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Palm Inc (Nasdaq:PALM), RCN Corp (Nasdaq:RCNI), Medivations Inc (Nasdaq:MDVN) and JA Solar Holdings Co (Nasdaq:JASO) are among the most actively traded companies in Friday's trading among companies with market capitalizations under $1 billion.

Also included among the results: Stec Inc (Nasdaq:STEC), Solarfun Powerholdings Inc (Nasdaq:SOLF), Xenoport Inc (Nasdaq:XNPT), ADC Telecommunications (Nasdaq:ADCT) and Green Plains Renewable Energy (Nasdaq:GPRE).

Westwood One Inc (Nasdaq:WWON), RCN Corp (Nasdaq:RCNI), Puda Coal Inc (Nasdaq:PUDA) and Standard Motor Products (Nasdaq:SMP) are among the biggest percentage Gainers in Friday's trading among companies with market capitalizations under $1 billion.

Also included among the results: Stereotaxis Inc (Nasdaq:STXS), Stein Mart Inc (Nasdaq:SMRT), Fuel Tech Inc (Nasdaq:FTEK), CKX Inc (Nasdaq:CKXE) and Conns Inc (Nasdaq:CONN).

Analogic Corp. (Nasdaq:ALOG), Primeenergy Corp. (Nasdaq:PNRG) and VisionChina Media Inc. (Nasdaq:VISN) are among the biggest percentage losers in Tuesday's trading among companies with market capitalizations under $1 billion.

Also included among the results: RCN Corp. (Nasdaq:RCNI), Doral Financial Corp. (Nasdaq:DRL), Actuant Corp. (Nasdaq:ATU), Thermadyne Holdings Corp. (Nasdaq:THMD), Syms Corp. (Nasdaq:SYMS) and Rex Stores Corp. (Nasdaq:RSC).

American Commercial Lines Inc. (Nasdaq:ACLI), RCN Corp. (Nasdaq:RCNI) and Savient Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Nasdaq:SVNT) are among the most actively traded companies in Tuesday's trading among companies with market capitalizations under $1 billion.

Also included among the results: Legacy Reserves Units (Nasdaq:LGCY), FuelCell Energy Inc. (Nasdaq:FCEL), Ciena Corp. (Nasdaq:CIEN), Solarfun Power Holdings Co Ltd. (Nasdaq:SOLF), China Sunergy Co Ltd. (Nasdaq:CSUN) and Secure Computing Corp. (Nasdaq:SCUR).

Here are the most actively traded companies among small caps::

Home Inns & Hotels Management Inc. (Nasdaq:HMIN), RCN Corp. (Nasdaq:RCNI) and Solarfun Power Holdings Co Ltd. (Nasdaq:SOLF) are among the most actively traded companies in Monday's trading among companies with market capitalizations under $1 billion.

Also included among the results: Clean Energy Fuels Corp. (Nasdaq:CLNE), Dendreon Corp. (Nasdaq:DNDN), Titan Machinery Inc. (Nasdaq:TITN), Questcor Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Nasdaq:QCOR), Canadian Solar Inc. (Nasdaq:CSIQ) and Corus Bankshares Inc. (Nasdaq:CORS).

Here are the most actively traded companies among small caps:

Small-cap stocks pulled lower Monday, unable to escape the familiar bearish shadow of rising crude oil prices and slumping financial shares. The Russell 2000 (NYSE:IWM) tumbled 5.92, or 0.82%, to 719.81, the second-lowest daily close since early May.

Small caps were noticeably soft relative to the large-cap Dow, which found comfort from energy-related gains in Exxon Mobil Corp. (NYSE:XOM), which gained about 2.3% to play a supportive role for the Dow 30.

Speaking of energy, crude oil prices climbed about 1% past $136 dollars a barrel, a brazen show of support given the fact that Saudi Arabia pledged to increase production. However, the possibility of more supplies was lapped up amid worker strikes in Nigeria and heightened Middle East tensions following last week’s news that Israel staged a large practice military strike against Iran’s nuclear production facilities.

The U.S. dollar managed to push higher today despite the rally in crude oil prices, gaining about 0.5% against the euro and about 0.4% versus the yen. However, advances in the greenback were trimmed back from better levels seen into the U.S. stock market opening, when soft Eurozone economic data bolstered the buck.

Every new trading day seems to bring with it a new bearish scare for the battered financial sector and today’s fright du jour was a warning from influential analysts at Goldman Sachs that the credit crunch will get a “second wind” and that junk bond defaults will rise more quickly than expected. Goldman also said that regional . . .