To: IQBAL LATIF who wrote (24887 ) 4/1/1999 11:02:00 PM From: IQBAL LATIF Respond to of 50167
Dow's Best and Worst Performers in 1999's First Quarter > > New York, March 31 (Bloomberg) -- Citigroup Inc. was the Dow > Jones Industrial Average's best performer for 1999's first > quarter, gaining more than 28 percent since the beginning of the > year. Philip Morris Co., the world's largest tobacco company, was > the 30-stock Dow average's biggest loser, slipping more than 34 > percent. > > Best Performers > > Citigroup +28.6% > United Technologies +24.5% > General Motors +21.4% > McDonalds +18.0% > J.P. Morgan +17.4% > American Expres +14.6% > Wal-Mart Stores +13.2% > Johnson & Johnson +11.7% > AlliedSignal +11.0% > Alcoa +10.5% > > > Worst Performers > > Philip Morris -34.2% > Eastman Kodak -11.3% > Coca-Cola - 8.4% > International Paper - 5.9% > International Business Machines - 3.9% > Exxon - 3.5% > Goodyear Tire & Rubber - 1.2% > Hewlett-Packard - 0.7% > Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing - 0.5% > Caterpillar - 0.1% > > > S&P 500's Best and Worst Performers in First Quarter > > New York, March 31 (Bloomberg) -- LSI Logic Corp. was the > Standard & Poor's 500 Index's best performer for 1999's first > quarter, rising 93 percent. Service Corp. International, the > world's largest funeral home and cemetery company, was the S&P > 500's biggest loser, slipping 63 percent. > > > Best Performers > > LSI Logic +93.4% > Sprint (PCS) +91.6% > Aeroquip-Vickers +91.4% > America Online +88.2% > Charles Schwab +71.1% > Nextel +55.0% > Tandy +54.9% > Circuit City +53.4% > Frontier Corp. +52.6% > Boston Scientific +51.3% > > > Worst Performers > > Service Corp. -62.6% > Rite Aid -50.0% > 3Com -48.0% > Advanced Micro -46.6% > Harnischfeger -44.2% > Laidlaw -42.2% > Compuware -38.9% > Data General -38.4% > American Greetings -38.2% > Fluor -36.5% > > > Nasdaq 100 Best- and Worst- Performers in First Quarter > > New York, March 31 (Bloomberg) -- CMGI Inc. was the Nasdaq > 100 Index's best performer for 1999's first quarter, gaining more > than 243 percent since the beginning of the year. Network > Associaties Inc., the top maker of computer security software, > was the index's biggest loser, slipping more than 53 percent. > > > Best-Performers > > CMGI Inc. +243.8% > Qualcomm +140.1% > At Home +112.1% > Level 3 Communications + 68.8% > Amazon.com + 60.8% > Nextel + 55.0% > Sun Microsystems + 46.1% > Applied Materials + 44.5% > Qwest Communications + 44.2% > NTL + 44.2% > > > Worst-Performers > > Network Associates - 53.7% > 3Com - 48.0% > American Power - 44.3% > Tech Data - 43.0% > Compuware - 38.9% > Cambridge Technologies - 37.3% > Concord - 35.0% > Micron - 32.1% > Miller - 32.1% > Lincare Holdings - 30.7% >