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Maxcom Telecom (NYSE:MXT), Avanex Corp. (NYSE:AVNXD) and Seanergy Maritime Corp. (Nasdaq:SRG) are among the new 52-week lows in Tuesday's trading among companies with market capitalizations under $1 billion.

Also included among the results: Transcontinental Realty Investors Inc. (AMEX:TCI), 51Job Inc. (Nasdaq:JOBS), Horsehead Holding Corp. (Nasdaq:ZINC), Home Bancshares Inc. (Nasdaq:HOMB), Capital Trust Inc. (Nasdaq:CT) and Alaska Communications Systems Group Inc. (Nasdaq:ALSK).

Here are the new 52-week lows among small caps:

Silicon Motion Technology Corp (Nasdaq:SIMO), LandAmerica Financial Group Inc (Nasdaq:LFG) and Zones Inc (Nasdaq:ZONS) are among the new 52-week lows in Wednesday's trading among companies with market capitalizations under $1 billion.

Also included among the results: Capital Trust Inc (Nasdaq:CT), Healthways Inc (Nasdaq:HWAY), Stewart Information Services Corp (Nasdaq:STC), Hickory Tech Corp (Nasdaq:HTCO), American National Bankshares Inc (Nasdaq:AMNB) and SonicWALL Inc (Nasdaq:SNWL).

Here are the new 52-week lows among small caps:

Small-cap stocks broke down Tuesday, smashing key chart support amid fretting about dour consumer confidence, rising oil prices and jagged nerves ahead of Wednesday’s FOMC announcement. The Russell 2000 (NYSE:IWM) closed down 11.89, or 1.65%, at 707.92, the lowest daily close since April 22.

The market was already wobbly coming into today’s action, and when consumer confidence plunged to a fresh 16-year low, the bulls pulled their chips off the table en masse. The headline reading on consumer confidence was at 50.4%, down from 58.1% last month and well off the median forecast of 56.4%. The plunge in consumer confidence puts consumer spending at risk, which puts any economic recovery at risk as well. After the close, ABC News released its own Consumer Comfort index (a weekly data series), which edged up for the week, but the quarterly figure was on track for the worst showing since 1992.

The confidence number completely overshadowed the Case-Shiller report, which came out early today and which showed a numbing drop of 15.3% for home prices over the same period last year. However, the number was not as bad as forecast, and there were some pundits who argued that this could be a sign that the housing market collapse is near the bottom. It’s an argument that lost power as the market lurched into . . .

Vestin Realty Mortgage II Inc (Nasdaq:VRTB), First South Bancorp Inc (Washington NC) (Nasdaq:FSBK) and Gateway Financial Holdings Inc (Nasdaq:GBTS) are among the new 52-week lows in Tuesday's trading among companies with market capitalizations under $1 billion.

Also included among the results: Capital Trust Inc (Nasdaq:CT), NASB Financial Inc (Nasdaq:NASB), Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group Inc (Nasdaq:DTG), Firstbank Corp (Alma, Michigan) (Nasdaq:FBMI), Blue Phoenix Solutions (Nasdaq:BPHX) and BMP Sunstone Corp (Nasdaq:BJGP).

Here are the new 52-week lows among small caps:

Pacific Mercantile Bancorp (Nasdaq:PMBC), Babcock & Brown Air Ltd (Nasdaq:FLY) and MBT Financial Corp (Nasdaq:MBTF) are among the new 52-week lows in Monday's trading among companies with market capitalizations under $1 billion.

Also included among the results: Savannah Bancorp Inc (Nasdaq:SAVB), NB&T Financial Group Inc (Nasdaq:NBTF), PremierWest Bancorp (Nasdaq:PRWT), Libbey Inc (Nasdaq:LBY), United Western Bancorp Inc (Nasdaq:UWBK) and Capital Trust Inc (Nasdaq:CT).

Here are the new 52-week lows among small caps: