Coffee, cigarettes and Obama

January 21, 2009 at 1:12AM

The stock market sank on President Barack Obama's inauguration day as 488 of the Standard & Poor's 500 stocks lost ground, with financial companies leading a retreat that left the index down 5.3 percent. Among the 12 gainers, two were tobacco stocks: Lorillard and Altria.

Meanwhile, the Bloomberg Star Tribune Index of Minnesota's biggest firms slipped 4.7 percent yesterday as 80 companies fell and nine rose. The leader: Caribou. Its shares jumped 12.3 percent to close at $1.70. Financial stocks led the losers column.

Gainers Last price 1-day % chg.

Caribou Coffee Co. Inc. $1.70 12.3%

Cyberoptics Corp. 5.23 9.9

Datalink Corp. 3.45 6.5

Losers Last price 1-day % chg.

Ameriprise Financial $17.58 -17.5%

U.S. Bancorp. 15.34 -16.3

Deluxe Corp. 11.45 -12.5

Source: Bloomberg News

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