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Builders FirstSource, China Medical Technologies and Books-A-Million lead small-cap percentage losers

Claire Caldwell | Sep 01, 2009 12:28pm EDT | Comment
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Builders FirstSource Inc. (Nasdaq:BLDR), China Medical Technologies Inc. (Nasdaq:CMED) and Books-A-Million Inc. (Nasdaq:BAMM) are among the biggest percentage losers in Tuesday's trading among companies with market capitalizations under $1 billion.

Also included among the results: Sequenom Inc. (Nasdaq:SQNM), CPI Corp. (Nasdaq:CPY), Benihana National Corp. (Nasdaq:BNHNA), Female Health Co. (Nasdaq:FHCO), Facet Biotech Corp. (Nasdaq:FACT) and SIGA Technologies Inc. (Nasdaq:SIGA).

Here are the biggest percentage losers among small caps:

    Price at 9:08 ET Change % Change Volume Year High Year Low
BLDR BUILDERS FIRSTSOURCE INC   -31.5%     8.30     5.11     655.4k     8.60     0.82  
CMED CHINA MED TECHNOLOGIES INC   -15.8%     14.25     12.90     2,258.6k     46.84     11.41  
BAMM BOOKS-A-MILLION INC   -15.7%     13.72     11.26     286.2k     15.00     1.70  
SQNM SEQUENOM INC   -15.2%     6.14     5.37     12,091.3k     29.14     2.86  
CPY CPI CORP   -14.7%     18.22     15.40     94.5k     20.00     1.00  
BNHNA BENIHANA INC   -12.7%     6.76     6.00     63.1k     8.38     1.50  
FHCO FEMALE HEALTH CO   -12.5%     6.70     5.66     681.2k     7.79     1.76  
FACT FACET BIOTECH CORP   -12.0%     9.86     8.82     315.7k     50.00     5.86  
SIGA SIGA TECHNOLOGIES INC   -10.8%     7.28     6.25     701.6k     8.88     1.94  
LIMS STARLIMS TECHNOLOGIES LTD   -10.4%     8.93     7.85     4.2k     9.20     3.10  
Claire Caldwell

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Claire Caldwell has a Bachelor's of Business Administration from Radford University. Claire joined SmallCapInvestor.com in August 2008.