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The Russell staged a dramatic comeback at Friday’s closing, closing up a stunning 4.66%, and shooting nearly 12% off an intraday trough that marked the lowest point since August 2003. Other Market Watch highlights today included:

• In what will be forever remembered as a historic week for the stock market, small caps shed 15.6% in an unprecedented collapse this week.
• From a charting and index perspective, the late recovery move in stocks today was paced by small caps, which was an encouraging sign.
• If small caps start to show a leadership role in the coming days, it could be a sign that a bottom, or at least stabilization is nearby. 
• AMR Corp, Delta and Continental Airlines were among the most actively traded small caps today amid falling oil prices.
• Crude oil prices tumbled 10% today to fresh one-year lows.

Small Cap Gainers:

• Alaska Air Group (NYSE:ALK) closed up about 30% on momentum from the decline in energy prices, late day small-cap recovery moves.
• Ardea Biosciences Inc. (Nasdaq:RDEA) jumped some 39%, recovering from new move lows set Thursday.
• Material Sciences Corp. (NYSE:MSC) up 25.2% on slight increase in Q2 earnings reported Thursday.
• Willis Lease Finance (Nasdaq:WLFC) up 26% after $63M sale of 10 . . .

Tortoise Energy Capital Corp. (Nasdaq:TYY), Tortoise Energy Infrastructure Corp. (Nasdaq:TYG) and NL Industries Inc. (Nasdaq:NL) are among the biggest percentage losers in Friday's trading among companies with market capitalizations under $1 billion.

Also included among the results: Liberty Media Corp. (Nasdaq:LCAPA), Hungarian Telephone and Cable Corp. (Nasdaq:HTC), Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings Inc. (Nasdaq:CCO), Renaissance Learning Inc. (Nasdaq:RLRN) and Helix Energy Solutions Group Inc. (Nasdaq:HLX).

Here are the biggest percentage losers among small caps: