SecurityStockWatch.com 100 Index Monthly Chart - November 2005

SSW 100 Index Posts Record High in November

Rising 5.8% in November from 180 to 190 the SSW 100 Index hit the record high since its inception December 31, 2002. The NASDAQ and the S&P 500 also hit highs for the same period and it should be noted that the S&P 500 hit an all-time high of 1,269 on November 25. The NASDAQ had almost the same growth as the SSW 100 Index rising 5.3% from 2,120 to 2,233 (159 to 167 on a comparable index basis) while both the Dow and the S&P 500 rose 3.5%. The Dow moved from 10,440 to 10,806 (125 to 130 on a comparable index basis) and the S&P 500 from 1,207 to 1,249 (137 to 142 on a comparable index basis).

Gainers outpaced decliners by more than two to one with 68 rising and 32 dropping. The strength of the month is demonstrated by the fact that 35 stocks rose by more than 10% and, of those, 17 jumped by more than 15%. While on the down side only 8 stocks declined by more than 10%.

Those rising by more than 15% were:

Cepheid up 73% to $10.99
Viisage Technology up 38% to $6.34
Atmel up 37% to $3.35
Intelli-Check up 34% to $4.00
Abgenix up 32% to $13.71
AVANT Immunotherapeutics up 31% to $1.79
SPSS up 27% to $28.88
LaserCard up 21% to $10.60
Lightbridge up 21% to $9.87
Nuance Communications up 21% to $6.22
Ceradyne up 20% to $47.09
FLIR Systems up 18% to $24.80
Brink’s up 18% to $46.16
American Science & Engineering up 17% to $67.46
ISIS Pharmaceuticals up 17% to $5.07
Duratek up 15% to $16.41
Secure Computing up 15% to $13.74

Those dropping by more than 15% were: 

AuthentiDate down 27% to $1.91
Symantec down 26% to $17.61
Tumbleweed Communications down 15% to $2.91
Clean Harbors down 15% to $28.86
TRC Companies down 13% to $11.57
Strategic Diagnostics down 13% to $3.30
SAFLINK down 11% to $0.92
ManTech International down 10% to $25.04

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