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To: Clint E. who wrote (22327)7/27/1999 3:05:00 PM
From: Clint E.  Respond to of 69990
 

Indices [EDIT This List]

Symbol Last Change Close Open Day Hi Day Lo Vol Trades Shrs Time 52wk Hi 52wk Lo
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DJII 11011.000 148.000u 10863.000 10863.000 11016.000 10863.000 N/A 8245 N/A 2:57 N/A N/A
NDX 2306.200 72.700u 2233.500 2233.500 2312.700 2233.500 1388 1230 1 3:16 2468.400 1063.300
COMP 2681.300 62.200u 2619.100 2658.200 2684.100 2650.100 336 290 1 3:02 2874.900 1357.100
SOX 495.600 25.710u 469.890 469.890 496.460 469.890 1400 1228 2 2:57 533.460 182.590

SPZ 1367.000 19.200u 1347.800 1347.800 1367.700 1347.800 1330 1177 1 3:02 1420.100 923.300
BKX 878.500 9.600u 868.900 874.500 879.200 871.200 1295 1136 1 2:57 944.300 545.700
QQQ 115.375 3.625u 111.750 114.000 115.547 113.031 58219 1701 3 3:02 123.438 97.000
VIX 23.720 -2.190d 25.910 25.010 25.320 23.110 318 274 2 3:02 60.630 16.730

DOW [EDIT This List]

Symbol Last Change Close Open Day Hi Day Lo Vol Trades Shrs Time 52wk Hi 52wk Lo
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AXP 142.813 6.313u 136.500 138.250 143.500 137.000 24252 1923 45 2:57 142.625 67.000
HWP 110.438 4.750u 105.688 106.688 110.750 106.688 23878 1943 164 3:02 118.438 47.063
GE 116.000 2.000u 114.000 115.000 116.250 113.813 26763 2527 10 2:57 120.000 69.000
JPM 135.500 1.125u 134.375 134.875 136.875 134.500 5352 558 7 2:57 147.813 72.125

MRK 69.188 0.875u 68.313 69.000 69.250 68.375 32253 2120 35 2:57 87.375 57.500
WMT 45.938 0.313u 45.625 45.813 46.000 45.000 32673 2245 1 2:57 53.406 26.219

Tech_Titans [EDIT This List]

Symbol Last Change Close Open Day Hi Day Lo Vol Trades Shrs Time 52wk Hi 52wk Lo
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INTC 67.938 5.063u 62.875 64.625 68.000 64.563 N/A 26363 5 3:02 71.844 34.875
IBM 126.125 3.125u 123.000 125.000 126.313 123.563 54045 3910 4 2:57 139.188 55.375
LU 66.750 2.125u 64.625 66.000 66.938 64.938 N/A 10281 3 2:57 79.750 26.719
DELL 42.063 2.063u 40.000 40.625 42.250 40.500 N/A 20424 45 3:02 55.000 20.375

CSCO 62.938 1.875u 61.063 62.125 63.000 61.438 N/A 15940 1 3:02 69.250 20.563
MSFT 89.063 1.438u 87.625 88.813 89.750 88.000 N/A 19361 2 3:02 100.750 43.875
WCOM 87.375 1.188u 86.188 86.938 87.500 86.063 50251 5782 7 3:02 96.766 39.000
EMC 61.500 0.688d 60.813 61.813 62.188 60.625 37908 3524 1 2:57 67.469 20.844

E*Titans [EDIT This List]

Symbol Last Change Close Open Day Hi Day Lo Vol Trades Shrs Time 52wk Hi 52wk Lo
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DCLK 83.625 5.063u 78.563 81.500 85.688 79.500 20244 4978 5 3:02 176.000 6.750
ATHM 50.875 4.688u 46.188 48.875 52.000 47.750 N/A 21514 6 3:02 99.000 11.750
CMGI 92.313 3.563d 88.750 93.000 94.000 90.250 33244 9422 4 3:02 165.000 8.609
YHOO 137.250 2.938d 134.313 138.125 140.500 135.625 N/A 15944 20 3:02 244.000 29.500

INKT 107.125 1.625d 105.500 108.125 109.500 106.375 11595 2192 3 3:02 159.125 19.500
AOL 101.250 1.125d 100.125 101.500 102.750 100.188 N/A 17010 N/A 2:57 175.500 17.250
RNWK 83.938 -0.063d 84.000 86.625 87.438 83.438 12152 2888 1 3:02 131.875 7.625
CNET 41.250 -0.250d 41.500 42.938 43.375 41.000 11078 1954 50 3:02 79.750 7.250

