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Smith & Wesson Holding Corp. (Nasdaq:SWHC), Wind River Systems Inc. (Nasdaq:WIND) and Noven Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Nasdaq:NOVN) are among the most actively traded companies in Wednesday's trading among companies with market capitalizations under $1 billion.

Also included among the results: Centennial Communications Corp. (Nasdaq:CYCL), Century Aluminum Co. (Nasdaq:CENX), Canadian Solar Inc. (Nasdaq:CSIQ), Matrixx Initiatives (Nasdaq:MTXX), GT Solar International Inc. (Nasdaq:SOLR) and Amkor Technology Inc. (Nasdaq:AMKR).

Palm Inc. (Nasdaq:PALM), Centennial Communications Corp. (Nasdaq:CYCL) and Diodes Inc. (Nasdaq:DIOD) are among the most actively traded companies in Monday's trading among companies with market capitalizations under $1 billion.

Also included among the results: Osiris Therapeutics Inc. (Nasdaq:OSIR), Fuel Systems Solutions Inc. (Nasdaq:FSYS), Energy Conversion Devices Inc. (Nasdaq:ENER), ACI Worldwide Inc. (Nasdaq:ACIW), Bucyrus International Inc (Nasdaq:BUCY) and Eclipsys Corp. (Nasdaq:ECLP).

Wright Medical Group Inc (Nasdaq:WMGI), Palm Inc (Nasdaq:PALM) and Red Robin Gourmet Burgers Inc (Nasdaq:RRGB) are among the most actively traded companies in Friday's trading among companies with market capitalizations under $1 billion.

Also included among the results: CV Therapeutics Inc. (Nasdaq:CVTX), Neutral Tandem Inc. (Nasdaq:TNDM), Cubist Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Nasdaq:CBST), Geron Corp. (Nasdaq:GERN), Centennial Communications Corp. (Nasdaq:CYCL) and Zoran Corp. (Nasdaq:ZRAN).

DryShips Inc. (Nasdaq:DRYS), Glacier Bancorp Inc. (Nasdaq:GBCI) and Clean Energy Fuels Corp. (Nasdaq:CLNE) are among the most actively traded companies in Friday's trading among companies with market capitalizations under $1 billion.

Also included among the results: Canadian Solar Inc. (Nasdaq:CSIQ), Solarfun Power Holdings Co Ltd. (Nasdaq:SOLF), Centennial Communications Corp. (Nasdaq:CYCL), AMAG Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Nasdaq:AMAG), Fuqi International Inc. (Nasdaq:FUQI) and Pan American Silver Corp. (Nasdaq:PAAS).

Sangamo Biosciences Inc. (Nasdaq:SGMO), DryShips Inc. (Nasdaq:DRYS) and Bidz com Inc, (Nasdaq:BIDZ) are among the most actively traded companies in Tuesday's trading among companies with market capitalizations under $1 billion.

Also included among the results: Taleo Corp. (Nasdaq:TLEO), Centennial Communications Corp. (Nasdaq:CYCL), Solarfun Power Holdings Co Ltd. (Nasdaq:SOLF), Eagle Test Systems Inc. (Nasdaq:EGLT), Crucell NV ADR (Nasdaq:CRXL) and Canadian Solar Inc. (Nasdaq:CSIQ).

Here are the most actively traded companies among small caps:

The Russell 2000 (NYSE:IWM) started out the week with a whimper, unable to build on initial enthusiasm about a big stimulus plan out of China. Today’s small-cap gainers are Centennial Communications (Nasdaq:CYCL), American International Group (NYSE:AFF) and Wavecom SA (Nasdaq:WVCM).

Other Market Watch highlights today included:

• Coal, agriculture products, aluminum, gold, metals and mining stocks and oil and gas drillers are top performers today.
• Anything REITS was getting hammered, as were automakers, wireless telecoms and investment bank stocks.
• Energy traders continue to be ultra sensitive to declines in equities, fearing a troubled economy will squash demand. 
• Copper jumped 8% in Asia, gold was on a roll and crude oil climbed 4% into the U.S. open.
• Crude oil futures eventually closed up about $1 a barrel for the day.

Small Cap Gainers:

• Centennial Communications Corp. soared 103% on unusually brisk volume on news that AT&T (NYSE:T) would buy the rural phone company for $944 million. See (Nasdaq:CYCL).
• U.S. plans more aid for AIG; shares closed up 62%. See (NYSE:AFF). 
• Wavecom SA jumped 23% on news that a hostile takeover of the firm was underway for the embedded wireless technology maker. See (Nasdaq:WVCM).

Small Cap Losers:

• Allied Capital Corp. tumbled some 43% today, as third quarter results did not impress investors. See (NYSE:ALD).
• Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings Inc. was off 37% as the outdoor advertising firm also get a thumbs down on earnings news. See (NYSE:CCO).
• Southwest Water Company dropped 37% as the water, wastewater and public works firm announced it will delay third quarter 10-Q filings (SEC quarterly . . .

Small-cap stocks started out the week with a whimper, unable to build on initial enthusiasm about a big stimulus plan out of China. In the end, worries about the economy, sagging financial shares and a belly flop in REITS was too much to overcome and the Russell 2000 (NYSE:IWM) lost 12.69, or 2.51%, to 493.10. Small caps remained soft relative to large-caps, consistent with investor paranoia about risk right now. The Russell finished the day down 36% for the year, while the Dow is off 33% and the S&P 500 is down 37%.

