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Today's Market Winners and Losers

The stock market is down Monday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average down 0.11%, the Nasdaq down 0.17% and the S&P 500 down 0.16%. Today’s sole winner is an online gamer that has benefited from legalized gambling, while today’s sole loser is a retailer with a 2013 forecast below Wall St. expectations.

This is Monday’s market winner and loser.

Biggest Winner

Shares of Zynga Inc. (NASDAQ: ZNGA) are up 8.69% to $3.88 on trading volume of 26.7 million shares. Shares of the company have risen as of late as New Jersey and Nevada have legalized online gambling. The 52-week high is $14.48.

Biggest Loser

Shares of Dick’s Sporting Goods Inc. (NYSE: DKS) are down 6.34% to $47.39 on trading volume of 3.5 million shares. The company reported that its full-year profit would be between $2.84 and $2.86 a share, below Wall St. estimates of $2.92 a share. The 52-week low is $44.06.

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