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gainer

noun as in swan dive

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Among other gainers, C3.ai jumped 19.4% after the software company topped expectations for both profit and revenue in the latest quarter.

It’s still the S&P 500’s biggest gainer so far this year, rising about 40%.

Among the biggest gainers: Detroit, where the index surged to an annual gain of 8.2%, and San Diego, where the index registered an 8% annual gain.

Among the big gainers in the S&P 500 were CF Industries, which rose 2.6%, and Best Buy, which closed 2.2% higher.

Energy, finishing up 2.1%, was the biggest percentage gainer among the 11 major S&P 500 sectors as oil prices settled up more than 4%.

From Reuters

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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