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To: Les H who wrote (35398)	12/18/1999 2:01:00 PM
From: Les H	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 99985

Potential cycle low in banks markets.tradingtech.com Advance/Decline and Moving Average Relationships By Sector Compare two rows per sector: top row is latest date December 17, 1999. bottom row is week ago December 10, 1999. percent stocks advance percent stocks over MA sector 5 d 21 d 63 d 250d 10 d 21 d 50 d 200d ---------------------- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Aerospace/Defense 51 40 19 17 43 49 40 13 23 40 11 19 28 26 30 13 Apparel (incl Retail) 44 37 34 46 46 37 38 29 25 42 29 49 29 38 30 29 Automotive 37 24 22 27 42 29 34 17 22 27 10 27 29 29 24 22 Banks 15 7 31 22 11 8 11 18 11 15 38 32 19 12 19 27 Biotechnology 60 70 69 71 54 66 76 74 46 73 64 73 57 73 76 76 Building/Construction 35 29 20 27 37 30 33 16 22 35 17 27 24 31 32 19 Chemical 64 44 42 49 56 51 52 30 24 32 25 48 28 28 41 24 Commercial Services 48 57 52 46 51 60 65 52 55 60 49 48 60 60 63 51 Computer Equipment 51 66 64 71 53 64 81 76 62 70 62 73 60 66 82 72 Consumer Nondurable 37 37 34 29 44 37 56 29 29 51 37 34 37 44 44 32 Drug (excl Biotech) 41 36 44 44 43 37 40 40 30 51 46 50 41 44 44 43 Electronics (incl Semi) 49 64 68 80 52 59 77 77 47 65 71 80 54 61 77 77 Environmental 27 36 31 18 23 27 41 23 18 50 32 14 32 41 41 18 Financial (incl S&L) 28 19 35 44 31 21 29 24 26 34 36 52 34 21 37 35 Foods 31 15 19 24 35 19 23 20 14 30 26 22 23 22 32 23 Healthcare 40 34 37 37 40 38 46 35 28 48 27 41 33 34 46 34 Household Products 58 45 38 33 55 48 45 28 28 43 33 38 28 33 45 23 Insurance 26 15 32 21 25 17 24 22 26 22 35 27 37 24 37 24 Internet 36 65 78 68 46 53 76 67 68 79 80 73 67 71 83 70 Leisure 35 36 34 43 35 36 40 37 35 43 36 47 36 40 42 38 Machinery 43 35 31 45 41 27 35 27 31 43 31 43 35 43 43 31 Media 45 65 71 79 55 76 72 71 78 72 72 83 79 83 79 73 Metals (excl Gold) 37 46 36 55 50 49 51 45 51 47 38 56 49 56 56 46 Oil & Gas 66 10 19 72 56 30 28 35 12 14 8 65 12 8 14 27 Paper Products & Pkg 44 32 38 54 58 58 50 38 48 44 28 54 64 48 58 38 Real Estate 65 22 8 14 69 44 27 7 17 11 3 12 15 11 11 3 Retail 41 38 36 40 41 34 42 30 28 43 34 43 31 38 41 30 Semiconductors 52 72 80 91 55 67 86 89 42 67 83 91 57 65 87 88 Software 47 80 79 74 56 72 87 80 68 86 78 76 72 79 88 79 Telecommunications 53 69 78 82 54 64 78 81 61 74 77 80 62 65 80 81 Transportation 40 36 34 42 44 40 38 27 36 38 30 45 40 37 40 26 Utilities 25 13 24 24 25 19 23 26 16 21 22 27 21 16 25 28 Clearly, Banks, Utilities, Insurance, and Finanshuls are bottom of the pack at the end of this week.