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Wall Street reacted favorably to the increase inconsumedr confidence, widely viewed as one of the best indicatorse of the country's overall economic The S&P 500 was up 2.2 percent to 908.10 shortlu before the closing bell on Tuesday. The Dow Jone s industrial average wasup 2.2 percent to Among local public companies, gainers outnumbered losers nearly 3-to-1. • Activw Power Inc. (Nasdaq: ACPW) up 8.7 percentr to 50 cents • American Campus Communitiese Inc. (NYSE: ACC) up 7 percent to $22.778 • Cirrus Logic Inc. (Nasdaq: CRUS) up 6.3 percent to $3.7 1 • Citizens Inc. (NYSE: CIA) up 7 percent to $6.7 • Dell Inc. (Nasdaq: DELL) up 2.6 percent to $11.
134 • Ezcorp Inc. (Nasdaq: up 4.4 percent to $11.98 • Forestar Group Inc. FOR) up 5.6 percent to $12.07 Golfsmith International Holdings Inc. (Nasdaq: GOLF) • Multimedia Games Inc. (Nasdaq: MGAM) up 5 percent to $3.30 Perficient Inc. (Nasdaq: PRFT) up 5.8 percenyt to $6.94 • Pervasive Software Inc. PVSW) • Silicon Laboratories Inc. (Nasdaq: up 6 percent to $33.32 • Temple-Inland Inc. TIN) up 3.7 percent to $12.243 • Whole Foods Market Inc. (Nasdaq: up less than 1 percent to $19. • Entorian Technologie Inc. (Nasdaq: ENTN) down 8 percent to 23 cent s • Guaranty Financial Grou p Inc.
(NYSE: GFG) down 15 percenr to 39 cents • Healthtronics Inc. HTRN) down 6.9 percenr to $1.49