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Technology Stocks : How high will Microsoft fly? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: jz who wrote (9377)	7/16/1998 10:13:00 PM
From: jz	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74651

FYI, U.S. OPTIONS/OEX holds premium, await Microsoft Q4 <<Implied volatility in Microsoft options held steady at about 35 percent in the August contracts, unchanged from Wednesday. ''We're seeing the same pattern of large put sales by institutions,'' said Doug Rountree, a trader in the Microsoft pit at the Pacific Exchange. Microsoft was expected to post a fiscal fourth quarter profit of $0.48 per share, according to a First Call survey. Rountree said options traders were speculating on a slightly better ''whisper number'' of $0.50 or more.>> biz.yahoo.com John