DryShips, Silver Standard Resources and DrdGold lead small-cap volume in pre-market

DryShips Inc. (Nasdaq:DRYS), Silver Standard Resources Inc. (Nasdaq:SSRI) and DrdGold ADR (Nasdaq:DROOY) are among the most actively traded companies in Monday's trading among companies with market capitalizations under $1 billion.

Also included among the results: James River Coal Co. (Nasdaq:JRCC), American Capital Agency Corp. (Nasdaq:AGNC), A Power Energy Generation Systems Ltd. (Nasdaq:APWR), Ituran Location and Control Ltd. (Nasdaq:ITRN), Ciena Corp. (Nasdaq:CIEN) and Cal-Maine Foods Inc. (Nasdaq:CALM).

Here are the most actively traded companies among small caps:

		Price at 9:08 ET	Change	% Change	Volume	Year High	Year Low
DRYS	DRYSHIPS INC	9.80	+0.11	+1.1%	31.5k	116.43	3.04
SSRI	SILVER STD RES INC	15.70	+0.74	+4.9%	6.3k	40.72	5.35
DROOY	DRDGOLD LIMITED	5.95	+0.18	+3.1%	6.0k	13.52	2.85
JRCC	JAMES RIVER COAL CO	14.75	+0.35	+2.4%	4.9k	62.83	5.05
AGNC	AMERICAN CAPITAL AGENCY CORP	20.40	-1.20	-5.6%	3.7k	22.49	12.00
APWR	A POWER ENERGY GENERAT SYS L	5.12	+0.03	+0.6%	2.0k	31.89	3.25
ITRN	ITURAN LOCATION AND CONTROL	7.65	-0.13	-1.7%	1.5k	13.81	5.97
CIEN	CIENA CORP	6.40	+0.14	+2.2%	1.4k	35.82	5.07
CALM	CAL MAINE FOODS INC	26.80	-2.68	-9.1%	1.1k	48.80	20.75
PTEN	PATTERSON UTI ENERGY INC	10.85	+0.02	+0.2%	1.0k	37.45	8.64

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