Minefinders, Tessera Technologies and Hercules Offshore lead small-cap percentage gainers

Minefinders Corp Ltd. (Nasdaq:MFN), Tessera Technologies (Nasdaq:TSRA) and Hercules Offshore Inc. (Nasdaq:HERO) are among the biggest percentage gainers in Wednesday's trading among companies with market capitalizations under $1 billion.

Also included among the results: SAVVIS Inc. (Nasdaq:SVVS), Allis-Chalmers Energy Inc. (Nasdaq:ALY), Arris Group Inc. (Nasdaq:ARRS), Meritage Homes Corp. (Nasdaq:MTH), BankAtlantic Bancorp Inc. (Nasdaq:BBX) and Boyd Gaming Corp. (Nasdaq:BYD).

Here are the biggest percentage gainers among small caps:

		Price at 12:16 ET	Change	% Change	Volume	Year High	Year Low
MFN	MINEFINDERS LTD	5.41	+1.26	+30.4%	191.3k	14.11	3.50
TSRA	TESSERA TECHNOLOGIES INC	16.65	+3.74	+29.0%	1,603.1k	44.97	8.70
HERO	HERCULES OFFSHORE INC	6.55	+1.42	+27.7%	4,969.6k	39.47	4.77
SVVS	SAVVIS INC	7.53	+1.63	+27.6%	1,061.7k	38.55	5.75
ALY	ALLIS CHALMERS ENERGY INC	6.67	+1.44	+27.5%	519.8k	18.50	4.56
ARRS	ARRIS GROUP INC	6.05	+1.28	+26.8%	3,175.1k	11.54	4.47
MTH	MERITAGE HOMES CORP	10.92	+2.07	+23.4%	1,544.8k	29.49	7.04
BBX	BANKATLANTIC BANCORP	6.11	+1.11	+22.2%	181.1k	29.00	4.05
BYD	BOYD GAMING CORP	5.32	+0.94	+21.5%	1,847.6k	42.85	3.70
BBOX	BLACK BOX CORP DEL	29.69	+5.11	+20.8%	283.9k	43.39	19.75

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