23.05
Imarx Therapeutics Inc. IMRX +21.27
Firstfed Financial Corporation FED +20.55
Reed’s Inc. REED +20.00

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

Name Symbol % Down
Clearpoint Business Resources CPBR -25.93
Novatel Wireless Inc. NVTL -23.212

Source: MarketWatch

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David Penn is Editor-in-Chief at TradingMarkets.com.