DryShips, JA Solar Holdings and Zhongpin lead small-cap volume in pre-market

DryShips Inc. (Nasdaq:DRYS), JA Solar Holdings Co Ltd. (Nasdaq:JASO) and Zhongpin Inc. (Nasdaq:HOGS) are among the most actively traded companies in Thursday's trading among companies with market capitalizations under $1 billion.

Also included among the results: CV Therapeutics Inc. (Nasdaq:CVTX), Solarfun Power Holdings Co Ltd. (Nasdaq:SOLF), i2 Technologies Inc. (Nasdaq:ITWO), THQ Inc. (Nasdaq:THQI), Clean Energy Fuels Corp. (Nasdaq:CLNE) and GT Solar International Inc. (Nasdaq:SOLR).

Here are the most actively traded companies among small caps:

		Price at 8:56 ET	Change	% Change	Volume	Year High	Year Low
DRYS	DRYSHIPS INC	18.89	-0.41	-2.1%	44.0k	116.43	12.25
JASO	JA SOLAR HOLDINGS CO LTD	4.91	-0.14	-2.8%	27.9k	27.00	3.37
HOGS	ZHONGPIN INC	9.33	+0.55	+6.3%	22.5k	15.47	6.50
CVTX	CV THERAPEUTICS INC	11.35	+1.65	+17.0%	19.9k	12.05	5.41
SOLF	SOLARFUN POWER HOLDINGS CO L	7.22	-0.14	-1.9%	14.5k	40.19	4.20
ITWO	I2 TECHNOLOGIES INC	9.66	-0.76	-7.3%	13.3k	18.03	10.01
THQI	THQ INC	4.95	-1.60	-24.4%	9.1k	29.94	6.29
CLNE	CLEAN ENERGY FUELS CORP	7.20	-0.05	-0.7%	8.3k	19.95	6.62
SOLR	GT SOLAR INTL INC	5.00	-0.21	-4.0%	6.4k	17.00	3.63
CIEN	CIENA CORP	8.32	-0.34	-3.9%	6.2k	47.74	6.60

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