Eyes On The SOX
Comments by Alan Greenspan over the weekend in Singapore that he sees no
serious signs of inflation on the horizon are giving stocks a slight lift Monday. All
three major averages finished positive Friday, and the Maestro’s comments appear
to be helping the Nasdaq and S&P lean positive while the Dow is slightly in
the red.
The Nasdaq lost just 4.5% last week, and it was very constructive for the
tech-laden index that it and the SOX index finished above their respective
50-day moving averages.
The Nasdaq futures are up 12 points, and the Dow futures are
down 12 points.
The S&Ps look to open up a points while the yield on the
10-year Treasury is down to 5.34%.
Monday Movers
Traders will be keeping an eye on the all-important semis, since tech will
most definitely need the group if it is to move higher. Among the chips, Applied
Materials
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51.61 following a Friday close of 51.32.
An upgrade by S.G. Cowen has Yahoo
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Yahoo closed Friday up 1.35 to 19.46 and is currently trading up to 20.58 in
pre-market activity.
WorldCom
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currently trading up to 18.35 on heavy pre-market volume. WorldCom closed Friday
up .23 to 18.07.
Redback Networks
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currently trading up to 16.15 following a Friday close of 15.52.