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Crocs Inc. (Nasdaq:CROX), Cascade Financial Corp. (Nasdaq:CASB) and Hawthorn Bancshares Inc. (Nasdaq:HWBK) are among the biggest percentage gainers in Monday's trading among companies with market capitalizations under $1 billion.    

Also included among the results: MedQuist Inc. (Nasdaq:MEDQ), Protherics  (Nasdaq:PTIL), Cheniere Energy Partners (Nasdaq:CQP), Micromet Inc. (Nasdaq:MITI), Harris & Harris Group Inc. (Nasdaq:TINY) and Primus Guaranty (Nasdaq:PRS).           

Here are the biggest percentage gainers among small caps:    

The Russell 2000 (NYSE:IWM) has trimmed some of its earlier losses but is still deep in negative territory.

At 11:51 a.m. ET, the small-cap index was down 10.86 points, or 1.64%, to 652.04. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (INDU) had retreated 59.51 points, or 0.50%, to 11,891.58.

Stocks small and large have pared some of their earlier losses but are still down on news that JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM) has purchased Bear Stearns (NYSE:BSC) for just $2 per share, according to an announcement on Sunday.

In an effort to keep other investment banks from going bankrupt, which is what would have happened to Bear Stearns, the U.S. Federal Reserve gave JPMorgan $30 billion in special financing to complete the deal. That’s a risky and desperate move because if something goes wrong, it will be the Fed — not JPMorgan — that will absorb the losses.

The U.S. Central Bank also lowered its discount rate, the rate at which it lends funds to commercial banks, to 3.25% from 3.50%, on Sunday.

Fonar Corp. (Nasdaq: FONR), WSI Industries, Inc. (Nasdaq: WSCI) and A. Schulman, Inc. (Nasdaq: SHLM) are among the biggest percentage gainers in Thursday's trading among companies with market capitalizations under $750 million.

Here are today's biggest percentage gainers: