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Strategies & Market Trends : Technical analysis for shorts & longs
SPY 652.53-1.5%Nov 20 4:00 PM EST

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To: Clint E. who wrote (23633)9/10/1999 2:41:00 PM
From: Iris Shih  Read Replies (2) of 68173
 
NEW YORK, Sept 10 (Reuters) - Shares in electronic commerce consulting firms AppNet
Systems Inc. (Nasdaq:APNT - news) and Viant Corp. (Nasdaq:VIAN - news) rocketed
Friday after bullish comments from an analyst.

Mark Wolfenberger, an analyst with Credit Suisse First Boston, which helped take the two
firms public in June, called the momentum of AppNet shares ''atomic.'' He urged investors
to ''back up the truck'' and load up on the shares.

AppNet was up 19-5/8, or 126 percent, at 35 and was among volume leaders on the Nasdaq market. Viant rose 12, or 30
percent, to 51-1/2.

AppNet was the percentage-gain leader on the Nasdaq and Viant was second. Volume was extremely heavy, with AppNet at
more than 70 times normal daily trading levels late in the morning.

Other leading Web business service stocks surged along with AppNet and Viant and clustered among top percentage-gaining
stocks on the Nasdaq. Among them, Razorfish Inc. (Nasdaq:RAZF - news) was up 9-5/8 at 36.

Calling the market for Internet business services ''on fire,'' Wolfenberger raised his rating on AppNet to strong buy. He
boosted the price target to $40 over an unspecified period.

Internet consulting and services packages are ''reaping benefits and will become increasingly important as (the) e-comm
market matures,'' he wrote. AppNet is ''one of the few already there.''

He also raised his outlook for earnings per share in fiscal 1999 to $0.01 from a loss of $0.01. Wolfenberger boosted his
estimate of fiscal 2000 earnings per share to $0.20 from $0.17.

On Viant, he raised the rating to strong buy from buy and boosted the price target to $55 from $45. He said the shares were
''not cheap'' but investors ''must own stock in current e-tidal wave.''

Wolfenberger raised his estimates for Viant's 1999 loss per share to $0.25 from $0.35. He boosted his outlook for fiscal 2000
to earnings of $0.05 from a loss of $0.03 a share.

Credit Suisse First Boston was one of the underwriters of AppNet's and Viant's initial public offerings in June.

PS don't know anything about it. Just watching.
Enjoy your time with your mom. Have a good and safe trip.

Iris
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