Again, the gainer was Ed Miliband – firm, calm, confident on pay, cuts, the NHS and the EU.
Ophir Energy, the oil and gas explorer, was the second-biggest gainer in the FTSE 350 index after BG, rising 7.4%.
The balance will be close.The day's surprise gainer was the right-wing Independent Democratic Union (UDI).
However, Vienna was the biggest gainer, up by 3.9% following bullish brokers' reports.
Brazil's agriculture would be the biggest gainer from an ambitious settlement, but its manufacturing would be less protected.The third and most important is what happens to custo Brasil.
Will County, on Chicago's southern outskirts, was the sixth-largest gainer.
The only gainer was the Premier League, which did very nicely from the auctions.BSkyB looks no less powerful than before.
In fact, for every loser on a credit-default swap, for example, there is a corresponding gainer.
But whether either or both these lines are made, it appears certain that American shipping and not European will be the gainer.
And Mr Erdogan's party, never before in national power, was the gainer.
But the Texan governor was surely the overall gainer from the process.
