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Monday's Small-Cap Winners & Losers

Mike Taylor

Small-cap stocks traded mostly flat Monday as the broader market started off the week with a dip down and a rebound back to the baseline.

Biotech company Par Pharmaceutical (PRX Quote) gained 8.7% to $19.23 on fourth-quarter earnings. The company posted adjusted income of $6.5 million, or 19 cents a share, vs. $6.9 million, or 20 cents a share, a year ago. Analysts polled by Thomson Financial were expecting 15 cents a share.

New York software maker ACI Worldwide (ACIW Quote) gained 9% to $19.25 after announcing it would partner with Infoglide Software to develop enhanced returns authorization and employee screening solutions for retailers to prevent fraud and evaluate risk in prospective new hires.

Shares of Finish Line (FINL Quote) jumped 40.3% to $3.97 on news that the Indianapolis-based shoe retailer would settle its merger dispute with fellow footwear purveyor Genesco (GCO Quote). Shares of Nashville-based Genesco plunged 17.3% on the news.

Meanwhile, Thornburg Mortgage (TMA Quote) shares were in a free fall, losing 51.5% to $4.32 after announcing that additional margin calls may strike a coup de grace to the ailing Santa Fe, N.M., mortgage lender. Fellow mortgage bank IndyMac (IMB Quote), which is based in Pasadena, Calif., was also off today, down 20% to $4.92.

Force Protection (FRPT Quote) also lost ground. Friday after the close, the Lasdon, S.C.-based maker of blast-protected vehicles announced it has discovered "significant accounting errors" in its third-quarter report. It will restate the earnings statement and delay its announcement of annual results. Shares lost 12.9% to $3.58.

More broadly, the Russell 2000 was off 0.3% at 684.22, and the S&P SmallCap 600 was basically unchanged at 363.50.