SecurityStockWatch.com 100 Index Monthly Chart - August 2006

SSW 100 Index Turns Up 3.7% in August 

After being down for four consecutive months, the SSW 100 Index turned up 3.7% in August from 195 to 203. The NASDAQ outpaced our index increasing 4.4% from 2,091 to 2,184 (157 to 164 on a comparable index basis) while the other two indexes lagged behind. The S&P 500 rose 2.1% from 1,277 to 1,304 (145 to 148 on a comparable index basis) and the Dow increased 1.7% from 11,186 to 11,381 (134 to 136 on a comparable index basis).

Gainers led decliners by more than a two to one margin with 67 up, 31 down and two even. Twenty-four of the gainers were up more than 10% and ten of those jumped by more than 20%. Eleven of the decliners dropped by more than 10% and five by more than 15%.

Jumping by more than 20% were:

ISIS Pharmaceuticals Inc. (ISIS) up 27% to $7.64
Analogic Corp. (ALOG) up 24% to $56.83
Entrust Inc. (ENTU) up 24% to $3.54
Strategic Diagnostics Inc. (SDIX) up 24% to $3.90
M Systems Flash Disk Pioneers Ltd. (FLSH) up 23% to $44.38
Internet Security Systems Inc. (ISSX) up 23% to $27.66
Intelli-Check Inc. (IDN) up 22% to $6.15
Shaw Group Inc. (SGR) up 22% to $25.16
Verint Systems Inc. (VRNT) up 21% to $33.05
Atmel Corp. (ATML) up 21% to $5.78

Declining by more than 15% were:

Calgon Carbon Corp. (CCC) down 23% to $4.67
LaserCard Corp. (LCRD) down 22% to %9.94
Checkfree Corp. (CKFR) down 20% to $35.80
RAE Systems Inc. (RAE) down 18% to $3.02
Nuance Communications, Inc. (NUAN) down 15% to $7.85

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