Allos Therapeutics, Amedisys and Novavax lead small-cap volume in pre-market

• ClaireCaldwell
• On 9:28 am EDT, Thursday September 3, 2009

Allos Therapeutics Inc. (NasdaqGM:ALTH - News), Amedisys Inc. (NasdaqGS:AMED - News) and Novavax Inc. (NasdaqGM:NVAX - News) are among the most actively traded companies in Thursday's trading among companies with market capitalizations under $1 billion.

Also included among the results: Vical Inc. (NasdaqGM:VICL - News), China Natural Gas Inc. (NasdaqGM:CHNG - News), Spectrum Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NasdaqGM:SPPI - News), Sequenom Inc. (NasdaqGM:SQNM - News), Century Aluminum Co. (NasdaqGS:CENX - News) and Sanmina-SCI Corp. (NasdaqGS:SANMD - News).

Here are the most actively traded companies among small caps:

		Price at 9:08 ET	Change	% Change	Volume	Year High	Year Low
ALTH	ALLOS THERAPEUTICS INC	7.99	+0.13	+1.7%	2,342.7k	9.88	3.82
AMED	AMEDISYS INC	33.50	-9.96	-22.9%	694.5k	59.24	25.20
NVAX	NOVAVAX INC	6.13	+0.19	+3.2%	386.3k	7.79	0.52
VICL	VICAL INC	5.01	+0.60	+13.6%	326.7k	5.12	1.04
CHNG	CHINA NAT GAS INC	9.40	-0.05	-0.5%	69.9k	18.00	3.00
SPPI	SPECTRUM PHARMACEUTICALS INC	8.48	+0.26	+3.2%	50.3k	8.94	0.55
SQNM	SEQUENOM INC	5.43	+0.08	+1.5%	43.6k	29.14	2.86
CENX	CENTURY ALUM CO	9.41	+0.36	+4.0%	25.7k	43.96	1.04
SANMD	SANMINA SCI CORP	5.85	+0.00	+0.0%	25.0k	6.44	4.27
ZUMZ	ZUMIEZ INC	14.25	+2.02	+16.5%	22.3k	20.09	4.80

Buzz up!