Boston's more noticeable stocks finished up with the market, closing up 1.1%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average finished up 1.5%, the NASDAQ was up 1.4%, and the S&P 500 finished up 1.5%.

Biggest Gainer
Idenix Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:IDIX) was Thursday's biggest gainer in Boston, rising 5.7% to close at $5.91. The runner up gainer, rising 3.7% to close at $4.50 on volume of 91,374, was Casual Male Retail Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:CMRG). The stock changed hands at 1.4 times its current three-month average volume, with 1.8 million shares traded.

Biggest Loser
Thursday's biggest loser was Constant Contact, Inc. (NASDAQ:CTCT), falling 2.3% to close at $19.36. Cognex Corporation (NASDAQ:CGNX) was another big loser, losing 1.8% to finish the day at $36.81 on volume of 465,299. The stock changed hands at 4.2 times its current three-month average volume, with 1.8 million shares traded.

Other Notable Boston Stocks
• Akamai Technologies, Inc. (AKAM): $38.17 (+$0.28)
• American Superconductor Corporation (AMSC): $3.91 (+$0.05)
• American Tower (AMT): $72.79 (+$0.84)
• Anika Therapeutics, Inc. (ANIK): $14.51 (+$0.12)
• ArQule, Inc. (ARQL): $5.54 (-$0.06)
• Biogen Idec (BIIB): $152.50 (+$0.24)
• Boston Scientific (BSX): $5.78 (+$0.14)
• Boston Properties (BXP): $114.83 (+$2.07)
• Cognex Corporation (CGNX): $36.81 (-$0.69)
• Casual Male Retail Group, Inc. (CMRG): $4.50 (+$0.16)
• Charles River Laboratories (CRL): $38.47 (+$0.23)
• Constant Contact, Inc. (CTCT): $19.36 (-$0.46)
• EMC (EMC): $27.52 (+$0.21)
• Forrester Research, Inc. (FORR): $30.21 (-$0.16)
• Idenix Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (IDIX): $5.91 (+$0.32)
• Iron Mountain Incorporated (IRM): $32.93 (-$0.15)
• LoJack Corporation (LOJN): $2.38 (-$0.01)
• Pegasystems Inc. (PEGA): $29.01 (+$0.41)
• Raytheon (RTN): $58.40 (+$0.52)
• Sapient Corporation (SAPE): $10.67 (+$0.02)
• Sonus Networks, Inc. (SONS): $2.05 (-$0.01)
• Staples (SPLS): $11.96 (+$0.42)
• State Street (STT): $44.09 (+$0.91)
• Teradyne, Inc. (TER): $16.20 (+$0.35)
• TechTarget Inc (TTGT): $5.60 (+$0.19)
• VistaPrint Limited (VPRT): $38.00 (+$1.10)