Biggest small-cap gainers and losers in Thursday's trading
Here are Thursday’s biggest percentage gainers and losers, along with top volume leaders, among companies with a market cap between $50 million and $750 million:
Biggest percentage gainers:
• Santander BanCorp (NYSE:SBP), up 28.7% to $12.90 despite no fresh news.
• Sucampo Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq:SCMP), up 19.1% to $11.41 despite no significant announcements.
• Yucheng Technologies Ltd. (Nasdaq:YTEC), up 17.3% to $12.67 after the provider of technology services announced that it inked a contract and started providing point-of-sale services to the Beijing branch of China Construction Bank.
Biggest percentage losers:
• Mexco Energy Corp. (AMEX:MXC), down 31.1% to $34.05 despite no significant announcements but likely on the easing price of crude oil.
• Pyramid Oil Co. (AMEX:PDO), down 28.4% to $19.40 despite no reports from the Bakersfield, Calif.-based firm.
• Fieldpoint Petroleum Corp. (AMEX:FPP), down 21.2% to $5.70 despite no significant announcements.
Volume leaders:
• Blue Coat Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:BCSI), 11.8 million shares traded versus average of 1.2 million shares.
• Heckmann Corp. (AMEX:HEK), 9 million shares traded compared with average of 0.7 million shares.
• China Precision Steel, Inc. (Nasdaq:CPSL), 7.8 million shares traded versus average of 5.1 million shares.
