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NVMI, ROIAK, SLTM, VSCP, OPXT: Active Microcap Stocks Reaching New Highs

Active Microcap Stocks Reaching New Highs: NVMI, ROIAK, SLTM, VSCP, OPXT

Nova Measuring Instruments Ltd. (NASDAQ: NVMI) has gone down 2.61% or $0.26 to settle at $9.74 within moderate volume of 75,547 shares compared to its average volume of 274,569 shares. The company has been trading between $3.63 and $10.20 in the last 52 weeks with an average market capitalization of $243 million.

Nova Measuring Instruments Ltd. (Nova) is a designer, developer and producer of integrated process control metrology systems. The Company also designs, manufactures and sells metrology used in the manufacturing process of semiconductors. Nova supplies its metrology systems to semiconductor manufacturers worldwide, either directly or through process equipment manufacturers. The products of the Company include metrology systems for thin film measurement in chemical mechanical polishing and chemical vapor deposition applications; optical critical dimensions (CD) and metal line thickness (MLT) systems for use in post-copper chemical mechanical polishing applications and optical critical dimension systems for lithography and etch applications.

Radio one, Inc. (NASDAQ: ROIAK) has dropped 3.13% or five cents to settle at dollars $.55 a share with a moderate volume of 56,661 shares traded by the midday compared to its average volume of 459,609 shares. The company has been trading between $.55 a share to $5.44 a share in the last 52 weeks with an average market capitalization of $84 million.

Radio One, Inc. (Radio One), is a radio broadcasting company that primarily targets African-American and urban listeners. As of December 31, 2009, the Company owned 53 broadcast stations located in 16 urban markets in the United States. Its primary source of revenue is the sale of local and national advertising for broadcast on its radio stations. The Company's other media interests include its approximately 37% ownership interest in TV One, LLC (TV One), an African-American targeted cable television network; its 53.5% ownership interest in Reach Media, Inc. (Reach Media), which operates the Tom Joyner Morning Show; its ownership of Interactive One, LLC (Interactive One), an online platform serving the African-American community, including News One, UrbanDaily and HelloBeautiful, and its ownership of Community Connect, LLC (CCI), an online social networking company, which operates a number of Websites, including BlackPlanet, MiGente and Asian Avenue.

Solta Medical, Inc. (NASDAQ: SLTM) has lost 2.05% or six cents to settle at $2.96 with an lighter volume of 18,049 shares compared to its average volume of 212,225 shares in the last three months. The company has been trading between $1.49 and $3.26 with a market capitalization of $170 million.

Solta Medical, Inc. designs, develops, manufactures and markets energy-based medical device systems for aesthetic applications. These systems are marketed under the brand names Fraxel and Thermage. The Thermage NXT and CPT systems offer non-invasive treatment options for skin tightening and contouring, body shaping, and improvement in the appearance of cellulite. The Fraxel re:fine, Fraxel re:store, and Fraxel re:store Dual systems offer treatments for skin conditions, such as fine lines and pigmentation. In addition, the Fraxel re:store system offers treatments for acne and surgical scars, deeper lines and wrinkles, and actinic keratoses.

VirtualScopics, Inc. (NASDAQ: VSCP) has lost 2.09% or six cents to settle at $2.83 with a moderate volume of 183,585 shares compared to its average volume of 198,111 shares. The company has been trading between $.86 and $3.07 in the last 52-week range with a market capitalization of $74.45 million.

VirtualScopics, Inc.( VirtualScopics, Inc) is a provider of quantitative imaging for clinical trials serving the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device industries. It has created a range of image analysis software tools and applications, which are used in detecting and measuring anatomical structures and metabolic activity using medical images. Its software and algorithms provide measurement capabilities designed to improve clinical research and development. The Company's image-based measurement and visualization tools enable automated, accurate and reproducible measurement of minute changes that occur in anatomic structures in musculoskeletal, oncological, cardiological and neurological diseases.

Opnext, Inc. (NASDAQ: OPXT) has gained 8.42% or $.23 to settle at $2.96 with a surging volume of 5.3 million shares traded compared to its average volume of 681,836 shares in the past three months. Company has been trading between $1.29 and $3.13 in the past 52-week range with a market capitalization of $266 million.

Opnext, Inc. (OPI) is a designer and manufacturer of optical components, modules, and subsystems for communications uses. It sells the products, which enable high speed network connectivity to address the increasing data usage by the global population, to other businesses. Additionally, the Company sells infrared and visible light optical devices for industrial and commercial use. On January 9, 2009, the Company completed the acquisition of StrataLight Communications, Inc.

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