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Atlas Pipeline Partners (NYSE:APL) was among the top gainers in Energy sector, gained 6.12% or $1.04 with the volume of 1.61M. The company hit the 52 week high at $18.10. After hour trading price is dropped to 0.03 cents or (-0.17%). This producer of natural gas lifted the whole sector up and most the the stocks were in green.

DTE Energy Company (NYSE:DTE)was today's top loser in Utilities losing about 4.15% stock value and closing at $46.16. The company Q2 2010 Earnings were released yesterday and this is among the reason why the stock fell today.

American Electric Power (NYSE:AEP) was among the most active stocks. More than 6.14M shares were traded, closed at $35.98. The company's Q2 2010 Earnings came in today.

About 400 workers at Ford Motor Co's (NYSE:F) Windsor, Ontario engine plant will lose their jobs as Ford completes as planned move to a single shift, the company said on Thursday, a day after GM Co shuttered its transmission plant in the city.

Ford said in January that it planned to cut a shift at the engine plant in Windsor but the company has now put numbers to that plan.

Spokeswoman Lauren More said about 500 people will be laid off when the shift ends in November. Some 100 of them will be given jobs at the nearby, newly upgraded Essex engine plant.

On Wednesday, GM closed its Windsor transmission plant, cutting 500 jobs and ending a 90-year presence in the city, which is across the river from Detroit.

Windsor has struggled with a double digit unemployment rate since the near collapse of the auto sector that hit bottom about a year ago.

It was a roller-coaster day for the equities market, as traders considered a fresh onslaught of corporate earnings, and economic data. Dow Jones closed at 10,467.16 with the change of -30.72 or (-0.29%). S&P 500 closed at 1,101.53 with change of -4.60 or (-0.42%) and Nasdaq closed at 2,251.69 down -12.87 or (-0.57%).

US Stocks fell as S&P 500 Slumps for third day on earnings. Exxon Mobil (XOM) and Colgate-Palmolive (CL) sparked early anxiety by falling short of Wall Street's second-quarter revenue expectations.

Some of today's top losers include VistaPrint NV , which lost 37% of the stock value today. Followed by AsiaInfo-Linkage, Inc. , which lost 26.35% stock value closing at $19.15 per share with the volume of 6.51M shares.

Citrix Systems, Inc stock gained more than 17%, or $8.00. The stock took a spike after Q2 2010 Earnings was Released. Citrix Systems is among the few stocks to be see in green and with a gain as other stocks in the same sector were in red.

The company reported that its second quarter net income climbed to $48 million, or 25 cents per share, from $43 million, or 23 cents per share, in the comparable quarter a year ago. On an adjusted basis, the company earned 41 cents per share in the latest quarter. Revenue grew to $458 million from $393 million. Analysts, on average, expected the company to report earnings of 45 cents per share on revenue of $436.94 million. Shares of the company rallied more than 9% in pre market trading.

Microsoft Corporation and Oracle Corporation were both down up to 1.00%

Citrix Systems has a trading volume of 8.07M.

Constellation Energy was down -1.71 (-5.14%) and ranks first. The stock fell after the Q2 2010 Earnings were released yesterday.

Energen Corporation ranked second, and was down -2.18 (-4.68%). After the Q2 2010 Earnings came in, the stock fell more than 5%. It had a trading volume of 196,576 during the mid day.

Copano Energy, L.L.C. was ranked third among the top losers in Utilities, lost 4.49% stock value, with a trading volume of 415,757.00. The stock fell after company announced 59 cents dividend and Q2 2010 COPANO ENERGY LLC Earnings are due on August 5.

Clean Energy Fuels Corp. was up 5.81% today, and it opened higher at $17.82 and went up to $18.35. The trading volume is at 2.31M. Spikes in volume can validate a breakout or signify a potential turning point.

The Q2 2010 CLEAN ENERGY FUELS CORP is due on Aug 9, 2010. Most other Natural Gas Utilities stocks were down, as CLNE gained $1.04.

UGI Corporation and Vectren Corporation are among the top losers in this sector as of now.

Express Scripts, Inc. was up about 6% or +$2.53 and it lifted the whole Healthcare Facilities sector up. Most other companies in that sector were seen in green. The Q2 2010 Earnings came in on July 28, that gave it a boost.

Google Inc. was down 0.70%. The Q2 2010 Earnings came in on July 15, and stock fell and now it has started to pick itself back up. Google is the largest internet company and is the most visited site in the world, according to Alexa Rankings. Google's trading volume at this time is 987,273.

Las Vegas Sands Corp. was also among the most active stocks in services sector. It has a volume of 21.20M so far, up +0.05 or (0.19%) .