Pan American Silver, John Bean Technologies and USG lead small-cap percentage gainers

Pan American Silver Corp. (Nasdaq:PAAS), John Bean Technologies Corp. (Nasdaq:JBT) and USG Corp. (Nasdaq:USG) are among the biggest percentage gainers in Friday's trading among companies with market capitalizations under $1 billion.

Also included among the results: IXYS Corp. (Nasdaq:IXYS), Silver Standard Resources Inc. (Nasdaq:SSRI), Seabridge Gold Inc. (Nasdaq:SA), Parkvale Financial Corp. (Nasdaq:PVSA), McMoRan Exploration Co. (Nasdaq:MMR) and ASA Ltd. (Nasdaq:ASA).

Here are the biggest percentage gainers among small caps:

		Price at 2:48 ET	Change	% Change	Volume	Year High	Year Low
PAAS	PAN AMERICAN SILVER CORP	11.53	+2.23	+24.0%	1,648.3k	44.10	8.93
JBT	JOHN BEAN TECHNOLOGIES CORP	7.25	+1.39	+23.7%	305.9k	15.18	5.85
USG	U S G CORP	6.90	+1.24	+21.9%	4,413.2k	40.25	5.50
IXYS	IXYS CORP	5.57	+0.86	+18.3%	162.8k	13.84	4.64
SSRI	SILVER STD RES INC	7.79	+1.13	+17.0%	1,048.6k	40.94	5.35
SA	SEABRIDGE GOLD INC	8.85	+1.24	+16.3%	390.4k	33.55	6.19
PVSA	PARKVALE FINL CORP	12.70	+1.70	+15.5%	3.4k	29.72	7.55
MMR	MCMORAN EXPLORATION CO	8.56	+1.14	+15.4%	1,829.4k	35.52	7.39
ASA	ASA LIMITED	38.08	+4.71	+14.1%	115.1k	92.60	31.03
LYTS	LSI INDS INC	5.24	+0.64	+13.9%	182.7k	21.39	4.25

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