SecurityStockWatch.com 100 Index Monthly Chart - May 2006

SSW 100 Index Down Sharply in May

The SSW 100 Index was down 5.9% in May dropping from 218 to 205. Of the majors only the NASDAQ fell more, going down 6.2% from 2,323 to 2.179 (174 to 163 on a comparable index basis). The S&P 500 dropped by half as much or 3.1% going from 1,311 to 1,270 (149 to 144 on a comparable index basis) while the Dow only dropped by a third as much or 1.8% going down from 11,367 to 11,168 (136 to 134 on a comparable index basis).

In this particularly bad month decliners outnumbered gainers by a three to one margin: 74 down, 25 up and one even. Only five rose by more than 10%. Thirty one fell by more than 10% with 7 of those dropping more than 20%.

The five up by more than 10% were:

Fargo Electronics up 34% to $24.83
Clean Harbors up 26% to $36.29
Cornell Companies up 16% to $15.80
Corrections Corp. of America up 14% to $51.15
RAE Systems up 12% to $4.00
 

Dropping by more than 20% were:

American Science and Engineering down 33% to $57.47
Nuance Communications down 32% to $8.72
SAFLINK down 32% to $0.50
RSA Security down 28% to $15.03
Identix down 20% to $5.90
Viisage Technology down 20% to $13.40
Applied Digital Solutions down 20% to $2.13

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