Pacific Ethanol (Nasdaq: PEIX) 24.7% HIGHER; continuing higher following Friday’s 21% jump. Not hearing any company-specific news, but volume is much heavier than normal.

Clarient, Inc. (NASDAQ: CLRT) 20% HIGHER; today announced that privately held, Waltham, MA-based Minerva Biotechnologies has granted it the exclusive right to develop and commercialize a test that identifies the MUC1* protein, a biomarker researchers believe may be implicated in the spread of many cancers, including breast cancer. Click here for the full report.

Provident Financial Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: PROV) 17.4% HIGHER; Friday announced that it has commenced a public offering of $40 million