Dendreon, DryShips and China Medical Technologies lead small-cap volume in pre-market

Dendreon Corp. (Nasdaq:DNDN), DryShips Inc. (Nasdaq:DRYS) and China Medical Technologies Inc. (Nasdaq:CMED) are among the most actively traded companies in Wednesday's trading among companies with market capitalizations under $1 billion.

Also included among the results: UAL Corp. (Nasdaq:UAUA), Apogee Enterprises Inc. (Nasdaq:APOG), Energy Conversion Devices Inc. (Nasdaq:ENER), China Sky One Medical Inc. (Nasdaq:CSKI), Alkermes Inc. (Nasdaq:ALKS) and Smith & Wesson Holding Corp. (Nasdaq:SWHC).

Here are the most actively traded companies among small caps:

		Price at 9:08 ET	Change	% Change	Volume	Year High	Year Low
DNDN	DENDREON CORP	6.50	-0.08	-1.2%	238.5k	10.00	2.55
DRYS	DRYSHIPS INC	4.98	-0.13	-2.5%	156.4k	116.43	2.72
CMED	CHINA MED TECHNOLOGIES INC	16.61	+0.00	+0.0%	85.0k	55.24	11.41
UAUA	UAL CORP	5.61	-0.25	-4.3%	14.7k	24.87	2.80
APOG	APOGEE ENTERPRISES INC	9.77	-2.13	-17.9%	12.4k	26.00	5.32
ENER	ENERGY CONVERSION DEVICES IN	13.84	-0.35	-2.5%	7.9k	83.33	12.85
CSKI	CHINA SKY ONE MED INC	10.55	+0.21	+2.0%	7.6k	19.11	6.29
ALKS	ALKERMES INC	8.50	-0.36	-4.1%	7.0k	17.05	5.55
SWHC	SMITH & WESSON HLDG CORP	5.75	+0.07	+1.2%	3.3k	7.77	1.53
LCAPA	LIBERTY MEDIA CORP NEW	7.32	-0.01	-0.1%	2.9k	16.59	2.33

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