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To: Nancy who wrote (27243)	7/6/2000 3:36:59 PM
From: Johnny Canuck	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 68004

Trading in the financials and retailer indicate there is no conviction on what the employment report will say tomorrow. Retailer are amazing strong despite the negative news today. Players may be view this as the economy is slowing but not enough to be worried about. Strength in contract manufacturers on no news is a positive as they are the most sensitive to demand of products. *************************** 11:25 ET Feder. Dept Stores (FD) 29 15/16 -4 15/16 : Department store retailer's shares plunge 14% following announcement of a meager 0.5% increase in June same-store sales; the company also announced that it is concerned about the rise in credit delinquencies at its Fingerhut catalog unit in June, and continues to monitor the situation closely. 09:06 ET The Gap (GPS) 29 7/8: Retailer warns that weaker margins will lead to disappointing Q2 results; expects earnings to come in about 3 cents below Wall Street's mean view of $0.26 a share; company does not anticipate changes to the Q3 and Q4 range of analyst estimates 08:50 ET Ross Stores (ROST) 16 13/16: Discount retailer warns that Q2 earnings will likely post in the range of $0.43 to $0.44 a share, compared to the $0.49 expected by Wall Street; company also says that it is adopting a more cautious outlook for the 2nd-half of the year. *********************** Thu Jul 6 3:33pm ET - U.S. Markets close in 28 minutes. Dow 10521.78 +38.18 (+0.36%) Nasdaq 3950.44 +87.34 (+2.26%) S&P 500 1460.56 +14.33 (+0.99%) NYSE Volume 819,114,000 Nasdaq Volume 1,277,997,000 30-Yr Bond 5.900% +0.043 INTERNET 12 +0.5% Edit Delete Compare Telecom Equip 21 +1.1% Edit Delete Compare RETAIL 8 +3.5% Edit Delete Compare SOFTWARE1 13 +0.9% Edit Delete Compare DSL 6 +1.6% Edit Delete Compare DWDM 15 -0.6% Edit Delete Compare Financials1 7 +2.2% Edit Delete Compare Carriers1 6 -0.4% Edit Delete Compare Telecom Construction1 3 -2.4% Edit Delete Compare networkers1 4 -1.8% Edit Delete Compare Contract Manufacturers 5 +3.5% Edit Delete Compare Tier 2, D-WDM 15 -1.1% Edit Delete Compare Broadband Cable 1 8 +5.3% Edit Delete Compare Harry's current watchlist 32 +2.0% Edit Delete Compare DOW 10 +0.8% Edit Delete Compare XML 15 +1.7% Edit Delete Compare Internet Security 20 +1.4% Edit Delete Compare Supercoductors 5 -5.2% Edit Delete Compare Bull Sector-optical 84 +0.3% Edit Delete Compare Satellite Stocks1 3 +1.4% Edit Delete Compare Strong Stocks March 16 Correction 22 +1.2% Edit Delete Compare Biotechs 9 -2.9% Edit Delete Compare CHIP EQUIPMENT 13 +3.1% Edit Delete Compare CHIPS1 18 +3.7% Edit Delete Compare MEMS 2 +0.6% Edit Delete Compare April 11 strong stocks1 16 +1.4% Edit Delete Compare Day Traders 12 +0.6% Edit Delete Compare Genomics 9 +0.1% Edit Delete Compare Incubators 8 +1.3% Edit Delete Compare