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Technology Stocks : Applied Materials No-Politics Thread (AMAT) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Proud_Infidel who wrote (6065)	5/8/2003 3:33:05 PM
From: The Ox	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 25522

Applied Materials' July calls were active with much of the volume accounted by an institutional buyer of July 17.50 calls. It isn't clear what drove the seemingly bullish positioning; the call buyer likely is bracing for a strong performance from the chip equipment company over the next two months. Applied Materials has already gained about 13% over the past month and is scheduled to report quarterly earnings May 13.