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XSNX, APT, LTBR, ESIC, MBND: Microcap Companies In Play

Microcap Companies In Play: XSNX, APT, LTBR, ESIC, MBND

Xsunx, Inc. (OTCBB:XSNX) has lost 9% to settle at $0.096 with a volume of 620,000 shares traded. For the past 52 weeks the stock has been trading between six cents a share and $.16 a share with an average volume of 285,000 shares. Company has a market cap of $20 million and 215 million outstanding common shares.

XsunX, Inc. (XsunX) is a development-stage company. The Company is developing and has begun to market a hybrid manufacturing solution to produce high-performance copper indium gallium (di) selenide (CIGS) thin film solar cells. Its pending system and processing technology, which it calls CIGSolar, focuses on the mass production of individual thin-film CIGS solar cells that match silicon solar cell dimensions and can be offered as a non-toxic, high-efficiency and lowest-cost alternative to the use of silicon solar cells.

Alpha Pro Tech. (AMEX:APT) has lost 6.98% or four cents a share to settle at $1.60 with a volume of 1.19 million shares. For the past 52 weeks the stock has been trading between $1.40 and $3.53 with an average volume of 109,000 shares. Company has a market cap of $36 million and trades with a beta of 1.12.

Alpha Pro Tech, Ltd. (Alpha Pro Tech) is in the business of protecting people, products and environments. The Company develops, manufactures and markets a line of disposable protective apparel and infection control products for the cleanroom, industrial, pharmaceutical, medical and dental markets through its wholly owned subsidiary, Alpha Pro Tech, Inc. it also manufactures a line of building supply construction weatherization products through its wholly owned subsidiary, Alpha ProTech Engineered Products, Inc.

Lightbridge Corp. (NASDAQ:LTBR) has lost 7.69% to settle at $6.24 a share with a volume of 327,000 shares. For the past 52 weeks the stock has been trading between $5.00 a share and $11.15 a share with an average volume of 108,000 shares. Company has a market cap of $77.04 million and trades with a beta of 0.57.

Lightbridge Corporation (Lightbridge), formerly Thorium Power Ltd., is a provider of nuclear energy consulting services and a developer of nuclear fuel designs. The Company's consulting services focuses on providing advice to international commercial and government-owned entities in countries with nuclear energy programs. The Company is engaged in development of thorium-based nuclear fuel designs. During the year ended December 31, 2009, the Company had provided all of its consulting and advisory services to the United Arab Emirates.

EasyLink Services International (NASDAQ: ESIC) has gained 0.12% to settle at $4.48 with a volume of 678,000 shares. For the past 52 weeks the stock has been trading between $2.01 and $4.71 with an average volume of 65,000 shares. Company has a market cap of $131 million and trades with a beta of 0.54.

EasyLink Services International Corporation is a global provider of value added services, which facilitate the electronic exchange of documents and information between enterprises, their trading communities and their customers. It delivers the majority of its services through global Internet protocol (IP) networks, which host its applications on enterprise-class platforms that are comprised of server and network operations centers located worldwide.

Multiband Corporation (NASDAQ:MBND) has been relatively unchanged at $4.50 a share and traded total volume of 68,200 shares. For the past 52 weeks the stock has been trading between $1.33 and $4.74 a share with an average volume of 26,600 shares. Company has a market cap of $46 million and trades with a beta of 0.55.

Multiband Corporation provides voice, data and video services to multi-dwelling unit and single family home customers. The Company's products and services are sold to customers located throughout the United States. It operates in two segments: Home Service Provider (HSP), which primarily installs and maintains video services for residents of single family homes, and Multi-Dwelling Unit (MDU), which sells voice, data and video services to residents of multiple dwelling units. MDU provides voice, data and video services to multiple dwelling units, including apartment buildings, condominiums and time share resorts.

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