SecurityStockWatch.com 100 Index Monthly Chart - April 2006

SSW 100 Index Down for First Time in Six Months

The SSW 100 Index dropped 1.2% from 220 to 218 in April. It was its first decline in six months and uncharacteristically it underperformed against the majors. The NASDAQ was also down, dropping 0.7% from 2,340 to 2.323 (175 to 174 on a comparable index basis), but the Dow and the S&P were both up. The S&P rose 1.2% from 1.295 to 1,311 (147 to 149 on a comparable index basis) and the Dow rose even more sharply, up 2.3% from 11,109 to 11.367 (133 to 136 on a comparable index basis).

Decliners outpaced gainers by 48 to 41 with one even. Thirteen of the down issues dropped by more than 10%, with ten of those declining by more than 15%. Of the gainers, nine rose by more than 10%.

The nine up by more than 10% were:

M Systems Flash Disk Pioneers up 33% to $34.47
Transaction System Architects up 28% to $39.94
Calgon Carbon up 22% to $7.49
Mercury Computer Systems up 18% to $19.06
RSA Security up 17% to $20.94
Strategic Diagnostics up 16% to $3.85
Lightbridge up 15% to $12.72
Atmel up 11% to $5.24
SPSS up 10% to $34.86

Declining by more than 15% were:

AVANT Immunotherapeutics down 29% to $1.78
Entrust down 26% to $3.33
LaserCard down 24% to $17.00
SafeNet down 24% to $20.09
Authentidate down 21% to $3.08
Intelli-Check down 17% to $5.44
Magal Security Systems down 17% to $11.00
CyberSource down 16% to $9.34
Headwaters down 15% to $33.68
SRA International down 15% to $32.02

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