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VeriFone Holdings, Eastern Insurance Holdings and Secure America Acquisition Units lead small-cap percentage losers

Claire Caldwell | Dec 31, 2008 11:31am EST | Comment
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VeriFone Holdings Inc. (Nasdaq:PAY), Eastern Insurance Holdings Inc. (Nasdaq:EIHI) and Secure America Acquisition Units (Nasdaq:HLD.U) are among the biggest percentage losers in Wednesday's trading among companies with market capitalizations under $1 billion.

Also included among the results: Peapack Gladstone Financial Corp. (Nasdaq:PGC), Telecom Argentina ADR (Nasdaq:TEO), Eagle Bancorp Inc. (Nasdaq:EGBN), RHI Entertainment Inc. (Nasdaq:RHIE), Green Bankshares Inc. (Nasdaq:GRNB) and Firstbank Corp. (Nasdaq:FBMI).

Here are the biggest percentage losers among small caps:

    Price at 11:28 ET Change % Change Volume Year High Year Low
PAY VERIFONE HLDGS INC   5.05     -0.54     -9.7%     1,236.2k     21.30     2.31  
EIHI EASTERN INS HLDGS INC   7.99     -0.84     -9.5%     3.6k     17.10     6.25  
HLD.U SECURE AMER ACQUISITION CORP   6.58     -0.67     -9.2%     0.2k     7.95     6.45  
PGC PEAPACK-GLADSTONE FINL CORP   26.28     -2.30     -8.0%     7.0k     37.93     20.98 
TEO TELECOM ARGENTINA S A   7.67     -0.60     -7.3%     53.7k     23.99     4.33  
EGBN EAGLE BANCORP INC MD   5.57     -0.44     -7.2%     12.4k     13.04     5.35  
RHIE RHI ENTMT INC DEL   6.80     -0.52     -7.1%     7.1k     16.00     2.65  
GRNB GREEN BANKSHARES INC   13.35     -1.01     -7.0%     23.4k     25.17     11.85  
FBMI FIRSTBANK CORP MICH   7.60     -0.55     -6.7%     0.4k     14.75     6.75  
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Claire Caldwell has a Bachelor's of Business Administration from Radford University. Claire joined SmallCapInvestor.com in August 2008.