National Penn Bancshares, Nelnet and Molecular Insight Pharmaceuticals lead small-cap percentage gainers

National Penn Bancshares Inc. (Nasdaq:NPBC), Nelnet Inc. (Nasdaq:NNI) and Molecular Insight Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Nasdaq:MIPI) are among the most biggest percentage gainers in Thursday's trading among companies with market capitalizations under $1 billion.

Also included among the results: ChinaCast Education Corp. (Nasdaq:CAST), Wonder Auto Technology Inc. (Nasdaq:WATG), Fuel Systems Solutions Inc. (Nasdaq:FSYS), Celldex Therapeutics Inc. (Nasdaq:CLDX), Fuqi International Inc. (Nasdaq:FUQI) and Talbots Inc. (Nasdaq:TLB).

Here are the most actively traded companies among small caps:

		Price at 9:08 ET	Change	% Change	Volume	Year High	Year Low
NPBC	NATIONAL PENN BANCSHARES INC	5.00	+1.40	+38.9%	5,936.4k	20.00	3.59
NNI	NELNET INC	10.40	+2.26	+27.8%	939.2k	19.79	4.06
MIPI	MOLECULAR INSIGHT PHARM INC	7.34	+1.10	+17.6%	1,236.4k	8.90	1.15
CAST	CHINACAST EDU CORP	6.39	+0.76	+13.5%	438.3k	6.52	1.59
WATG	WONDER AUTO TECHNOLOGY INC	9.74	+1.15	+13.4%	160.4k	11.39	2.04
FSYS	FUEL SYS SOLUTIONS INC	23.36	+2.68	+13.0%	439.3k	61.24	9.83
CLDX	CELLDEX THERAPEUTICS INC NEW	9.97	+1.08	+12.1%	306.9k	16.98	4.24
FUQI	FUQI INTERNATIONAL INC	15.69	+1.68	+12.0%	1,259.9k	19.47	3.31
TLB	TALBOTS INC	6.11	+0.63	+11.5%	1,442.2k	17.97	1.19
MBLX	METABOLIX INC	7.22	+0.70	+10.7%	94.1k	13.88	4.62

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