AMZN 104.500 -1.438d 105.938 109.000 110.375 104.313 N/A 16102 10 3:02 221.250 21.656
EBAY 101.688 -2.688d 104.375 105.000 107.938 98.500 N/A 17318 1 3:02 234.000 8.406
PCLN 75.500 -2.688d 78.188 80.750 81.000 75.125 16405 3063 4 3:01 165.000 58.000

Networkers [EDIT This List]

Symbol Last Change Close Open Day Hi Day Lo Vol Trades Shrs Time 52wk Hi 52wk Lo
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SUNW 71.438 3.125u 68.313 69.813 71.813 69.125 56978 7824 3 3:02 76.438 19.188
COMS 25.063 0.750u 24.313 24.313 25.125 24.250 29184 2872 8 3:02 51.125 20.000

WirelessMfr_Carrier [EDIT This List]

Symbol Last Change Close Open Day Hi Day Lo Vol Trades Shrs Time 52wk Hi 52wk Lo
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NXTL 55.125 3.188u 51.938 52.500 55.250 52.500 37281 3288 1 3:02 58.313 15.375
MOT 91.000 2.875u 88.125 88.875 91.250 86.875 29486 1417 N/A 2:57 100.188 38.375
PCS 59.125 2.250u 56.875 56.938 59.313 56.938 54311 784 3 2:57 61.875 12.750
QCOM 154.875 2.250d 152.625 155.188 155.500 152.500 30423 4656 1 3:02 167.250 18.875

NOK 88.500 1.500d 87.000 89.500 89.563 87.500 22465 1343 6 2:57 99.375 29.531

Tcom&Cable_Gear [EDIT This List]

Symbol Last Change Close Open Day Hi Day Lo Vol Trades Shrs Time 52wk Hi 52wk Lo
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HLIT 78.625 5.188u 73.438 76.375 78.938 73.000 3620 447 10 3:02 79.625 7.625
ETEK 45.000 4.250u 40.750 40.938 45.500 40.875 8594 560 5 3:01 51.188 19.438
CMVT 75.500 3.625u 71.875 74.750 75.875 73.500 8343 857 1 3:00 82.375 19.578
JNPR 147.750 3.500d 144.250 148.500 149.750 145.000 3181 1021 1 3:02 162.000 90.125

JDSU 82.375 3.313d 79.063 82.625 82.750 79.500 11026 2249 1 3:02 88.688 15.625
TLAB 63.219 2.781u 60.438 62.500 63.313 61.750 23643 3137 41 3:02 74.000 15.688
AWRE 49.250 2.750u 46.500 46.750 49.375 46.500 5823 728 3 3:00 87.125 4.250
OCLI 73.875 2.000u 71.875 73.500 74.875 71.000 2270 207 10 3:01 88.375 14.375

WCII 57.125 1.438u 55.688 57.000 58.875 56.750 5389 539 5 2:58 64.438 10.250
ADCT 43.250 1.000u 42.250 43.188 43.563 42.625 8148 940 3 3:02 53.625 15.750
ANTC 38.125 0.563d 37.563 38.500 38.625 37.625 2211 160 50 3:02 42.438 11.500
NT 84.938 0.375d 84.563 85.125 85.875 83.688 12844 1002 7 2:56 94.125 26.813

TERN 40.000 0.250d 39.750 42.188 42.500 39.500 4961 802 2 3:02 60.500 7.000
EFNT 43.250 -0.875d 44.125 47.938 48.750 42.250 4055 1165 1 2:54 68.000 39.000
PDYN 44.000 -1.000d 45.000 46.781 48.000 43.750 5121 869 10 3:02 58.000 37.250
RBAK 156.688 -11.688d 168.375 166.625 166.875 149.500 28166 6387 1 3:02 199.250 65.000

Tcom&Cable_SrvcPrvdr [EDIT This List]

Symbol Last Change Close Open Day Hi Day Lo Vol Trades Shrs Time 52wk Hi 52wk Lo
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CMTN 123.000 9.563u 113.438 119.375 124.750 115.250 4801 1714 1 3:02 118.625 50.500
COVD 56.438 4.188u 52.250 55.250 58.500 54.750 13120 1624 2 3:02 81.000 20.656
ADLAC 61.625 2.688d 58.938 61.875 62.500 60.875 10122 459 5 2:51 87.000 29.125
RCNC 45.375 2.375u 43.000 43.938 46.375 43.625 3420 609 2 2:59 54.500 8.750

