The Russell 2000 (NYSE:IWM) staged an impressive start to the week, closing up 3.88% on Monday. Today’s small-cap gainers are Landrys Restaurants (NYSE:LNY), WebMD (Nasdaq:WBMD) and McMoRan (NYSE:MMR).

Other Market Watch highlights today included:

• The Russell is now down 29% for the year, while the Dow is off 30% and the S&P 500 is down 33%.
• Small caps lagged large caps today even on the rally, which is a little bit of concern as the same pattern was evident on the recent collapse.
• Techs lagged throughout the day. If the money to invest in tech is choked off, then the risk appetite for smaller-cap stocks is likely to suffer as well.
• Sectors on the rise today include coal stocks, oil equipment and oil services, oil exploration, oil and gas storage, steel, oil refiners, gas utilities, industrial gases and power products.
• On the downside, broadcast and cable TV stocks were lower, as . . .

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