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Health Fitness Corp. (Nasdaq:FIT), O'Charley's Inc. (Nasdaq:CHUX) and United Online Inc. (Nasdaq:UNTD) are among the biggest percentage losers in Thursday's trading among companies with market capitalizations under $1 billion.

Also included among the results: Medifast Inc. (Nasdaq:MED), TBS International Ltd. (Nasdaq:TBSI), Kendle International Inc. (Nasdaq:KNDL), OM Group Inc. (Nasdaq:OMG), RehabCare Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:RHB) and Excel Maritime Carriers Ltd. (Nasdaq:EXM).

Steak n Shake Company (Nasdaq:SNS), Colony Bankcorp Inc (Nasdaq:CBAN) and BPZ Resources Inc (Nasdaq:BPZ) are among the biggest percentage gainers in Wednesday's trading among companies with market capitalizations under $1 billion.

Also included among the results: MSC Software Corp (Nasdaq:MSCS), Old Second Bancorp Inc (Nasdaq:OSBC), First Clover Leaf Financial Corp (Nasdaq:FCLF), Integrated Electrical Services Inc (Nasdaq:IESC), Key Technology Inc (Nasdaq:KTEC) and O'Charley's Inc (Nasdaq:CHUX).

Geron Corp. (Nasdaq:GERN), Amicus Therapeutics Inc. (Nasdaq:FOLD) and Epoch Holding Corp. (Nasdaq:EPHC) are among the biggest percentage gainers in Tuesday's trading among companies with market capitalizations under $1 billion.

Also included among the results: IncrediMail Ltd. (Nasdaq:MAIL), Heritage Crystal Clean Inc. (Nasdaq:HCCI), LSI Industries Inc. (Nasdaq:LYTS), Coldwater Creek Inc. (Nasdaq:CWTR), O'Charley's Inc. (Nasdaq:CHUX) and XenoPort Inc. (Nasdaq:XNPT).

Matrixx Initiatives (Nasdaq:MTXX), McMoRan Exploration Co. (Nasdaq:MMR) and Synutra International Inc. (Nasdaq:SYUT) are among the biggest percentage losers in Tuesday's trading among companies with market capitalizations under $1 billion.

Also included among the results: United Security Banchares Inc. (Nasdaq:USBI), Facet Biotech Corp. (Nasdaq:FACT), Carmike Cinemas Inc. (Nasdaq:CKEC), A Power Energy Generation Systems Ltd. (Nasdaq:APWR), O'Charley's Inc. (Nasdaq:CHUX) and Ambac Financial Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:AKT).

Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corp. (Nasdaq:AGM), STEC Inc. (Nasdaq:STEC) and O'Charley's Inc. (Nasdaq:CHUX) are among the biggest percentage gainers in Tuesday's trading among companies with market capitalizations under $1 billion.

Also included among the results: Winn Dixie Stores Inc. (Nasdaq:WINN), Nelnet Inc. (Nasdaq:NNI), Kenexa Corp. (Nasdaq:KNXA), RXi Pharmaceuticals Corp. (Nasdaq:RXII), Insight Enterprises Inc. (Nasdaq:NSIT) and Consolidated Water Co. Ltd (Nasdaq:CWCO).

Small-cap stocks meandered through the morning moving back and forth on either side of steady ground as investors juggled negative input from economic data against oversold conditions in the shadow of the previous bounce off the lows. Today’s small-cap gainers are Patriot Coal Corp. (Nasdaq:PCX), Protection One Inc. (Nasdaq:PONE) and K-Swiss (Nasdaq:KSWS).

Other Market Watch highlights today included:

• Looking at the charts, small caps were now flirting with a level that would put the Russell on track for the lowest daily close in more than five years.  
• Tech stocks continue to be a drag on things today, with the Nasdaq 100 persistently underperforming the other indices.  
•  the market fully expects the employment picture to get even worse over the next few months.
• The number of people filing continuing unemployment claims rose to 3.9 million, the highest level in 25 years.  

Small Cap Gainers:

• Patriot Coal Corp. rallied 13% after slipping to fresh 52-week lows earlier in the day. See (NYSE:PCX).  
• Protection One Inc. is up 27%, but the move was accomplished on very light volume. See (Nasdaq:PONE).  
• K-Swiss is trading 9% higher after declaring a special dividend of $2-share. See (Nasdaq:KSWS).  
• China Information Security Technology's Q3 profit rises, shares up 6%. See (Nasdaq:CPBY).  
• Green Mountain Coffee Roasters up 11% on doubled Q4 profit. See (Nasdaq:GMCR). 

Small Cap Losers:

• Charleys Inc., the restaurant chain, was down 25% today and retesting the lows set in mid-October. See (Nasdaq:CHUX).  
• WellCare Health Plans Inc. tumbled 44%, gapping lower to 52-week lows. See (NYSE:WCG).  
• SolarFun Power Holdings announces it will release its Q3 results on Dec. 2; shares are down 2.5% in pre-market. See (Nasdaq:SOLF).  
• Sina Q3 profit rises, provides Q4 revenue outlook. Shares are down 5.2% in pre-market on light volume. See (Nasdaq:SINA). 

Small-cap stocks meandered through the morning moving back and forth on either side of steady ground as investors juggled negative input from economic data against oversold conditions in the shadow of the previous bounce off the lows. By midday, the bears were starting to reassert their voice, and at 12:19 p.m. ET, the Russell 2000 (NYSE:IWM) was down 3.78, or 0.84%, at 449.01.

It was interesting to see that the market was clearly bifurcated today; even when prices for the major index products were hovering near steady levels, it’s not like the underlying stocks were content just to waffle through the day unchanged. Looking at sector activity, sizable gains were seen for real estate services, industrial REITS, wireless telecoms, coal, forest products, steel, casinos, and metals and mining stocks. Meanwhile, big losses were registered for homebuilders, consumer finance firms, industrial conglomerates, department stores, automobile manufacturers, investment banks and brokerage firms, systems software companies, advertisers, specialized finance and aluminum stocks. So, even when the indices were basically flat, the individual winners and losers were fairly demonstrative.

The market is struggling to decide if today’s ugly report on weekly unemployment claims was already priced into the market and therefore a non-event. The last time the market decided to “fade” the trend suggested by negative jobs data was less than a week ago on Friday’s big monthly employment report. The fade strategy worked for a day, but got clobbered this week. As for today’s release, weekly unemployment claims soared to 516,000, the highest level in seven years. What’s more, the number of people filing continuing claims rose to 3.9 million, the highest level in 25 years. Sure, we’ve got more people living in America now than we did seven years ago, and certainly more than we had 25 years ago, but it’s still unsettling knowing that more people are struggling to find a job than we’ve seen in a quarter of a . . .