QWST 29.875 1.313- 28.563 29.875 30.688 28.625 N/A 17831 2 3:02 52.375 11.000
GBLX 41.500 0.875d 40.625 41.750 42.000 41.250 13846 975 4 3:01 64.250 8.000
LVLT 54.688 0.688d 54.000 56.000 56.375 54.000 22113 2359 4 3:02 100.125 22.375
MFNX 33.000 0.188d 32.813 34.000 34.500 33.000 12854 1080 10 3:02 47.563 4.219

NXLK 105.250 -0.375d 105.625 106.375 107.500 103.125 6912 663 1 3:02 107.875 10.563
MCLD 28.813 -0.625d 29.438 30.063 30.063 27.250 6383 742 3 3:00 33.688 7.625
GTSG 33.875 -0.688d 34.563 34.938 35.000 33.438 10683 493 10 3:02 45.844 10.563

ISPs [EDIT This List]

Symbol Last Change Close Open Day Hi Day Lo Vol Trades Shrs Time 52wk Hi 52wk Lo
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ELNK 53.250 1.688u 51.563 53.000 53.750 52.250 4914 879 4 3:01 99.375 19.500
PSIX 55.813 0.938d 54.875 58.000 59.375 54.250 14077 2041 1 3:02 73.750 8.375
MSPG 41.000 0.813d 40.188 42.063 42.500 39.250 16664 3460 2 3:02 66.500 11.563
CNCX 26.813 0.500d 26.313 27.875 28.250 26.375 7341 925 6 3:00 57.625 7.125

WebHosting [EDIT This List]

Symbol Last Change Close Open Day Hi Day Lo Vol Trades Shrs Time 52wk Hi 52wk Lo
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EXDS 131.000 3.438d 127.563 131.250 132.750 127.625 14342 3436 3 3:02 148.188 7.750
ABOV 37.500 0.563d 36.938 38.000 38.813 37.438 3406 485 10 3:02 75.500 5.750
VRIO 80.125 -0.250d 80.375 81.375 81.625 79.750 2234 305 1 3:01 85.000 13.000

E*Portals [EDIT This List]

Symbol Last Change Close Open Day Hi Day Lo Vol Trades Shrs Time 52wk Hi 52wk Lo
------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ------ ------ ----- ----- --------- ---------
GNET 64.875 2.250d 62.625 66.500 66.500 62.625 9318 2158 1 3:02 99.500 3.203
LCOS 45.188 1.063d 44.125 46.188 46.375 44.813 19960 3631 2 3:02 72.688 10.000
INSP 55.125 -1.750d 56.875 57.250 58.625 53.500 9504 1725 5 3:01 72.625 9.750

E*Banking [EDIT This List]

Symbol Last Change Close Open Day Hi Day Lo Vol Trades Shrs Time 52wk Hi 52wk Lo
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TBFC 30.188 1.688u 28.500 29.500 30.375 28.750 2811 540 1 2:59 75.875 3.938
SONE 35.375 1.000u 34.375 35.250 36.125 34.500 1130 255 4 3:00 79.250 4.625
NTBK 23.813 0.188d 23.625 24.438 24.625 23.250 10437 1393 4 3:02 83.000 3.578

E*Brokers [EDIT This List]

Symbol Last Change Close Open Day Hi Day Lo Vol Trades Shrs Time 52wk Hi 52wk Lo
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AMTD 28.313 2.063u 26.250 28.125 28.688 26.750 33948 6011 2 3:02 62.781 1.875
NDB 39.750 1.250u 38.500 39.500 40.250 38.563 5707 985 57 3:01 93.000 8.125
EGRP 31.500 1.250u 30.250 31.188 31.750 30.250 32709 5383 1 3:02 72.250 2.500
SCH 45.938 0.313d 45.625 46.375 47.063 45.563 22723 1479 N/A 2:57 77.500 9.250

NITE 43.188 -1.000d 44.188 45.000 45.375 42.188 36465 6916 1 3:02 81.625 2.250

E*Software [EDIT This List]

