ArcSight, Steinway Musical Instruments and PHI lead small-cap percentage gainers
ArcSight Inc. (Nasdaq:ARST), Steinway Musical Instruments Inc. (Nasdaq:LVB) and PHI Inc. (Nasdaq:PHIIK) are among the biggest percentage gainers in Friday's trading among companies with market capitalizations under $1 billion.
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Also included among the results: Clearwater Paper Corp. (Nasdaq:CLW), ExlService Holdings Inc. (Nasdaq:EXLS), Rex Stores Corp. (Nasdaq:RSC), Nymagic Inc. (Nasdaq:NYM), Universal American Corp. (Nasdaq:UAM) and Vocus Inc. (Nasdaq:VOCS).
Brown Shoe Company, Bowne & Co and Worthington Industries lead small-cap percentage losers
Brown Shoe Company Inc. (Nasdaq:BWS), Bowne & Co Inc. (Nasdaq:BNE) and Worthington Industries Inc. (Nasdaq:WOR) are among the biggest percentage losers in Monday's trading among companies with market capitalizations under $1 billion.
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Also included among the results: Volt Information Sciences Inc. (Nasdaq:VOL), Jones Apparel Group Inc. (Nasdaq:JNY), Goodrich Petroleum Corp. (Nasdaq:GDP), Rex Stores Corp. (Nasdaq:RSC), CPI International Inc. (Nasdaq:CPII) and Outdoor Channel Holdings Inc. (Nasdaq:OUTD).
Russell closes in the red; DRYS, EXM and EGLE lead gainersThe Russell 2000 (NYSE:IWM) reversed course Tuesday, unable to sustain upward momentum from Monday’s surge as weakness in financial and homebuilder stocks and numbing results from the Treasury four-week bill auction overwhelmed support from energy and a surprising upside midday spurt on tech stocks. Some of today’s small-cap gainers are DryShips (Nasdaq:DRYS), Excel Maritime Carriers (NYSE:EXM) and Eagle Bulk Shipping (Nasdaq:EGLE). Other Market Watch highlights today included: • For the year, the Dow is now down 34%, while the S&P 500 is down 39%. Small Cap Gainers: • On the upside of things, dry bulk carriers remained a hot ticket, with Excel Maritime Carriers Ltd. (NYSE:EXM) up 38%, Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc. (Nasdaq:EGLE) up 37%, DryShips Inc. (Nasdaq:DRYS) up 36% and Safe Bulkers Inc. (NYSE:SB) climbing 22%.
Spooky Treasury auction, financials spark small-cap slideSmall-cap stocks reversed course Tuesday, unable to sustain upward momentum from Monday’s surge as weakness in financial and homebuilder stocks and numbing results from the Treasury four-week bill auction overwhelmed support from energy and a surprising upside midday spurt on tech stocks. The Russell 2000 (NYSE:IWM) closed down 15.67, or 3.25%, at 465.71 and is now down 39% for 2008. For the year, the Dow is now down 34%, while the S&P 500 is down 39%. It appeared that the afternoon trigger point for the sudden influx of selling in equities was tied to the results for the Treasury four-week bills, which not only came in at 0.000% (yes, zero), but saw a bid-to-cover ratio of 4.20. In addition, the three-month T-bill traded with a negative yield at times today. The yield on the long bond is nearing 3% once again, which is basically unheard of, and yields for both bonds and benchmark 10-year notes fell hard today as demand ramped up for Treasury products (which tug money flow away from stocks). “These events in the Treasury market are causing traders to believe that the market lacks liquidity or buying power,” Nick Kalivas, vice president of financial research with MF Global, said in an email interview. “Institutions like hedge funds, fund of funds, etc. have to stash money in a T-bill for reasons of risk management – like expected redemptions and this is robbing the market of buying power and generating fear,” he said. Kalivas said it will be important to see how demand goes for three-year and 10-year note auctions, as weaker results could boost equities by suggesting that the demand for liquidity is more short-term than long-term in nature. “It is one thing to buy up a three-month T-bill, but an aggressive bid on a 10-year note auction would signal long-term pessimism toward the economy and rob stocks of buyers,” he said. Interestingly, technology stocks consistently outperformed other index products today, even though the session started out with gloomy news on the tech front from Texas Instruments Inc. (NYSE:TXN), which cautioned about the outlook and from Japan’s Sony, which announced massive layoffs numbering some 16,000 . . .
Analogic, Primeenergy and VisionChina Media lead small-cap percentage losers
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.
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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).
LCA Vision, PowerSecure International and Targanta Therapeutics lead small-cap percentage losers
LCA Vision Inc (Nasdaq:LCAV), PowerSecure International Inc (Nasdaq:POWR) and Targanta Therapeutics Corp (Nasdaq:TARG) are among the biggest percentage losers in Wednesday's trading among companies with market capitalizations under $1 billion.
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Also included among the results: Blue Phoenix Solutions (Nasdaq:BPHX), Naugatuck Valley Financial Corp (Nasdaq:NVSL), Monroe Bancorp (Nasdaq:MROE), Southern Cmnty Finl Corp (Nasdaq:SCMF), HEICO Corp (Nasdaq:HEI) and Rex Stores Corp (Nasdaq:RSC). Here are the biggest percentage losers among small caps:
National CineMedia, Columbia Bancorp and UAL among 52-week lows
National CineMedia Inc (Nasdaq:NCMI), Columbia Bancorp (Nasdaq:CBBO) and UAL Corp (Nasdaq:UAUA) are among the new 52-week lows in Thursday's trading among companies with market capitalizations under $1 billion.
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Also included among the results: Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc (Nasdaq:JAZZ), HEICO Corp (Nasdaq:HEI), Crescent Financial Corp (Nasdaq:CRFN), Kona Grill Inc (Nasdaq:KONA), Aircastle Ltd (Nasdaq:AYR) and Rex Stores Corp (Nasdaq:RSC). Here are the new 52-week lows among small caps:
BioCryst Pharmaceuticals, Spherion and Hudson Highland Group lead small-cap percentage losersBioCryst Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: BCRX), Spherion Corp. (NYSE: SFN) and Hudson Highland Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: HHGP) are among the biggest percentage losers in Thursday's trading among companies with market capitalizations under $500 million. Here are today's biggest percentage losers: spacer spacer spacer spacer spacer spacer spacer spacer spacer spacer spacer spacer spacer spacer spacer spacer spacer spacer spacer spacer spacer spacer spacer spacer spacer spacer spacer spacer spacer spacer spacer spacer spacer spacer spacer spacer spacer spacer spacer spacer spacer spacer spacer spacer spacer spacer spacer spacer spacer spacer spacer spacer spacer spacer spacer
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