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Investors sent stocks sharply lower Wednesday after data on factory orders and the services industry came in below expectations.

The decline broke a four-day advance, and many analysts said a pullback was due after the strong rise since last week. Market indicators fell about 1 percent, including the Dow Jones industrial average, which lost 94 points.

The Commerce Department said factory orders rose 0.7 percent in April, the second gain in the past three months, but the increase fell short of analysts' expectations.

Also a trade group reported that the services sector shrank in May at the slowest pace since October. However that indicator also came in below economists' estimates and marked the eighth straight monthly decline.

Comments from Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke in front of Congress did little to reassure the market. Bernanke said the government needed to figure out a way to ease its massive debt load, and that failing to do so could undermine efforts to restore the economy to health.

In early morning trading, the Dow Jones industrial average fell 93.43, or 1.1 percent, to 8,647.44. The Standard & Poor's 500 index fell 13.83, or 1.5 percent, to 930.91, and the Nasdaq composite index dropped 16.32, or 0.9 percent, to 1,820.48.

Yesterday’s Top Performing Small Cap stock:

Alkane Inc. (Pink Sheets: ALKN) was a SmallCapVoice.com top performer moving up over 25% on trading volume of 174,710 shares.

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Today’s SmallCapVoice.com Hot Stock to Watch:

Mantra Venture Group Ltd. (OTC BB: MVTG)

Mantra Venture Group Ltd. is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Shawn Kim as the Vice President of International Business Development.

Mr. Kim has nine years experience in the financial industry where he started as a business analyst. After dedicating 3 years to Mackenzie Financial Corporation in Toronto, he moved to AIG in Korea where he successfully implemented a worldwide marketing model and secured new business alliances. In his most recent role, Mr. Kim served as an International Business Consultant with the District of North Vancouver. Mr. Kim graduated from the University of Western Ontario in 1996 with a BA in Administrative and Commercial Studies.

Mantra, through its group of sustainable energy, carbon reduction and consumer product subsidiaries, is active in the green technology marketplace with an innovative, multi-faceted approach focused on profitability through sustainability. By aggressively seeking out new technologies and innovating solutions for a cleaner earth for everyone, Mantra intends to provide a highly profitable and, more importantly, socially and environmentally responsible investment for its shareholders.

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