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Energy Services of America, Hallwood Group and American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings lead small-cap percentage gainers

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Claire Caldwell | Aug 19, 2009 1:45pm EDT | Comment
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Energy Services of America Corp. (Nasdaq:ESA), Hallwood Group Inc. (Nasdaq:HWG) and American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings Inc. (Nasdaq:AXL) are among the biggest percentage gainers in Wednesday's trading among companies with market capitalizations under $1 billion.

Also included among the results: Perry Ellis International Inc. (Nasdaq:PERY), United Community Bancorp (Nasdaq:UCBA), Builders FirstSource Inc. (Nasdaq:BLDR), Dana Corp. (Nasdaq:DAN), Primeenergy Corp. (Nasdaq:PNRG) and AnnTaylor Stores Corp. (Nasdaq:ANN).

Here are the biggest percentage gainers among small caps:

    Price at 9:08 ET Change % Change Volume Year High Year Low
ESA ENERGY SVCS OF AMERICA CORP   +1457.1%     50.76     50.76     200.0k     7.25     2.28  
HWG HALLWOOD GROUP INC   +42.8%     25.25     17.35     29.2k     73.00     5.87  
AXL AMERICAN AXLE & MFG HLDGS IN   +17.2%     7.11     5.46     53,183.9k     8.38     0.26  
PERY ELLIS PERRY INTL INC   +13.6%     10.16     8.95     249.5k     24.27     3.31  
UCBA UNITED CMNTY BANCORP   +13.4%     6.77     6.76     0.3k     9.99     3.70  
BLDR BUILDERS FIRSTSOURCE INC   +11.8%     7.19     6.30     79.2k     8.47     0.82  
DAN DANA HOLDING CORP   +11.0%     5.24     4.40     3,691.0k     7.00     0.19  
PNRG PRIMEENERGY CORP   +9.5%     28.09     24.70     8.4k     82.38     23.58  
ANN ANNTAYLOR STORES CORP   +9.5%     12.85     11.74     2,929.7k     27.55     2.41  
SIGM SIGMA DESIGNS INC   +9.2%     16.74     15.85     1,086.8k     20.00     6.93  

Claire Caldwell

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Claire Caldwell has a Bachelor's of Business Administration from Radford University. Claire joined SmallCapInvestor.com in August 2008. Read More


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