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To: Jorj X Mckie who wrote (46353)	8/15/2003 2:32:36 PM
From: Rainy_Day_Woman	Respond to of 57110

13:55 ET Dow -21 Nasdaq -2 S&P -2.98 NYAdv 1566 NYDec 1403 NQAdv 1413 NQDec 1388 [BRIEFING.COM] More of the same and in speaking with Briefing.com's contacts among institutional traders, the lack of enthusiasm for being at work today seems to be the prevalent theme given the total lack of direction or volume... Given the confluence of the power outage issues and a typical slow summer Friday, some individuals have called it a week and gone home early... In addition, some of our contacts did not even make it to work today given the power issues still being ironed out in New York... However, traders point to the possibility of some action at the end of the day related to today's expiration of stock options, index options, and single stock futures... NYSE Adv/Dec 1566/1403, Nasdaq Adv/Dec 1413/1388 3 day week-end opportunity