Mixed Grill

A mixed day
any way you sliced it, but negative on
balance when you consider the Naz’s distributive behavior.

Intel
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, an important issue
to watch at this juncture, hit a three-month high before backing off by day’s
end.

Oracle
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, another key name,
briefly traded at lows not seen in six weeks.

Among groups, the brokers,
historically a leading indicator of market direction, put in another good
outing…they’ve been one of the market’s biggest allies, suggestive of a
kinder, gentler interest rate environment later in ’00.

Cephalon
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broke out of a
four-month base on heavy turnover.

Recent new issue Sonus Networks
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,
a telecom gear play, cleared a two-week range to a new high.

Flyer Tibco Software
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, up
159% in seven weeks, pulled back for the second day as it builds a lower-level
handle to go with its double bottom base.

Juniper continued carving a handle to
go with its three-month cup.

Rainbow Technologies
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broke
out of a four-month base on dense activity, then failed, closing below the lip.

Ditto for Cor Therapeutics
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Rambus
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disappointed,
taking out the low of its wide handle.

Redback
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remained in decent
shape in the wake of its swift downdraft of a week ago.

Art Tech
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, a big breakout
on Friday, came under distribution after running up about 12% intraday.