Novavax, Sequenom and Biocryst Pharmaceuticals lead small-cap volume in pre-market

• ClaireCaldwell
• On 9:28 am EDT, Tuesday September 1, 2009

Novavax Inc. (NasdaqGM:NVAX - News), Sequenom Inc. (NasdaqGM:SQNM - News) and Biocryst Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NasdaqGM:BCRX - News) are among the most actively traded companies in Tuesday's trading among companies with market capitalizations under $1 billion.

Also included among the results: Spectrum Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NasdaqGM:SPPI - News), China Medical Technologies Inc. (NasdaqGS:CMED - News), CardioNet Inc. (NasdaqGM:BEAT - News), Immunomedics Inc. (NasdaqGM:IMMU - News), Brigham Exploration Co. (NasdaqGS:BEXP - News) and Savient Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NasdaqGM:SVNT - News).

Here are the most actively traded companies among small caps:

		Price at 9:08 ET	Change	% Change	Volume	Year High	Year Low
NVAX	NOVAVAX INC	7.46	+1.42	+23.5%	4,041.1k	6.30	0.52
SQNM	SEQUENOM INC	5.95	-0.44	-6.9%	915.7k	29.14	2.86
BCRX	BIOCRYST PHARMACEUTICALS	12.95	+0.48	+3.8%	126.2k	13.24	0.85
SPPI	SPECTRUM PHARMACEUTICALS INC	8.81	+0.31	+3.6%	86.8k	8.78	0.55
CMED	CHINA MED TECHNOLOGIES INC	13.33	-2.07	-13.4%	84.0k	46.84	11.41
BEAT	CARDIONET INC	6.52	-0.68	-9.4%	83.9k	31.14	5.60
IMMU	IMMUNOMEDICS INC	5.39	-0.12	-2.2%	67.5k	7.16	0.84
BEXP	BRIGHAM EXPLORATION CO	7.04	+0.49	+7.5%	60.9k	14.50	1.04
SVNT	SAVIENT PHARMACEUTICALS INC	13.88	-0.01	-0.1%	44.4k	23.01	2.80
STEI	STEWART ENTERPRISES INC	5.31	+0.00	+0.0%	43.3k	9.74	1.67

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