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To: Les H who wrote (42198)3/4/2000 12:14:00 PM
From: Les H  Respond to of 99985
 
Advance/Decline and Moving Average Relationships For Oil & Gas Sector: Mar 3, 2000

percent stocks advance percent stocks over MA
sub-sector 5 d 21 d 63 d 250d 10 d 21 d 50 d 200d
---------------------- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
Drilling - 17 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
Field Services - 31 82 82 79 86 82 86 86 57
Intl Integrated - 13 54 23 8 77 54 15 8 8
Intl Specialty - 3 67 33 33 100 67 67 33 67
Machinery - 16 94 88 100 100 94 94 94 88
Prod & Pipeline - 16 100 69 63 56 88 88 69 44
Refin & Mktg - 17 71 35 29 53 71 59 41 24
US Exploration - 42 90 76 69 93 86 83 76 60
US Integrated - 8 100 25 0 63 100 63 13 0
US Royalty Trust - 5 60 60 60 40 60 40 40 40



To: Les H who wrote (42198)3/11/2000 12:11:00 PM
From: Les H  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 99985
 
Advance/Decline and Moving Average Relationships By Sector: Mar 10, 2000

percent stocks advance percent stocks over MA
sector 5 d 21 d 63 d 250d 10 d 21 d 50 d 200d
---------------------- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
General Market 03/10 43 48 50 51 52 52 47 46
03/03 66 50 50 52 62 52 49 46
low 3 02/25 30 39 45 49 36 38 41 42
high 3 02/17 46 41 48 51 47 47 48 45
low 2 01/28 25 45 55 48 26 39 46 44
high 2 01/14 54 63 62 49 62 62 59 49
low 1 01/05 35 48 51 46 38 48 50 44
high 1 12/31 65 58 56 49 72 66 61 48
low 10/18 16 24 26 51 19 23 24 35

Aerospace/Defense 36 38 57 30 34 40 40 28
Apparel (incl Retail) 39 48 35 36 57 57 38 22
Automotive 46 32 32 24 56 54 29 24
Banks 11 10 5 9 16 11 8 5
Biotechnology 22 90 94 96 28 61 93 99
Building/Construction 39 32 30 26 47 45 25 15
Chemical 25 27 35 37 37 34 21 23
Commercial Svcs 48 46 52 49 55 52 46 50
Computer Equipment 57 80 77 81 71 76 83 83
Consumer Nondurable 27 22 20 7 34 20 17 15
Drug (excl Biotech) 48 54 67 52 48 54 55 62
Electronics (incl Semi) 60 83 88 91 71 82 87 88
Environmental 32 32 36 32 36 45 36 36
Financial (incl S&L) 26 31 29 30 39 41 33 26
Foods 18 19 21 16 23 22 16 12
Healthcare 40 50 60 48 49 52 52 49
Household Products 25 20 28 35 30 30 28 25
Insurance 20 16 16 13 23 19 10 7
Internet 54 57 58 63 64 63 61 68
Leisure 51 41 33 41 50 49 40 29
Machinery 26 30 34 47 40 30 28 17
Media 26 29 35 58 38 31 29 44
Metals (excl Gold) 36 35 29 49 42 38 23 21
Oil & Gas 68 81 75 78 75 85 75 58
Paper Products & Pkg 40 24 14 30 52 38 14 10
Real Estate 32 23 51 23 38 34 19 14
Retail 36 36 33 33 49 46 28 22
Semiconductors 60 88 98 100 74 87 96 99
Software 57 72 75 82 70 74 75 82
Telecommunications 63 81 86 90 75 81 86 90
Transportation 32 38 32 28 49 44 32 21
Utilities 37 25 25 33 46 35 27 19

New Highs and Lows for Market ( 3710 stocks sans CEFs, ETFs)

sector 20-days 40-days 63-days 1-year
---------------------- --------- --------- --------- ---------
General Market 03/10 398 - 336 304 - 278 262 - 241 212 - 181
03/03 544 - 244 406 - 186 359 - 155 298 - 118
03/01 594 - 368 463 - 295 425 - 251 338 - 179
low 3 02/25 293 - 696 239 - 570 216 - 484 190 - 314
high 3 02/17 462 - 456 379 - 333 340 - 267 278 - 188
low 2 01/28 92 - 631 73 - 401 64 - 311 40 - 188
high 2 01/14 582 - 197 407 - 130 363 - 97 229 - 63
low 1 01/04 113 - 548 74 - 375 65 - 266 32 - 153
high 1 12/31 679 - 111 468 - 74 402 - 54 262 - 35
low 10/18 72 - 904 48 - 715 32 - 613 22 - 289

