Zion Oil and Gas, Optimer Pharmaceuticals and Amedisys lead small-cap percentage losers
Zion Oil and Gas Inc. (Nasdaq:ZN), Optimer Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Nasdaq:OPTR) and Amedisys Inc. (Nasdaq:AMED) are among the biggest percentage losers in Monday's trading among companies with market capitalizations under $1 billion.
Also included among the results: American Italian Pasta Co. (Nasdaq:AIPC), Answers Corp. (Nasdaq:ANSW), Cepheid (Nasdaq:CPHD), American Equity Investment Life Holding Co. (Nasdaq:AEL), Tredegar Corp. (Nasdaq:TG) and Sport Supply Group Inc. (Nasdaq:RBI).
Here are the biggest percentage losers among small caps:
| Price at 9:08 ET | Change | % Change | Volume | Year High | Year Low | ||
| ZN | ZION OIL & GAS INC | 8.06 | -1.45 | -15.2% | 75.7k | 17.68 | 5.07 |
| OPTR | OPTIMER PHARMACEUTICALS INC | 10.73 | -0.93 | -8.0% | 754.1k | 14.70 | 3.30 |
| AMED | AMEDISYS INC | 30.72 | -2.54 | -7.6% | 487.9k | 67.98 | 25.20 |
| AIPC | AMERICAN ITALIAN PASTA CO | 25.98 | -2.13 | -7.6% | 458.5k | 35.72 | 8.55 |
| ANSW | ANSWERS CORP | 6.68 | -0.48 | -6.7% | 22.2k | 9.80 | 2.76 |
| CPHD | CEPHEID | 9.33 | -0.65 | -6.5% | 622.9k | 30.00 | 4.93 |
| AEL | AMERICAN EQTY INVT LIFE HLD | 5.86 | -0.39 | -6.2% | 375.8k | 11.63 | 2.96 |
| TG | TREDEGAR CORP | 14.33 | -0.89 | -5.8% | 84.3k | 20.96 | 10.7 |
| RBI | SPORT SUPPLY GROUP INC DEL | 7.31 | -0.44 | -5.7% | 11.4k | 12.53 | 4.53 |
| AFAM | ALMOST FAMILY INC | 26.88 | -1.55 | -5.5% | 259.4k | 53.85 | 14.91 |