Symbol Last Change Close Open Day Hi Day Lo Vol Trades Shrs Time 52wk Hi 52wk Lo
------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ------ ------ ----- ----- --------- ---------
VRSN 78.750 3.500u 75.250 77.000 80.000 74.750 6516 1349 3 3:01 96.750 9.688
NSOL 72.688 1.813u 70.875 72.375 73.625 72.000 3517 778 5 3:02 153.750 10.500
BVSN 66.000 1.563u 64.438 65.625 67.250 61.375 7503 1009 40 3:00 80.000 9.250
INTU 84.438 1.250u 83.188 83.625 85.125 79.875 7831 1194 10 3:00 110.750 26.250

VERT 91.125 0.625d 90.500 92.000 92.750 88.500 2627 356 1 3:01 149.000 34.750

E*Misc [EDIT This List]

Symbol Last Change Close Open Day Hi Day Lo Vol Trades Shrs Time 52wk Hi 52wk Lo
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GMST 66.000 1.500u 64.500 65.875 68.250 63.625 5225 728 4 2:55 77.500 15.500
STRM 40.063 0.813d 39.250 40.938 41.500 39.125 2899 529 2 3:00 70.000 24.000
PHCM 72.875 -0.375d 73.250 75.500 77.500 71.750 1273 415 2 2:56 89.750 32.250

PCs [EDIT This List]

Symbol Last Change Close Open Day Hi Day Lo Vol Trades Shrs Time 52wk Hi 52wk Lo
------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ------ ------ ----- ----- --------- ---------
BBY 71.688 4.438u 67.250 68.625 72.000 68.625 12585 1015 3 2:57 80.500 15.969
GTW 74.500 3.813u 70.688 72.438 74.750 71.125 12423 1052 3 2:57 84.500 36.125
AAPL 53.313 2.375u 50.938 52.625 53.938 52.500 26029 2890 25 3:02 56.625 28.500

SemiCapX_EDA [EDIT This List]

Symbol Last Change Close Open Day Hi Day Lo Vol Trades Shrs Time 52wk Hi 52wk Lo
------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ------ ------ ----- ----- --------- ---------
TER 76.313 5.063u 71.250 72.750 76.313 72.625 11283 698 22 2:57 79.250 15.000
SNPS 56.813 3.438u 53.375 54.250 56.875 54.125 8130 893 1 3:02 63.250 24.500
AMAT 72.125 2.750u 69.375 70.125 72.688 69.969 43399 6309 7 3:02 79.938 21.563
NVLS 60.688 2.625u 58.063 59.547 62.313 58.875 10663 1938 5 3:01 75.875 20.875

KLAC 65.125 2.438u 62.688 64.000 65.750 63.000 10099 1878 2 3:00 73.063 20.750
LRCX 47.000 2.250u 44.750 45.500 48.125 45.375 8196 778 9 2:59 52.063 8.375

Semis [EDIT This List]

Symbol Last Change Close Open Day Hi Day Lo Vol Trades Shrs Time 52wk Hi 52wk Lo
------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ------ ------ ----- ----- --------- ---------
TXN 142.438 7.188u 135.250 140.000 143.375 138.375 28333 2369 5 2:57 155.375 45.375
PMCS 78.500 6.688u 71.813 73.875 78.813 73.750 9325 2076 2 3:02 86.625 11.438
RFMD 71.438 5.875u 65.563 71.000 72.375 68.000 7323 1442 2 3:00 86.625 6.125
BRCM 118.688 5.750u 112.938 115.938 120.250 115.125 25560 5106 3 3:02 149.500 23.500

RMBS 98.875 5.625u 93.250 96.000 99.625 95.000 8139 1935 1 3:02 117.500 45.000
VTSS 62.000 4.500u 57.500 58.438 62.000 58.438 14829 1763 9 3:02 73.875 17.125
CREE 72.125 4.375u 67.750 70.000 74.250 70.000 4122 583 1 3:00 82.000 10.500
LSCC 57.813 3.938u 53.875 55.250 58.750 54.750 2426 382 1 3:01 64.500 18.875

QLGC 146.000 3.375d 142.625 147.000 147.000 143.813 3619 546 1 3:02 158.000 23.500
LLTC 62.813 2.938u 59.875 61.375 63.750 60.500 12974 1979 10 3:02 75.750 19.563
TXCC 44.750 2.375u 42.375 43.188 46.063 43.125 2952 369 10 3:01 52.250 7.328
XLNX 61.125 2.125u 59.000 60.250 61.516 59.375 19018 2263 8 3:02 65.125 14.875

