Vivus, Exide Technologies and GigaMedia lead small-cap volume in pre-market

Vivus Inc. (Nasdaq:VVUS), Exide Technologies (Nasdaq:XIDE) and GigaMedia Ltd. (Nasdaq:GIGM) are among the most actively traded companies in Tuesday's trading among companies with market capitalizations under $1 billion.

Also included among the results: Omniture Inc (Nasdaq:OMTR), Federal Mogul Corp. (Nasdaq:FDML), Solarfun Power Holdings Co Ltd. (Nasdaq:SOLF), Ceradyne Inc. (Nasdaq:CRDN), STEC Inc. (Nasdaq:STEC) and SunPower (Nasdaq:SPWRA).

Here are the most actively traded companies among small caps:

		Price at 9:08 ET	Change	% Change	Volume	Year High	Year Low
VVUS	VIVUS INC	5.90	+0.41	+7.5%	59.5k	9.27	2.72
XIDE	EXIDE TECHNOLOGIES	5.25	+0.00	+0.0%	51.8k	18.92	1.83
GIGM	GIGAMEDIA LTD	6.17	+0.01	+0.2%	35.9k	16.00	2.64
OMTR	OMNITURE INC	13.02	+0.64	+5.2%	31.5k	23.84	7.15
FDML	FEDERAL MOGUL CORP	9.78	+0.00	+0.0%	28.3k	19.98	2.15
SOLF	SOLARFUN POWER HOLDINGS CO L	8.21	+0.31	+3.9%	18.7k	23.19	2.27
CRDN	CERADYNE INC	19.78	-3.59	-15.4%	16.8k	50.51	14.27
STEC	STEC INC	19.57	+0.45	+2.3%	13.0k	19.47	3.42
SPWRA	SUNPOWER CORP	30.33	+0.44	+1.5%	12.5k	107.00	18.50
MNKD	MANNKIND CORP	8.19	+0.11	+1.4%	11.5k	9.25	2.00

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