BioSante Pharmaceuticals, Asta Funding and Perfect World Ltd lead small-cap percentage gainers
BioSante Pharmaceuticals Inc (Nasdaq:BPAX), Asta Funding Inc (Nasdaq:ASFI) and Perfect World Co Ltd (Nasdaq:PWRD) are among the biggest percentage gainers in Friday's trading among companies with market capitalizations under $1 billion.
Also included among the results: Great Florida Bank (Nasdaq:GFLB), Western Refining Inc (Nasdaq:WNR), Lumber Liquidators Inc (Nasdaq:LL), Ambac Financial Group (Nasdaq:AKT), Sequenom Inc (Nasdaq:SQNM) and LaBranche & Co Inc (Nasdaq:LAB).
Here are the biggest percentage gainers among small caps:
| Price at 11:35 ET | Change | % Change | Volume | Year High | Year Low | ||
| BPAX | BIOSANTE PHARMACEUTICALS INC | 5.63 | +0.83 | +17.3% | 292.8k | 6.91 | 2.05 |
| ASFI | ASTA FDG INC | 10.23 | +1.42 | +16.1% | 234.2k | 43.80 | 6.74 |
| PWRD | PERFECT WORLD CO LTD | 25.22 | +3.33 | +15.2% | 1,344.7k | 37.00 | 17.40 |
| GFLB | GREAT FLA BK MIAMI LAKES FLA | 7.20 | +0.95 | +15.2% | 0.8k | 15.60 | 6.00 |
| WNR | WESTERN REFNG INC | 13.28 | +1.62 | +13.9% | 2,020.3k | 66.13 | 7.81 |
| LL | LUMBER LIQUIDATORS INC | 15.04 | +1.69 | +12.7% | 194.0k | 18.14 | 5.68 |
| AKT | AMBAC FINL GROUP INC | 8.40 | +0.91 | +12.1% | 28.0k | 25.80 | 5.16 |
| SQNM | SEQUENOM INC | 14.28 | +1.44 | +11.2% | 2,342.0k | 13.28 | 4.25 |
| LAB | LABRANCHE & CO INC | 7.87 | +0.79 | +11.2% | 532.4k | 8.12 | 3.70 |
| TMCV | TEMECULA VY BANCORP INC CA | 5.74 | +0.54 | +10.4% | 10.7k | 19.38 | 5.01 |
