NYSE Volume Leaders for Thursday, August 23rd: HPQ, BAC, NOK, S, AMD, BIG, C, GE, GES, FCX, VALE, SID, LOW

Here are today's NYSE volume leaders as reported by Equity Briefing and Analyst
Ratings Network (http://bit.ly/arndailypv):

Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) is trading down 5.47% and was last sold at $18.15.
The stock traded as high as $18.22 and as low as $17.68. HPQ had previously
closed at $19.20. 19,151,330 shares of the stock traded hands today.

Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) is trading down 0.12% and was last sold at $8.21.
The stock traded as high as $8.25 and as low as $8.19. BAC had previously closed
at $8.22. 12,606,109 shares of the stock traded hands today.

Nokia Co. (NYSE: NOK) is trading up 3.13% and was last sold at $2.97. The stock
traded as high as $2.98 and as low as $2.92. NOK had previously closed at $2.88.
10,189,140 shares of the stock traded hands today.

Sprint Nextel (NYSE: S) is trading up 0.61% and was last sold at $4.91. The
stock traded as high as $4.95 and as low as $4.82. S had previously closed at
$4.88. 5,095,733 shares of the stock traded hands today.

Advanced Micro Devices (NYSE: AMD) is trading down 2.00% and was last sold at
$3.93. The stock traded as high as $3.98 and as low as $3.90. AMD had previously
closed at $4.01. 4,271,794 shares of the stock traded hands today.

Big Lots, Inc. (NYSE: BIG) is trading down 20.29% and was last sold at $30.96.
The stock traded as high as $32.40 and as low as $30.82. BIG had previously
closed at $38.84. 3,116,742 shares of the stock traded hands today.

Citigroup (NYSE: C) is trading down 0.46% and was last sold at $30.35. The stock
traded as high as $30.60 and as low as $30.21. C had previously closed at
$30.49. 2,610,005 shares of the stock traded hands today.

General Electric (NYSE: GE) is trading down 0.29% and was last sold at $20.72.
The stock traded as high as $20.79 and as low as $20.71. GE had previously
closed at $20.78. 2,394,244 shares of the stock traded hands today.

Guess Inc (NYSE: GES) is trading down 19.29% and was last sold at $27.07. The
stock traded as high as $27.95 and as low as $27.01. GES had previously closed
at $33.54. 2,286,757 shares of the stock traded hands today.

Freeport McMoRan Copper and Gold Inc (NYSE: FCX) is trading down 0.24% and was
last sold at $36.91. The stock traded as high as $37.47 and as low as $36.82.
FCX had previously closed at $37.00. 2,186,415 shares of the stock traded hands
today.

Vale (NYSE: VALE) is trading down 1.73% and was last sold at $17.56. The stock
traded as high as $17.70 and as low as $17.55. VALE had previously closed at
$17.87. 2,158,427 shares of the stock traded hands today.

National Steel Corpo (NYSE: SID) is trading up 2.15% and was last sold at $5.71.
The stock traded as high as $5.90 and as low as $5.68. SID had previously closed
at $5.59. 1,796,653 shares of the stock traded hands today.

Lowe's (NYSE: LOW) is trading up 0.18% and was last sold at $27.29. The stock
traded as high as $27.43 and as low as $27.15. LOW had previously closed at
$27.24. 1,749,225 shares of the stock traded hands today.

Barrick Gold Corp (NYSE: ABX) is trading up 0.85% and was last sold at $37.95.
The stock traded as high as $38.25 and as low as $37.86. ABX had previously
closed at $37.63. 1,680,175 shares of the stock traded hands today.

Pfizer Inc (NYSE: PFE) is trading up 0.38% and was last sold at $23.79. The
stock traded as high as $23.79 and as low as $23.74. PFE had previously closed
at $23.70. 1,672,404 shares of the stock traded hands today.

Best Buy Co., Inc. (NYSE: BBY) is trading up 2.48% and was last sold at $18.16.
The stock traded as high as $18.40 and as low as $17.95. BBY had previously
closed at $17.72. 1,647,206 shares of the stock traded hands today.

Ford (NYSE: F) is trading down 0.21% and was last sold at $9.47. The stock
traded as high as $9.52 and as low as $9.45. F had previously closed at $9.49.
1,619,180 shares of the stock traded hands today.

Safeway Inc. (NYSE: SWY) is trading down 4.26% and was last sold at $15.29. The
stock traded as high as $15.65 and as low as $15.12. SWY had previously closed
at $15.97. 1,595,450 shares of the stock traded hands today.

Alcoa Inc. (NYSE: AA) is trading down 1.35% and was last sold at $8.75. The
stock traded as high as $8.82 and as low as $8.70. AA had previously closed at
$8.87. 1,567,037 shares of the stock traded hands today.

Yamana Gold (NYSE: AUY) is trading up 0.97% and was last sold at $16.72. The
stock traded as high as $16.95 and as low as $16.72. AUY had previously closed
at $16.56. 1,402,834 shares of the stock traded hands today.

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