Wednesday's Small-Cap Winners & Losers

Small-cap stocks held in line with the recovering major indices Wednesday, and among the biggest winners was Silverstar Holdings (SSTR Quote).

The Boca Raton, Fla., company, which develops and publishes interactive entertainment software, soared 41.9% in extremely heavy trading after saying it will probably swing to an operating profit of between 15 cents and 18 cents a share in the fiscal fourth quarter. In the comparable year-ago quarter, the company lost 25 cents a share from a continuing operations.

In addition, revenue should surge to between $11.5 million and $11.9 million from last year's $467,000. Silverstar shares added 68 cents to $2.28.

Atherogenics (AGIX Quote), a Georgia-based drugmaker, rocketed 33% to $2.08 after announcing it will release new scientific data on its antidiabetic agent AGI-1067 at this year's European Society of Cardiology Congress on Sept. 5.

Dycom Industries (DY Quote), based in Florida, made $14.5 million, or 35 cents a share, from continuing operations -- 3 cents higher per share than the average estimate from Thomson Financial. A year ago the construction contractor made just $10.1 million, or 25 cents a share. Shares were leaping 15.6% to $28.02.

Anaren (ANEN Quote), however, plummeted 18.4% on word it's restating downward its fiscal second- and third-quarter financials in order to correct $914,000 worth of "material" accounting errors (pretax) at its Chinese subsidiary. That should knock a penny off the East Syracuse, N.Y., company's per-share income for the quarter ended Dec. 31, and lower its March-quarter profit by 3 cents to 20 cents a share.