Biggest small-cap winners and losers in Thursday's afternoon session
Here are Thursday’s biggest percentage gainers and losers in midday trading, 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 35.6% to $18.96 despite no fresh news.
• Yucheng Technologies Ltd. (Nasdaq:YTEC), up 19.4% to $12.89 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.
• Perry Ellis International, Inc. (Nasdaq:PERY), up 15.2% to $28.06 after the Miami-based apparel company posted first-quarter profits above Wall Street expectations.
Biggest percentage losers:
• Mexco Energy Corp. (AMEX:MXC), down 27.8% to $35.65 despite no significant announcements but likely on the easing price of crude oil.
• Pyramid Oil Co. (AMEX:PDO), down 21.4% to $21.30 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), 9.5 million shares traded versus average of 1.2 million shares.
• Heckmann Corp. (AMEX:HEK), 7 million shares traded compared with average of 0.7 million shares.
• China Precision Steel, Inc. (Nasdaq:CPSL), 6.1 million shares traded versus average of 5.1 million shares.
