AMAG Pharmaceuticals, Protection One and Optimer Pharmaceuticals lead small-cap percentage gainers

AMAG Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Nasdaq:AMAG), Protection One Inc. (Nasdaq:PONE) and Optimer Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Nasdaq:OPTR) are among the biggest percentage gainers in Thursday's trading among companies with market capitalizations under $1 billion.

Also included among the results: Global Sources Ltd. (Nasdaq:GSOL), Patriot Coal Corp. (Nasdaq:PCX), Transcat Inc. (Nasdaq:TRNS), Ameris Bancorp (Nasdaq:ABCB), Aristotle Corp. (Nasdaq:ARTL) and Cadence Financial Corp. (Nasdaq:CADE).

Here are the biggest percentage gainers among small caps:

		Price at 12:13 ET	Change	% Change	Volume	Year High	Year Low
AMAG	AMAG PHARMACEUTICALS INC	34.29	+15.92	+86.7%	5,920.9k	66.94	18.33
PONE	PROTECTION ONE INC	7.32	+1.55	+26.9%	6.1k	13.00	5.75
OPTR	OPTIMER PHARMACEUTICALS INC	7.50	+1.52	+25.4%	712.6k	9.75	3.30
GSOL	GLOBAL SOURCES LTD	7.20	+1.27	+21.4%	111.4k	30.55	5.80
PCX	PATRIOT COAL CORP	10.54	+1.27	+13.7%	2,142.0k	82.22	9.27
TRNS	TRANSCAT INC	7.50	+0.89	+13.5%	0.9k	8.96	4.57
ABCB	AMERIS BANCORP	8.78	+0.98	+12.6%	10.4k	18.60	7.74
ARTL	ARISTOTLE CORP	5.34	+0.59	+12.4%	2.5k	14.66	4.50
CADE	CADENCE FINL CORP	6.49	+0.69	+11.8%	1.5k	16.99	5.75
PRX	PAR PHARMACEUTICAL COS INC	11.52	+1.18	+11.4%	392.8k	24.50	7.80

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