Schwab's activity report could be the news moving us this am:
PR Newswire, Thursday, August 12, 1999 at 09:04
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- The Charles Schwab Corporation released its Monthly Market Activity Report today. Highlights include:
* Customer daily average revenue trades were 147.7 thousand in July 1999, up 19% from June 1999 and up 44% from July 1998. * Net new assets brought to Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. (Schwab) by new and current customers in July 1999 totaled $8.9 billion. * Customer assets at Schwab were $587.3 billion as of month-end July, down less than 1% from June 1999 and up 37% from July 1998. In comparison, the Schwab 1000 Index(R) was down 3% from June 1999 and up 18% from July 1998. * Daily average trades through Schwab's Mutual Fund OneSource(R) service were 42.2 thousand in July, up 16% from June 1999 and down less than 1% from July 1998.
The Charles Schwab Corporation (NYSE:SCH), through its principal operating subsidiary, Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. (member SIPC/NYSE), is one of the nation's largest financial services firms, serving 6.2 million active investor accounts with $587 billion in customer assets through 310 branches, four regional customer telephone service centers and automated telephonic and online channels. The Charles Schwab Web Site(TM) can be reached at www.schwab.com.
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