TQNT 46.000 1.938u 44.063 44.250 46.250 44.250 4540 794 11 3:01 51.875 7.328
MCHP 48.063 1.188u 46.875 47.625 49.250 46.625 3257 567 2 3:02 54.938 17.000
ALTR 36.875 0.875- 36.000 36.875 38.000 36.125 24540 2766 5 3:02 46.875 14.531
MMCN 44.000 0.625d 43.375 44.250 45.000 43.500 2172 216 3 3:01 51.500 7.750

GALT 55.500 0.500d 55.000 56.500 57.875 55.375 3683 362 2 2:45 64.750 6.625
AMCC 89.125 -0.375d 89.500 90.125 92.000 87.375 3869 511 3 2:53 95.000 12.250

Software [EDIT This List]

Symbol Last Change Close Open Day Hi Day Lo Vol Trades Shrs Time 52wk Hi 52wk Lo
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CTXS 52.500 5.063u 47.438 50.000 52.750 49.000 23357 2622 500 3:02 65.250 23.125
MERQ 44.250 2.563u 41.688 42.125 44.750 42.125 4107 367 13 2:58 45.875 10.563
EFII 56.500 2.500u 54.000 54.750 56.625 54.500 4313 435 10 3:02 60.375 13.500
SEBL 61.000 2.438u 58.563 60.375 61.250 60.000 9238 972 50 3:02 67.375 15.125

ORCL 37.313 2.313u 35.000 35.563 37.313 35.281 N/A 6550 7 3:02 41.156 12.125
BMCS 52.125 1.875u 50.250 51.500 52.250 50.938 31782 2435 3 3:02 64.875 30.000
CA 48.500 1.875u 46.625 48.000 48.500 47.000 15299 585 482 3:01 58.000 26.000
ADBE 86.750 1.063u 85.688 86.125 87.500 85.188 4195 635 4 3:02 93.625 23.625

RATL 34.875 0.938u 33.938 34.625 35.000 34.000 5919 492 4 3:01 40.000 10.500
CHKP 62.063 0.688d 61.375 62.313 63.750 61.500 2532 514 3 2:59 67.313 10.875
CPWR 26.938 0.688u 26.250 26.875 27.250 26.625 22016 1905 10 3:02 39.906 16.375
LGTO 76.375 -0.813d 77.188 78.063 78.750 75.250 7062 784 25 2:50 82.813 27.500

VRTS 54.563 -2.688d 57.250 57.000 57.125 53.063 27285 1995 5 3:02 63.438 11.875

ECM [EDIT This List]

Symbol Last Change Close Open Day Hi Day Lo Vol Trades Shrs Time 52wk Hi 52wk Lo
------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ------ ------ ----- ----- --------- ---------
SLR 65.625 2.813u 62.813 63.750 65.813 63.500 7683 715 100 2:57 73.250 19.406
SANM 68.875 2.250u 66.625 68.438 70.125 67.875 7424 739 20 3:02 83.500 19.625
FLEX 47.125 0.625d 46.500 47.500 47.750 45.250 6990 567 15 3:00 60.250 10.984
JBL 43.625 -0.125d 43.750 44.125 44.688 43.125 6213 291 3 2:55 55.375 11.500

Misc [EDIT This List]

Symbol Last Change Close Open Day Hi Day Lo Vol Trades Shrs Time 52wk Hi 52wk Lo
------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ------ ------ ----- ----- --------- ---------
NTAP 54.750 2.375u 52.375 53.188 55.000 52.938 3687 629 1 3:00 67.000 16.000
EXTR 54.125 1.875u 52.250 53.000 55.000 53.000 2324 317 1 2:51 71.125 35.063
ADIC 40.313 -2.688d 43.000 43.000 43.375 40.000 931 220 2 3:00 49.875 6.125

Banks_Brokers [EDIT This List]

Symbol Last Change Close Open Day Hi Day Lo Vol Trades Shrs Time 52wk Hi 52wk Lo
------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ------ ------ ----- ----- --------- ---------
MWD 96.813 4.188u 92.625 93.500 97.000 92.750 11506 855 3 2:56 116.938 36.500
MER 73.500 1.563u 71.938 72.750 73.625 72.063 16963 1521 34 2:57 102.500 35.750
GS 64.625 1.375u 63.250 64.250 64.688 63.313 4681 320 50 2:57 77.250 60.500
C 47.938 0.813- 47.125 47.938 48.250 47.500 61801 2498 17 2:57 51.750 19.000

Bios_Drugs [EDIT This List]

