For example, the stock of L. A. Gear, which nearly tripled in price in the first nine months to become the Big Board's largest gainer, has fallen on more difficult times.

On the over-the-counter market, Energy Ventures Inc., a Houston oil and gas exploration company, was the largest gainer.

From 1990 to 2000, FAO finds India was the fifth largest gainer in forest coverage in the world; while from 2000 to 2010, FAO considers India as the third largest gainer in forest coverage.

In Zurich, stock in Sulzer Medica rose 19 percent, to end at 131 Swiss francs, making it the largest gainer in a weak market.

Sports Illustrated was the largest gainer, the company said, because of Olympics-related advertising and a special Olympics issue of the magazine.

In over-the-counter trading, the largest gainer in the quarter was the Barden Corporation, a maker of bearing products, precision plastic moldings and metal stampings and assemblies.

But the largest gainer from the northern vote is almost certain to be the Kurdish alliance, which is expected to garner a rush of votes from the three Kurdish provinces, perhaps enough to push it into second place in the final results.

Though some details of the transactions will become known only when certain documents are made public, Cummins's stock was a large gainer on the New York Stock Exchange yesterday.