New 20-day Highs and Lows By Sector

sector num 03/10/00 03/03/00 02/25/00 02/18/00
---------------------- --- --------- --------- --------- ---------
Aerospace/Defense 47 3 - 6 3 - 6 2 - 5 3 - 11
Apparel (incl Retail) 88 5 - 6 14 - 4 2 - 19 2 - 23
Automotive 41 4 - 5 4 - 2 2 - 9 0 - 10
Banks 112 2 - 25 4 - 13 2 - 38 1 - 66
Biotechnology 72 1 - 3 21 - 0 17 - 1 23 - 0
Building/Construction 110 8 - 9 9 - 14 2 - 32 5 - 25
Chemical 71 6 - 8 6 - 9 0 - 20 4 - 19
Commercial Services 259 31 - 23 22 - 18 9 - 50 12 - 52
Computer Equipment 127 27 - 2 32 - 3 18 - 10 11 - 11
Consumer Nondurable 41 1 - 14 2 - 4 1 - 18 2 - 10
Drug (excl Biotech) 70 8 - 6 8 - 4 10 - 13 9 - 14
Electronics (incl Semi) 241 66 - 6 78 - 5 43 - 12 29 - 12
Environmental 22 1 - 2 2 - 5 3 - 5 1 - 3
Financial (incl S&L) 124 9 - 21 18 - 11 6 - 26 2 - 46
Foods 56 1 - 13 3 - 14 4 - 25 1 - 16
Healthcare 174 12 - 11 31 - 8 21 - 30 20 - 23
Household Products 40 0 - 7 3 - 5 2 - 4 0 - 5
Insurance 98 4 - 17 5 - 18 1 - 24 0 - 30
Internet 317 48 - 20 55 - 13 31 - 44 22 - 59
Leisure 120 12 - 13 8 - 16 11 - 22 2 - 22
Machinery 48 5 - 6 4 - 2 0 - 17 1 - 12
Media 84 6 - 16 8 - 2 2 - 25 4 - 36
Metals (excl Gold) 78 3 - 13 1 - 3 4 - 25 4 - 14
Oil & Gas 165 16 - 2 37 - 6 6 - 29 5 - 27
Paper Products & Pkg 50 1 - 7 2 - 7 1 - 20 0 - 19
Real Estate 104 4 - 9 7 - 11 3 - 22 0 - 18
Retail 254 12 - 21 24 - 14 7 - 56 4 - 75
Semiconductors 121 36 - 0 48 - 0 24 - 2 12 - 1
Software 178 33 - 6 49 - 3 28 - 11 20 - 16
Telecommunications 216 51 - 4 65 - 1 48 - 6 21 - 24
Transportation 88 5 - 10 12 - 4 5 - 18 5 - 13
Utilities 112 11 - 13 9 - 9 0 - 55 4 - 51

Highlights:

(1) Biotechs turned negative on new highs/new lows;
short-term A/D low (20's) and could portend a short, small bounce mid-week

(2) Semiconductors hit 100% A/D for 1-year A/D
Biotechs hit 100% at the February top

(3) Media continues intermediate-term decline since AOL-TWX merger

Highlighted Sector - Internet

sub-sector num Highs/Lows Stocks Making 20-day Highs
---------------------- --- ---------- ------------------------------
Content Aggregators 18 1 - 0 LOOK
Financial Services 19 4 - 1 ABWG, AMTD, ESPD, SCH
Incubator/Venture Funds 8 2 - 0 ICGE, SFE
Internet Access Providers 28 3 - 5 GEEK, IGLD, RCNC
Miscellaneous Services 40 7 - 0 AKAM, BWAY, DIGX, FFIV, NAVI, NTSL, XLA
Marketing/Advertising 22 3 - 1 EPNY, MMXI, NETP
Retailing 46 4 - 6 COOL, EBAY, PCLN, VUSA
Security 17 4 - 0 CHKP, DMRC, SNWL, WGRD
Software 54 15 - 1 ALLR, BWEB, CLRS, CYCH, INTW, IWOV, KANA, MACR,
ONDS, PHCM, RAMP, TIBX, VIAD, VIGN, VRTY
Specialty Content 65 5 - 6 EDGR, IPIX, ITVU, NETS, SPLN