NASDAQ Market Intelligence Desk Statistical Report - For the Week Ending 9/03/04

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Attached is a statistical report generated by NASDAQ's Market Intelligence Desk (MID) that compiles market data from 20 different information sources to provide a comprehensive overview of the markets. This report, which is issued every Friday, will give you a market snapshot at the end of each week. The MID report will also be available on our website the following Monday at http://www.nasdaq.com/newsroom/stats/MID_Weekly_Stats.stm.

The NASDAQ Market Intelligence Desk Statistical report includes the following statistics:

--  A weekly snapshot of major market indices including the NASDAQ
    Composite, Dow Jones, S&P 500 and Russell 2000;
--  Performance data on sub-indices, such as the NASDAQ 100;
--  Sector analysis with metrics on the strongest and weakest performing
    industries;
--  Comparisons of the NASDAQ and NYSE market internals, including a
    breakdown of stocks marking 52 week highs and lows; and
--  An IPO and Listings scoreboard for NASDAQ and NYSE equity offerings.
    

                          Major Indices
                      Friday
Index                 Close  Weekly   MTD     1Q    2Q     3Q    4Q    YTD
The NASDAQ Composite  1844.48 -0.9%   0.3%  -0.5%  2.7%  -8.5%  0.0%  -7.9%
NASDAQ 100 Index      1371.82 -1.2%   0.2%  -2.0%  5.4%  -7.8%  0.0%  -6.5%
Dow Jones Industrial
 Average             10260.20  0.6%   0.8%  -0.9%  0.8%  -1.4%  0.0%  -1.9%
S&P 500 Index         1113.63  0.5%   0.9%   1.3%  1.3%  -2.0%  0.0%  -0.2%
Russell 2000 Index     556.24  0.8%   1.5%   6.0%  0.2%  -5.4%  0.0%  -0.1%
Philadelphia
 Semiconductor Index   357.84 -6.4%  -3.6%  -4.1% -0.4% -22.2%  0.0% -29.6%

                          Sub Indices
                      Friday
Index                 Close  Weekly   MTD     1Q    2Q     3Q    4Q    YTD
NASDAQ Financial
 - 100                2636.14  0.7%   0.9%   3.1% -1.9%   1.8%  0.0%   3.2%
NASDAQ Industrial     1562.05  1.2%   2.1%   4.0%  2.9%  -8.6%  0.0%  -2.6%
NASDAQ Transportation 1811.64  0.8%   1.5%  -2.3% 11.6%  -4.7%  0.0%   3.3%
NASDAQ Bank           2961.72  0.9%   2.9%   1.7% -1.3%   1.6%  0.0%   2.2%
NASDAQ
 Telecommunication     170.30 -1.2%   0.2%   0.2%  1.2%  -6.9%  0.0%  -7.2%
NASDAQ Insurance      3040.65  0.8%   1.0%   7.2%  2.4%  -1.3%  0.0%   8.6%
NASDAQ Computer        788.67 -2.9%  -1.1%  -5.1%  4.7% -12.6%  0.0% -15.6%
NASDAQ Biotechnology   704.09  0.1%   1.8%   7.5% -2.4%  -6.2%  0.0%  -2.8%

                       Sector Performance
                      Friday
Top 5 Performers      Close  Weekly   MTD     1Q    2Q     3Q    4Q    YTD
Trading Companies &
 Distributors          264.74  3.7%   2.2%   3.0%  8.0%   4.4%  0.0%  16.1%
Paper and
 Forest Products       261.18  3.6%   2.2%   4.6%  7.0%   4.1%  0.0%  16.5%
Food and
 Staples Retailing     243.84  2.7%   2.4%  14.7%  1.1%   2.5%  0.0%  18.9%
Materials               98.28  2.7%   2.3%  -0.3%  0.2%   2.6%  0.0%   2.5%
Household and
 Personal Products     188.99  2.6%   2.1%  11.8%  3.9%   1.4%  0.0%  17.7%

                      Friday
Bottom 5 Performers   Close  Weekly   MTD     1Q    2Q     3Q    4Q    YTD
Insurance              303.34 -1.5%   1.8%  -8.2% -1.7% -21.9%  0.0% -29.5%
Commercial Services &
 Supplies              123.70 -1.4%   2.4%   1.2% -0.4% -19.2%  0.0% -18.6%
Chemicals              185.09 -1.2%   0.3%  -6.4% -2.8%  -5.8%  0.0% -14.3%
Internet Software &
 Services               31.94 -0.8%   0.1%   5.6% -0.5%  -7.3%  0.0%  -2.6%
Food, Beverage &
 Tobacco               183.19 -0.6%   1.0%   6.7% -5.1%  -1.4%  0.0%  -0.2%

                      NASDAQ 100 Performers
Top 5                 Friday
 Performers    Symbol Close  Weekly  MTD     1Q     2Q     3Q    4Q    YTD
Career
 Education
 Corporation    CECO  34.51  11.1%  11.9%  40.5% -19.4% -24.3%  0.0% -14.3%
Ross Stores,
 Inc.           ROST  23.44  10.3%  10.8%  15.8% -12.6% -12.1%  0.0% -11.4%
QLogic Corp.    QLGC  27.92   6.5%   6.9% -36.0% -19.4%   1.2%  0.0% -45.9%
Apollo Group,
 Inc.           APOL  83.74   6.5%   7.4%  27.1%  2.5%   -6.3%  0.0%  23.5%
Patterson-UTI
 Energy, Inc.   PTEN  18.04   4.8%   4.2%   7.5% -5.6%    6.5%  0.0%   9.6%

Bottom 5              Friday
 Performers    Symbol Close  Weekly  MTD     1Q     2Q     3Q    4Q    YTD
Sanmina-SCI
 Corporation    SANM   6.46 -11.1%  -6.6% -12.4% -17.6% -24.7% 0.0%  -48.7%
Lam Research
 Corporation    LRCX  20.13 -10.0%  -6.6% -22.2%   6.7% -19.5%  0.0% -37.7%
Intersil
 Corporation    ISIL  15.90  -9.8%  -8.8% -10.3%  -2.9% -25.3%  0.0% -36.0%
Xilinx, Inc.    XLNX  25.59  -9.0%  -6.7%  -2.3% -11.8% -18.2%  0.0% -33.8%
Intel Corp.     INTC  20.05  -8.9%  -5.8% -15.1%   1.5% -21.6%  0.0% -37.4%

                         Market Internals
         Volume    20 Day Avg.     Advancers Decliners  Advancers Decliners
NASDAQ  1,213.54    1,298.53          1,102   1,841       1,642    1,279
NYSE      891.85    1,142.01          1,263   1,621       1,791    1,133
                                                          4 Week Average

      Number of Companies Hitting 52 Week Highs/Lows
             Highs    Lows     Highs      Lows
NASDAQ         20      44        34       113
NYSE          172      13        94        43
                                4 Week Average

                       IPO's
                                    1Q    2Q    3Q    4Q    YTD
NASDAQ                              24    36    31           91
NYSE                                13    30    21           64

               Secondary Offerings
                                    1Q    2Q    3Q    4Q    YTD
NASDAQ                              77    57    30          164
NYSE                                93    70    23          186

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