SecurityStockWatch.com 100 Index Monthly Chart - March 2006

SSW 100 Index Up for Fifth Consecutive Record in March

The SSW 100 Index jumped 4.4% in March from 211 to 220 to post its fifth consecutive record month. It far outpaced the majors once more. The NASDAQ led the majors with an advance of 2.6% from 2,281 to 2,340 (171 to 175 on a comparable index basis) while both the Dow and the S&P lagged behind with only 1.1% advances. The Dow rose from 10.993 to 11,109 (132 to 133 on a comparable index basis) and the S&P moved from 1,281 to 1,295 (146 to 147 on a comparable index basis).

Advancers outpaced decliners by a 2 to 1 margin, 67 to 32 with one even. One fourth of the SSW 100 Index gained more than 10%. Of those, fourteen jumped by more than 15%. Only 8 of the decliners fell by more than 10%.

Rising by more than 20% were:

Authentidate up 56% to $3.90
Geo Group up 48% to $33.34
CyberSource up 33% to $11.16
AVANT Immunotherapeutics up 27% to $2.51
WatchGuard Technologies up 26% to $5.10
LaserCard up 23% to $22.50
American Science & Engineering up 23% to $93.40
Analogic up 23% to $66.20
TRC Companies up 23% to $13.53
RSA Security up 22% to $17.94
Entrust up 22% to $4.50 

Dropping by more than 10% were:

Calgon Carbon down 21% to $6.15
Novell down 19% to $7.68
Ceradyne down 18% to $49.90
Applied Signal Technology down 15% to $19.83
SAFLINK down 12% to $0.85
Strategic Diagnostics down 11% to $3.32
Fargo Electronics down 11% to $16.91
Clean Harbors down 10% to $29.67

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