Columbia Bancorp, ARYx Therapeutics and Transmeta lead small-cap percentage gainers

Columbia Bancorp (Nasdaq:CBBO), ARYx Therapeutics Inc. (Nasdaq:ARYX) and Transmeta Corp. (Nasdaq:TMTA) are among the biggest percentage gainers in Thursday's trading among companies with market capitalizations under $1 billion.

Also included among the results: Silicon Graphics Inc. (Nasdaq:SGIC), Thomas Weisel Partners Group Inc. (Nasdaq:TWPG), BancTrust Financial Group Inc. (Nasdaq:BTFG), Guaranty Bancorp Ord. (Nasdaq:GBNK), Formula Systems Depository Receipt (Nasdaq:FORTY) and Cypress Bioscience Inc. (Nasdaq:CYPB).

Here are the biggest percentage gainers among small caps:

		Price at 12:22 ET	Change	% Change	Volume	Year High	Year Low
CBBO	COLUMBIA BANCORP ORE	5.30	+1.26	+31.2%	16.2k	20.09	3.05
ARYX	ARYX THERAPEUTICS INC	6.25	+1.00	+19.0%	4.5k	9.74	3.71
TMTA	TRANSMETA CORP DEL	16.07	+2.57	+19.0%	984.7k	15.70	4.10
SGIC	SILICON GRAPHICS INC	9.46	+1.26	+15.4%	5.6k	23.12	4.76
TWPG	THOMAS WEISEL PARTNERS GRP I	8.69	+1.04	+13.6%	95.0k	17.32	3.90
BTFG	BANCTRUST FINANCIAL GP	13.99	+1.59	+12.8%	12.4k	17.39	5.71
GBNK	GUARANTY BANCORP DEL	6.55	+0.74	+12.7%	241.6k	7.64	2.97
FORTY	FORMULA SYS 1985 LTD	10.35	+1.15	+12.5%	1.6k	15.42	8.96
CYPB	CYPRESS BIOSCIENCES INC	6.71	+0.73	+12.3%	460.0k	15.48	5.45
CLMS	CALAMOS ASSET MGMT INC	20.67	+2.24	+12.2%	73.2k	34.61	13.13

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