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Amedisys, Osiris Therapeutics and Green Bankshares lead small-cap percentage losers

Claire Caldwell | Sep 03, 2009 02:53pm EDT | Comment
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Amedisys Inc. (Nasdaq:AMED), Osiris Therapeutics Inc. (Nasdaq:OSIR) and Green Bankshares Inc. (Nasdaq:GRNB) are among the biggest percentage losers in Thursday's trading among companies with market capitalizations under $1 billion.

Also included among the results: Chardan 2008 China Acquisition Units (Nasdaq:CACAU), Financial Institutions Inc. (Nasdaq:FISI), Evercore Partners Inc. (Nasdaq:EVR), Broadwind Energy Inc. (Nasdaq:BWEN), CSS Industries Inc. (Nasdaq:CSS) and Santander Bancorp (Nasdaq:SBP).

Here are the biggest percentage losers among small caps:

    Price at 9:08 ET Change % Change Volume Year High Year Low
AMED AMEDISYS INC   -22.4%     35.47     29.71     19,237.0k     59.24     25.20  
OSIR OSIRIS THERAPEUTICS INC   -17.9%     14.32     10.91     1,928.2k     21.65     10.80  
GRNB GREEN BANKSHARES INC   -7.9%     5.75     5.00     185.3k     25.17     3.25  
CACAU CHARDAN 2008 CHINA ACQST COR   -7.3%     7.51     7.51     0.1k     10.00     5.96  
FISI FINANCIAL INSTNS INC   -6.8%     12.45     11.01     67.2k     22.50     3.27  
EVR EVERCORE PARTNERS INC   -6.5%     24.44     22.41     267.9k     25.63     6.30  
BWEN BROADWIND ENERGY INC   -6.5%     7.91     7.18     173.1k     17.95     2.60  
CSS CSS INDS INC   -6.4%     21.15     19.40     23.2k     30.83     10.02  
SBP SANTANDER BANCORP   -6.3%     8.89     8.24     63.4k     15.50     5.18 
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