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Biotech / Medical : Ligand (LGND) Breakout! -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Alper H.YUKSEL who wrote (14375)	2/6/1998 4:43:00 PM
From: WTDEC	Respond to of 32384

Alper - Agree with you on new analyst coverage soon. I also feel LGND will file NDA very soon. This would reinforce what they said in the press release and further build investor confidence. Would be interested in Henry's thoughts on these points. Regards, WTD

To: Alper H.YUKSEL who wrote (14375)	2/6/1998 5:07:00 PM
From: Henry Niman	Respond to of 32384

Alper, Although I didn't see last night's numbers as a surprise, they certainly looked good in Reuter's table of earning's surprises that came out this afternoon (which may have helped convinced buyers to buy 25K worth of LGND after the close at 12 15/16): US corporate earnings surprise by Zacks - Feb 6 NEW YORK, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Earnings surprise data provided by Zacks Investment Research. The following companies reported the greatest deviations above or below analysts' mean estimates. Company Ticker Actual Cons Surp. EPS Est. % EL PASO ELEC CO EE.A 0.09 $0.05 80 LIGAND PHARMA-B LGND.O -0.09 -$0.27 67 BIO-RAD LABS BIOa.A 0.42 $0.30 40 US REST PPTYS USV.N 0.24 $0.18 33 YURIE SYSTEMS YURI.O 0.12 $0.09 33 PREMIER RESRCH PRWW.O -0.04 -$0.06 33 CENTRAL GARDEN CENT.O -0.02 -$0.03 33 CARRAMER REALTY CRE.N 0.36 $0.28 29 PAR TECH PTC.N -0.19 -$0.13 -46 CNET INC CNWK.O -0.62 -$0.42 -48 MERIDIAN DATA MDCD.O -0.31 -$0.20 -55 MICROPROSE INC MPRS.O -0.38 -$0.24 -58 BELL MICROPRODS BELM.O 0.01 $0.05 -80 CHECK TECH CTCQ.O -0.02 -$0.01 -100 THERMO TERRATEC TTT.A -0.02 $0.09 -122 REUTERS Rtr 14:26 02-06-98

To: Alper H.YUKSEL who wrote (14375)	2/6/1998 8:36:00 PM
From: Henry Niman	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 32384

Alper, The initial move up was almost exclusively retail and almost every trade was at or near the ask. After the price ran to 13 1/2, some selling came in and there were several swaps by the big boys. The biggest volume day recently was 1.5 million, but after that, I think that today's volume may have been the highest since this "Breakout!" thread began.