Winds Industries Inc. leads Thursday small-cap percentage gainers
Plasma-etch systems maker Tegal Corp. (Nasdaq: TGAL) announced a European electronics maker has ordered three new advanced plasma etch systems.
Tutogen Medical Inc. (AMEX: TTG) was upgraded to a “buy” rating from “neutral” by Roth Capital Thursday. Roth raised its target price for Tutogen Medical to $13 per share from $10.50 per share based on valuation.
These are the biggest percentage gainers in Thursday’s trading among companies with market capitalizations under $500 million:
| Price at | % | ||||||
| 11:55 et | Change | Change | Volume | Year High | Year Low | ||
| WSCI | WSI INDS INC | 5.90 | +1.20 | +25.5% | 646.4k | 5.45 | 2.71 |
| HOKU | HOKU SCIENTIFIC INC | 8.10 | +1.15 | +16.6% | 7,599.1k | 7.95 | 2.12 |
| TGAL | TEGAL CORP | 5.90 | +0.65 | +12.4% | 34.4k | 6.72 | 2.62 |
| TRCI | TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH CORP | 5.01 | +0.55 | +12.3% | 12.2k | 5.65 | 3.80 |
| GPIC | GAMING PARTNERS INTL CORP | 13.30 | +1.18 | +9.7% | 63.6k | 25.95 | 9.73 |
| APTM | APTIMUS INC | 5.78 | +0.44 | +8.1% | 10.8k | 9.00 | 3.05 |
| TTG | TUTOGEN MEDICAL INC | 9.43 | +0.71 | +8.1% | 70.0k | 11.31 | 4.20 |
| PIV | POWERSHARES ETF TRUST | 17.47 | +1.08 | +6.6% | 36.9k | 18.02 | 13.81 |
| IKNX | IKONICS CORP | 9.59 | +0.56 | +6.2% | 0.1k | 10.75 | 7.01 |
| UVE | UNIVERSAL INS HLDGS INC | 7.00 | +0.39 | +5.9% | 130.2k | 7.41 | 1.06 |
