POINT ROBERTS, October 28, 2011 - www.InvestorIdeas.com, a global investor research portal for independent investors, reports on top percentage gainers on the NASDAQ for Thursday October 27th. Nasdaq closed with a solid gain of 87.96 (+3.32%) at 2,738.63, as all North American markets moved higher.

 QuickLogic Corporation (NASDAQ:QUIK) was the top percentage gainer for the session closing higher 0.63 (27.39%) to $27.39 following the company said that Kyocera Corporation is the first smartphone OEM to bring a product to the Japan market using a CSSP that includes QuickLogic's Visual Enhancement Engine (VEE) and Display Power Optimizer (DPO) technologies, and an integrated Mobile Display Digital Interface (MDDI) to RGB bridge.

 Patrick Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ:PATK) surged 0.44 (24.04%) to $2.27 after the company said that it earned $4.5 million or $0.44 a share on revenue of $77.4 million in its third quarter, versus a year ago profit of $0.6 million or 7 cents a share on revenue of $72.8 million.

 Clayton Williams Energy, Inc. (NASDAQ:CWEI) closed with a gain 14.34 (22.88%) to end the day at $77.01 after the company said that it earned $74.5 million, or $6.13 a share on revenue of $101.1 million in its third quarter.

 Renewable energy stock, Pacific Ethanol Inc (NASDAQ:PEIX) moved0.030 (8.79%) to close at $0.37 the company said that it earned $4.0 million on record revenue of $271.6 million in its third quarter, reversing a year ago loss of $12.9 million on revenue of $46.0 million.

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