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To: James F. Hopkins who wrote (2623)	12/22/1998 3:27:00 PM
From: James F. Hopkins	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 99985

TO ALL; Here are the NEW SECTOR SPDRs on first day of trading, these new funds ( trusts ) track sector indexes and can be bought , sold or shorted via your broker , unlike other most other funds these will trade like stocks, ie like the SPY or MDY or DIA SOON to come will be one that tracks the NDX ---------------------- Symbol Name Last Change Open Day's Range Volume 52-week Range Name Yield XLB BASIC INDS SPDR 20 53/64 0 0.00% 20 25/32 20 3/4 20 53/64 1,900 0 0 BASIC INDS SPDR N/A XLV CONSUMER SVCS 25 0 0.00% 24 13/16 24 13/16 25 1/16 5,200 0 0 CONSUMER SVCS N/A XLP CONSUMER STAPLES 26 1/2 0 0.00% 25 7/8 25 7/8 26 17/32 150,300 0 0 CONSUMER STAPLES N/A XLY CYCL/TRANSPORT 25 15/32 0 0.00% 25 5/16 25 5/16 25 15/32 3,700 0 0 CYCL/TRANSPORT N/A XLE THE ENERGY SPDR 23 7/32 0 0.00% 23 5/16 23 3/16 23 25/64 12,500 0 0 THE ENERGY SPDR N/A XLF THE FINANCIAL 23 5/16 0 0.00% 23 15/32 23 7/32 23 15/32 42,200 0 0 THE FINANCIAL N/A XLI THE INDUSTRIAL 23 9/32 0 0.00% 23 7/32 23 7/32 23 9/32 600 0 0 THE INDUSTRIAL N/A XLK THE TECHNOLOGY 32 11/64 0 0.00% 32 13/32 31 25/32 32 1/2 246,600 0 0 THE TECHNOLOGY N/A XLU THE UTILITIES 29 53/64 0 0.00% 30 1/4 29 53/64 30 1/4 7,900 0 0 THE UTILITIES N/A ------------------------ They are Not closed yet for the day anther way to view them is quote.yahoo.com after they trade a bit you can change the end of that url &d=1d to =5d or later =3ms or later yet = 1ys, I like the =1d & =5d for very short term trends. I suggest only fooling with them that trade over 100K, or the spread could eat you up. Jim