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Genworth Financial, Inc. (NYSE:GNW) decreased -0.63%, to close at $14.12 and its overall traded volume was 14.74M shares during the last session against its average volume of 4.54M. GNW opened the day at $14.40, it made an intraday low of $14.00 and an intraday high of $14.75. The stock has a 52 week low of $10.26 and 52 week high of $19.36. GNW’s market capitalization is 6.91B and it has 489.60M outstanding shares. Genworth Financial, Inc. (Genworth) is a financial security company dedicated to providing insurance, wealth management, investment and financial solutions to more than 15 million customers, with a presence in more than 25 countries. As of December 31, 2009, the Company operated through three segments: Retirement and Protection, International and U.S. Mortgage Insurance. Retirement and Protection segment offers and manages a variety of protection, wealth management and retirement income products. Its International segment is a provider of mortgage insurance products in Canada, Australia, Mexico and multiple European countries. In the U.S., Genworth offers mortgage insurance products predominantly insuring prime-based, individually underwritten residential mortgage loans, also known as flow mortgage insurance. In October 2009, the Company completed the sale of Genworth Seguros Mexico S.A. de C.V. to HDI-Gerling International Holding AG.

KeyCorp (NYSE:KEY) increased 0.23%, to close at $8.73 and its overall traded volume was 14.65M shares during the last session against its average volume of 11.19M. KEY opened the day at $8.76, it made an intraday low of $8.47 and an intraday high of $8.85. The stock has a 52 week low of $6.04 and 52 week high of $9.84. KEY’s market capitalization is 7.69B and it has 880.47M outstanding shares. KeyCorp is a bank holding company and a financial holding company. It is the parent holding company for KeyBank National Association (KeyBank), its principal subsidiary, through which its banking services are provided. Through KeyBank and certain other subsidiaries, the Company provides a range of retail and commercial banking, commercial leasing, investment management, consumer finance and investment banking products and services to individual, corporate and institutional clients, through two business groups: Community Banking and National Banking. As of December 31, 2009, the Company’s services were provided through KeyBank’s 1,007 full-service retail banking branches in 14 states, additional offices, a telephone banking call center services group and a network of 1,495 automated teller machines (ATMs) in 16 states. At December 31, 2009, the Company had consolidated assets of $93.3 billion.

The Gap Inc. (NYSE:GPS) decreased -0.92%, to close at $20.51 and its overall traded volume was 14.56M shares during the last session against its average volume of 8.58M. GPS opened the day at $20.55, it made an intraday low of $20.25 and an intraday high of $20.75. The stock has a 52 week low of $16.62 and 52 week high of $26.34. GPS’s market capitalization is 12.60B and it has 614.36M outstanding shares. The Gap, Inc. is a global specialty retailer offering clothing, accessories, and personal care products for men, women, children, and babies under the Gap, Old Navy, Banana Republic, Piperlime, and Athleta brands. The Company operates stores in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, France, Ireland, and Japan. It also has franchise agreements with unaffiliated franchisees to operate Gap and Banana Republic stores in many other countries worldwide. Under these agreements, third parties operate or will operate stores that sell apparel, purchased from the Company, under its brand names. As of January 30, 2010, it operated a total of 3,095 store locations. Its United States customers can shop online at gap.com, oldnavy.com, bananarepublic.com, piperlime.com, and athleta.com.

ProShares UltraShort QQQ (ETF) (NYSE:QID) increased 0.05%, to close at $11.03 and its overall traded volume was 14.26M shares during the last session against its average volume of 9.26M. QID opened the day at $10.99, it made an intraday low of $10.97 and an intraday high of $11.26. The stock has a 52 week low of $4.96 and 52 week high of $22.15. QID’s market capitalization is 657.66M and it has 59.62M outstanding shares. ProShares UltraShort QQQ (the Fund), formerly UltraShort QQQ ProShares, seeks daily investment results that correspond to twice (200%) the inverse (opposite) of the daily performance of the NASDAQ-100 Index (the Index). The Index includes 100 of the largest non-financial domestic and international issues listed on the NASDAQ Stock Market. To be eligible for inclusion companies cannot be in bankruptcy proceedings and must meet certain additional criteria, including minimum trading volume and seasoning requirements. The Index is calculated under a modified capitalization-weighted methodology. The Fund takes positions in securities and/or financial instruments that, in combination, should have similar daily return characteristics as -200% of the daily return of the index. The Index is a price return index. The Fund’s investment advisor is ProShare Advisors LLC.

Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc. (NYSE:IPG) increased 4.71%, to close at $11.11 and its overall traded volume was 14.21M shares during the last session against its average volume of 5.57M. IPG opened the day at $10.64, it made an intraday low of $10.64 and an intraday high of $11.24. The stock has a 52 week low of $6.21 and 52 week high of $19.50. IPG’s market capitalization is 5.43B and it has 488.74M outstanding shares. The Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc. (IPG) is a global advertising and marketing services company. IPG’s agencies create marketing programs for clients in every world market. These companies deliver services across a range of marketing disciplines and specialties, including advertising, direct marketing, media buying and planning, public relations, events marketing, Internet and search engine marketing, social media marketing and mobile marketing. The Company’s solutions vary from project-based activity involving one agency and its client to long-term, integrated campaigns created by a group of its companies working together on behalf of a client. IPG has two segments: Integrated Agency Network (IAN), which consists of McCann, Draftfcb, Lowe, Mediabrands and its domestic integrated agencies, and Constituency Management Group (CMG), which consists of the bulk of its specialist marketing services offerings. In March 2010, the Company acquired CUBOCC.