Symbol Last Change Close Open Day Hi Day Lo Vol Trades Shrs Time 52wk Hi 52wk Lo
------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ------ ------ ----- ----- --------- ---------
AMGN 73.750 0.750u 73.000 73.688 74.750 72.250 28131 2891 4 3:02 81.375 28.969
BGEN 68.625 0.688d 67.938 69.000 69.000 66.750 18459 1680 50 3:01 76.625 20.875
PFE 35.500 0.188d 35.313 35.625 35.750 34.938 61910 4981 1053 3:02 50.031 28.656
IMNX 111.969 -0.156d 112.125 114.375 115.250 108.938 3789 930 1 3:02 145.875 23.938

Laser [EDIT This List]

Symbol Last Change Close Open Day Hi Day Lo Vol Trades Shrs Time 52wk Hi 52wk Lo
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VISX 100.313 1.750u 98.563 100.125 100.750 96.875 8903 2029 1 3:02 102.313 10.484
BEAM 25.063 -1.188d 26.250 27.188 29.375 24.063 N/A 22053 4 3:02 27.188 3.000



To: Clint E. who wrote (22327)7/28/1999 1:11:00 AM
From: Clint E.  Respond to of 69990
 
EBay shares fall after earnings,,Online auctioneer beats profit estimate by a penny

NEW YORK (CBS.MW) -- Shares of EBay lost more than 4 percent the day after the online auctioneer reported that second-quarter sales surged but earnings fell 70 percent as it invested more in its business.



EBay (EBAY: news, msgs) dropped 4 13/16, or 4.6 percent, to 99 9/16, near its lows for the session.

After the market closed Monday, the San Jose,Calif.-based Internet auctioneer posted net income of $816,000, compared to $2.73 million in the year-ago quarter. Excluding noncash and one-time related charges, EBay posted a $5.1 million profit, or 4 cents a share, surpassing the consensus analyst estimate by a penny a share.

Quarterly sales rose 154 percent to $49.5 million. EBay also reported gross merchandise sales of $622 million, up 346 percent from the same period a year ago.

This far surpasses the growth of the Web, said EBay Chief Executive Meg Whitman on a conference call with analysts.

The primary contributor to EBay's sales was growth in traffic. EBay said the number of registered users increased by a record 1.7 million in the quarter to 5.6 million, up 556 percent from the year-ago period. That's far ahead of what Lauren Cooks Levitan, an Internet analyst at BancBoston Robertson Stephens, had anticipated. Levitan had estimated new users on the order of 4.3 million. EBay hosted 29.4 million auctions in the quarter.

EBay boasts 50 percent more traffic a day than the next competing site, according to the latest Media Metrix numbers, said Whitman. That's because "from quilts to waffle irons, it's all on EBay," she added.

Future spending

Still, a primary concern for EBay is how the company will avoid future technical outages and how much it plans to spend to support increasing activity, said analysts.

It's clear the company has technical issues to deal with, said Sara Zeilstra, an Internet analyst at Warburg Dillon Read.

"They had a major outage, and we need to find out what the nature of that situation is," said Faye Landes, an Internet analyst at Thomas Weisel Partners.

A nearly all-day outage on EBay's auction site in mid-June caused EBay's shares to suffer their sharpest one-day percentage decline ever, a loss of 18 percent, or $4 billion in stock market value. At the time, EBay said the problem could squeeze some 10 percent from sales in the second quarter.

On the conference call, Whitman said system scalability has always been a priority but the company doubled its efforts on that front in light of the outage. Among the initiatives taken to prevent future glitches, the company has strengthened its engineering staff and added key management talent to the engineering team, it said.

Multiple contraction

While EBay shares recovered some strength in after-hours trading once its earnings were reported, analysts and investors don't expect the stock to return soon to the all-time highs struck back in April.

In the spring months, investors drove EBay shares north of 200, bringing the company's market value to some $24 billion. Since then, it's been a rough ride, with the company plagued by outages and a generally weaker Internet sector, weighed down by interest-rate concerns.

Currently, EBay's market cap stands at roughly $13.4 billion. With estimated sales in 2000 of $281 million, that translates to a price-to-sales multiple of 47, far below the 124-times-sales multiple it traded at in April.

"What you've got is a stock suffering a crisis in confidence," said Levitan. "Even though they're addressing the back-end infrastructure problems, investors are still skittish."

Analysts expect EBay's management team to shed light on technical issues when it holds its first analysts day in San Jose on Aug. 9.