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Zygo Corp (Nasdaq:ZIGO), Westwood One Inc (Nasdaq:WWON), Moduslink Global Solutions (Nasdaq:MLNK) and 7 Days Group Holding (Nasdaq:SVN) are among the biggest percentage losers in Tuesday's trading among companies with market capitalizations under $1 billion.

Zygo Corp (Nasdaq:ZIGO), Comsys IT Partners (Nasdaq:CITP), Zep Inc (Nasdaq:ZEP) and InfoSpace Inc (Nasdaq:INSP) are among the biggest percentage Gainers in day's trading among companies with market capitalizations under $1 billion.

The Russell 2000 (NYSE: IWM) futures are higher and the small-cap index will most likely open in positive territory, recovering from two days of losses.

Big name players are helping create a bullish mood this morning after news that analysts have raised their recommendations on computer hardware maker Hewlett-Packard Co. (Nasdaq: HPQ) and energy giant Chevron Corp. (NYSE: CVX).

Also contributing is Cisco Systems Inc. (Nasdaq: CSCO), after the internet communications company authorized additional stock repurchases valued at as much as $10 billion, raising the total amount to $62 billion.

In economic news, the U.S. Federal Reserve is scheduled to release data on industrial production in October minutes before the start of trading. Economists are expecting to see a small rise.

Here are the biggest percentage gainers and losers in pre-market trading among companies with a market cap between $100 million and $750 million:

Biggest percentage gainers:

• Canadian Solar Inc. (CSIQ), up 13% on news that is has signed a new contract to deliver solar power station projects in Spain.
• American Railcar Industries Inc. (ARII), up 11% on news billionaire Carl Icahn bought more shares.
• China Techfaith Wireless Communication Technology Ltd. (CNTF), up 7%.

Biggest percentage losers:

• Acacia Research-Acacia Technologies (ACTG), down 30% on news of a negative ruling in a patent infringement trial with Microsoft Corp. (MSFT).
• Zygo Corp. (ZIGO) down 7%.
• Salix Pharmaceuticals Ltd. (SLXP) down 6%.

Triad Guaranty Inc. (Nasdaq: TGIC), Nanophase Technologies Corp. (Nasdaq: NANX) and Isramco, Inc. (Nasdaq: ISRL) are among the biggest percentage losers in Friday's trading among companies with market capitalizations under $750 million.

Here are today's biggest percentage losers:

Zygo Corp. (Nasdaq: ZIGO), a supplier of optical metrology instruments, precision optics, and electro-optical design and manufacturing, said this morning that it will record a net loss for its first fiscal quarter of 2008, while analysts were expecting a profit for the quarter.

For the first three months ended Sept. 30, the Middlefield, CT.-based firm said it expects to record a loss in range of $0.04 to $0.06, while two analysts surveyed by Thomson Financial were on average expecting a profit of $0.03 per share. For the first quarter last year the company recorded earnings of $0.20 per share.

Zygo said it expects sales for the first quarter to be in the range of $31 to $32 million, below the $37.1 million estimate of an analyst polled by Thomson Financial. Sales for the first quarter last year were $41.11 million.

Shares of Zygo (ZIGO) were halted in pre-market trading.