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To: Wally Mastroly who wrote (6031)	6/20/1999 12:57:00 PM
From: Lars	Respond to of 15132

* Market Summary * 6/18/99 6/11/99 %Change S&P 500 1,342.84 1,293.66 +3.80% Dow Jones 10,855.56 10,490.51 +3.48% NASD Comp 2,536.40 2,448.09 +3.61% Russell 2000 445.05 438.02 +1.61% SOX Index 457.03 436.91 +4.61% Value Line 458.49 451.32 +1.59% MS Growth 556.26 548.72 +1.37% MS Cyclical 608.52 580.99 +4.74% T - Bill 4.52% 4.59% -7 BP Long Bond 5.97% 6.14% -17 BP Gold - Oz-Near Month $260.90 $262.30 -$1.40 Silver - Oz-Near Month $4.96 $5.11 -$.15 Business Inventories for April rose +.2% - Sales fell -.1% Inventory/Sales Ratio rose +.01 to 1.36 months Atlanta Federal Reserve Board (FRB) Index eases to 9.1 But New Orders Index rose to 21.9 in May from 17.9 May Consumer Price Index unchanged - Core Rate (without Volatile Food and Energy) rose only +.1% Industrial Production for May rose +.2% - Capacity Utilization unchanged at 80.5% May Housing Starts rose +6.3% to 1.676 million rate But Housing Permits only rose +.9% to 1.586 million rate FRB Releases Beige Book April International Trade Deficit was $18.94 billion Flat with a downwardly revised March level of $18.95 billion Jobless Claims fell -28,000 to 297,000 - Four Week Moving Average fell -750 to 308,250 Philadelphia FRB Index drops to 5.3 in May from 21.1 FRB Chairman Greenspan's Testimony Before Congressional Joint Economic Committee - Signals Month End Rate Increase