The Week's Market Winners: Ebay, Nike, And More

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Published: July 2, 2011 7:10 am

Visa gained over 14% during the week on news that “the Federal Reserve would increase its proposed cap on interchange fees charged to by large banks to merchants to process debit card purchases from 12 cents to 21 cents per transaction,” according to TheStreet.com Ebay (NASDAQ: EBAY), owner of PayPal, rallied as well.

First Solar (NASDAQ: FSLR) was higher by 13.5% “after the U.S. government said three of the company’s solar generation projects in California could qualify for up to $4.5 billion in conditional federal loan guarantees,” MarketWatch reports.

Nike (NYSE: NKE) rose on higher than expected earnings

Douglas A. McIntyre
S&P 500 TOP 10 LISTS

BIGGEST STOCK PRICE GAINERS

FOR WEEK, MONTH (JUNE) AND YEAR-TO-DATE AS OF JUNE 30

S&P 500 WEEK TOP 10 (24 JUN – 30 JUN)	Ticker	Weekly Price Change (%)	Close Price 30Jun11	Close Price 24Jun11	Market Cap ($Mil)
Visa, Inc.	V	14.8	84.26	73.37	52745.0
eBay Inc.	EBAY	13.8	32.27	28.35	36951.2
First Solar, Inc.	FSLR	13.5	132.27	116.56	10238.5
FMC Technologies, Inc.	FTI	12.6	44.79	39.77	9704.4
National Oilwell Varco, Inc.	NOV	11.6	78.21	70.10	29606.9
Halliburton Company	HAL	11.2	51.00	45.87	42447.5
Nike Inc.	NKE	10.8	89.98	81.18	38067.9
AK Steel Holding Corporation	AKS	10.8	15.76	14.22	1580.0
Valero Energy Corp.	VLO	10.3	25.57	23.18	13782.9
United States Steel Corp.	X	10.1	46.04	41.82	5989.4
Source: Capital IQ

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