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SPDR S&P Homebuilders (ETF) (NYSE:XHB) increased 0.44%, to close at $17.77 and its overall traded volume was 5.80M shares during the last session against its average volume of 4.46M. XHB opened the day at $17.85, it made an intraday low of $17.48 and an intraday high of $18.03. The stock has a 52 week low of $13.59 and 52 week high of $20.00. XHB’s market capitalization is 920.36M and it has 51.80M outstanding shares. SPDR S&P Homebuilders ETF (the Fund) seeks to replicate as closely as possible the performance of the S&P Homebuilders Select Industry Index (the Index). The Index is an equal weighted market cap index. The Index represents the homebuilding sub-industry portion of the S&P Total Markets Index. The Fund’s performance reflects the expenses of managing the Fund, including brokerage and advisory expenses. The Fund invests in industries, such as homebuilding, building products, home furnishings, home furnishing retail and home improvement retail. The Fund’s investment advisor is SSgA Funds Management, Inc.

GameStop Corp. (NYSE:GME) increased 0.68%, to close at $20.77 and its overall traded volume was 5.79M shares during the last session against its average volume of 3.19M. GME opened the day at $20.62, it made an intraday low of $20.18 and an intraday high of $20.96. The stock has a 52 week low of $17.12 and 52 week high of $25.75. GME’s market capitalization is 3.14B and it has 151.40M outstanding shares. GameStop Corp. (GameStop) is a retailer of video game products and personal computer (PC) entertainment software. The Company sells new and used video game hardware, video game software and accessories, as well as PC entertainment software, and related accessories and other merchandise. As of January 30, 2010, the Company operated 6,450 stores in the United States, Australia, Canada and Europe, primarily under the names GameStop and EB Games. GameStop also operates the electronic commerce Website www.gamestop.com and publish Game Informer, a multi-platform video game magazine in the United States based on circulation, with approximately 4 million subscribers. During the fiscal year ended January 30, 2010 (fiscal 2009), GameStop operated its business in four segments: United States, Canada, Australia and Europe.

CSX Corporation (NYSE:CSX) increased 2.36%, to close at $67.79 and its overall traded volume was 5.79M shares during the last session against its average volume of 2.61M. CSX opened the day at $66.51, it made an intraday low of $66.51 and an intraday high of $68.03. The stock has a 52 week low of $42.05 and 52 week high of $68.03. CSX’s market capitalization is 25.37B and it has 374.18M outstanding shares. CSX Corporation (CSX) is a transportation company. The Company’s rail and intermodal businesses provide rail-based transportation services including traditional rail service and the transport of intermodal containers and trailers. CSX’s principal operating company, CSX Transportation, Inc. (CSXT), provides an important link to the transportation supply chain through its approximately 21,000 route mile rail network, which serves major population centers in 23 states east of the Mississippi River, the District of Columbia, and the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec. It serves over 70 ocean, river and lake ports along the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts, the Mississippi River, the Great Lakes and the St. Lawrence Seaway. In addition to CSXT, the rail segment includes non-railroad subsidiaries Total Distribution Services, Inc. (TDSI), Transflo Terminal Services, Inc. (Transflo), CSX Technology, Inc. (CSX Technology) and other subsidiaries.

Petrohawk Energy Corporation (NYSE:HK) increased 0.37%, to close at $19.22 and its overall traded volume was 5.76M shares during the last session against its average volume of 5.22M. HK opened the day at $19.24, it made an intraday low of $18.88 and an intraday high of $19.37. The stock has a 52 week low of $13.89 and 52 week high of $27.36. HK’s market capitalization is 5.81B and it has 302.41M outstanding shares. Petrohawk Energy Corporation is an independent oil and natural gas company engaged in the exploration, development and production of predominately natural gas properties located onshore in the United States. Its business consists of an oil and natural gas segment, and a midstream segment. Its oil and natural gas properties are concentrated in four domestic shale plays. It operates in two principal regions: the Mid-Continent, which includes its Louisiana, Arkansas and East Texas properties, and the Western, which includes its South Texas and Oklahoma properties. Its midstream segment consists of its gathering subsidiary, Hawk Field Services, LLC, which is responsible for gathering and treating natural gas for the Company and third parties. In May 2010, the Company completed a 50/50 joint venture with Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P. (Kinder Morgan) involving the Company’s midstream business in the Haynesville Shale, and the sale of Terryville Field.

Hertz Global Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:HTZ) decreased -1.03%, to close at $14.39 and its overall traded volume was 5.74M shares during the last session against its average volume of 3.64M. HTZ opened the day at $14.57, it made an intraday low of $14.06 and an intraday high of $14.73. The stock has a 52 week low of $8.36 and 52 week high of $15.60. HTZ’s market capitalization is 5.94B and it has 412.52M outstanding shares. Hertz Global Holdings, Inc. (Hertz Holdings) is a general use car rental brand and is engaged in equipment rental businesses in the United States and Canada. The Company and its independent licensees and associates accept reservations for car rentals at approximately 8,100 locations in approximately 145 countries. The Company maintains airport car rental brand market share, by overall reported revenues, in the United States and at the 78 major airports in Europe where it has company-operated locations and data regarding car rental concessionaire activity is available. In the Company’s equipment rental business segment, it rents equipment through 322 branches in the United States, Canada, France, Spain and China, as well as through its international licensees. It operates in two segments: car rental and equipment rental. During the year ended December 31, 2009, it launched Rent2Buy, a new way to buy a used rental car which operates in select states, including California and Hawaii.