The market came in on a high after China announced plans overnight to unleash a $586-billion stimulus package, aimed primarily at infrastructure improvements. The news sparked a 7% rally in Chinese stocks, a 5.8% surge in Japan equities and a 2% jump in European shares heading into the U.S. open.  Investors here in America seemed willing at first to carry the baton, with the Russell climbing nearly 2% right off the bat before hitting a wall.

Part of that wall was likely tied to concern about just how China would really funnel money into these projects and how much they were already going to do anyhow. Fair or not, there is a general sense that getting exact numbers out of China is a very inexact science. Still, extra money to pump life into the world’s fourth largest economy is clearly a good thing, and there are other worries to deal with, which also snuffed out some of the initial buying spark.

Commodities came into today’s session on fire overseas, eager to see the China stimulus plan as a bedrock for demand for physical goods. Copper jumped 8% in Asia, gold was on a roll and crude oil climbed 4% into the U.S. open. Although commodities remained a point of strength today for equities (the Commodity Research Bureau Index rose 1.7%), even those overnight gains were difficult to sustain. Crude oil futures eventually closed up about $1 a barrel for the day.

Financial stocks clearly struggled today, and an early lift from a G20 weekend statement supporting coordinated global plans to attack the financial crisis had a very short shelf life. Citigroup Inc. (NYSE:C) climbed nearly 4% on the open, . . .

Small-cap stocks jumped higher on the opening, lifted by news of a large fiscal stimulus plan out of China, and by a surge in commodity-related shares. At 9:54 a.m. ET, the Russell 2000 (NYSE:IWM) was up 5.81, or 1.15%, at 511.60.

China, which houses the world’s fourth-largest economy and which single-handedly accounted for 27% of global growth last year took an aggressive stance to stir up business activity, announcing plans for a fiscal stimulus package of $586 billion, primarily for infrastructure purposes. Traders saw the news as a good sign to help counter global slowing, and to perk up demand for commodities.

Crude oil prices were up nearly $4 a barrel, gold jumped 4% and copper prices surged about 8% overnight. BHP Billiton, the world’s largest mining company, soared some 13% ahead of the opening. In fact, metals and mining stocks were the top early performers today. Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. (NYSE:FCX) was up 11%, while Titanium Metals Corp. (NYSE:TIE) was up 4.2% and Newmont Mining Corp. (NYSE:NEW) was up 6.3%

In a research report this morning, analysts at Goldman Sachs said the China stimulus plan was “a major measure that signals the government's commitment to address the gathering signs of economic weakness in China. While the total size of the stimulus is still unclear (the headline total appears to rely on a smaller federal government commitment and may include some spending that would have occurred anyway), there is no doubt that this is a large and positive step … as we have argued before, more aggressive stimulus outside the US is a necessary and welcome development in dealing with the current broad-based global slowdown. Alongside European monetary easing last week (and the United Kingdom's particularly large move), we seem to be heading more firmly in the right direction on this front.”

Financial shares got a lift from a G20 statement over the weekend saying that “coordinated” action was needed to fight the global financial crisis, which spurred hope for further central bank rate cuts around the world. Citigroup Inc. (NYSE:C) was up 3.3%, while JP Morgan Chase and Co. (NYSE:JPM) was up 1%.

Some traders were still debating the impact of last Friday’s employment . . .

The Russell 2000 (NYSE:IWM) has added to its impressive gains on news of better-than-expected economic data and hopes the credit crunch is ending.

At 12:09 p.m. ET, the small-cap index had added 15.07 points, or 2.19%, to 703.04. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 284.08 points, or 2.32%, to 12,546.97.

Stocks small and large opened strong and have been rising on news that UBS AG (NYSE:UBS) and Deutsche Bank AG have suffered a combined total of nearly $23 billion in writedowns in the most recent quarter.

However, investors are taking that as a bullish sign because UBS will receive help from four other banks. That suggests the Swiss giant will get through the current rough patch, fueling speculation that the credit crunch is easing.

Meanwhile, the Institute for Supply Management reported after the opening that its manufacturing index increased to a reading of 48.6 in March from 48.3 in February. The numbers indicate a second consecutive monthly decline but came as a surprise to economists expecting the measure to drop further.

InterMune, Inc. (Nasdaq:ITMN), CompuCredit Corp. (Nasdaq:CCRT) and Macrovision Corp. (Nasdaq:MVSN) are among the most actively traded companies in Tuesday's pre-market trading among those with market capitalizations under $750 million.

The Pantry, Inc. (Nasdaq:PTRY), CollaGenex Pharmaceutical, Inc. (Nasdaq:CGPI) and Centennial Communications Corp. (Nasdaq:CYCL) are also among the most actively traded small-cap companies in pre-market trading.

Here are the most actively traded small-cap companies in Tuesday's pre-market trading:

Shares of Centennial Communications Corp. (Nasdaq:CYCL) are rising on news before the opening that the wireless communications provider swung to a third-quarter profit. The Wall, N.J.-based company reported earnings of $0.05 per share, compared with a loss of $0.01 per share a year earlier. Five analysts polled by Thomson Financial were projecting earnings of $0.06 per share.

At 2:56 p.m. ET, the stock had advanced $0.42, or 8%, to $5.71.