SecurityStockWatch.com 100 Index Monthly Chart - July 2006

SSW 100 Index Down 3.7% in July

The SSW 100 Index was down for the fourth consecutive month dropping 3.7% in July from 203 to 195. The NASDAQ also fell 3.7% from 2,172 to 2,091 (163 to 157 on a comparable index basis) while the other two indexes were actually up slightly. The S&P 500 rose 0.5% from 1,270 to 1,277 (144 to 1145 on a comparable index basis) and the Dow edged up 0.3% from 11,150 to 11,186 (134 in both months on a comparable index basis).

Decliners outpaced gainers by 65 to 35. On the plus side, thirteen gained than 10% and five of those rose more that 15%. Of the decliners, twenty-seven fell by more than 10% with eight falling by more than 20%.

Rising by more than 15% were:

Hollis-Eden Pharmaceuticals up 32% to $6.33
M Systems Flash Disk Pioneers up 21% to $36.00
Internet Security Systems up 19% to $22.49
The GEO Group up 18% to $41.22
SAFLINK up 16% to $0.43

The eight off by more than 20% were:

Secure Computing down 35% to $5.56
Aladdin Knowledge Systems down 28% to $14.57
Evergreen Solar down 27% to $9.43
Checkpoint Systems down 26% to $16.50
The Shaw Group down 26% to $20.69
Authentidate down 25% to $1.99
VeriSign down 23% to $17.93
Applied Digital Solutions down 22% to $1.48

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