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Sam Stovall's Sector Watch August 6, 2008, 12:01AM EST

Stocks: Sizing Up the Summer Slump

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Industry Momentum List Update

Here is this week's list of the industries in the S&P 1500 with Relative Strength Rankings of "5" (price performances in the past 12 months that were among the top 10% of subindustries in the S&P 1500), along with a stock that has the highest S&P STARS (tie goes to the largest market value).

Subindustry Company Ticker S&P STARS Rank Price (7/31/08)

Biotechnology Genzyme GENZ 5 $77

Brewers Molson Coors TAP 5 $54

Coal & Consumable Fuels Peabody Energy BTU 4 $68

Fertilizers & Agr. Chem. Monsanto MON 5 $119

Gold Newmont Mining NEM 4 $48

HyperMarkets & Super Centers BJ's Wholesale BJ 4 $38

Industrial Gases Airgas ARG 5 $57

Life Sciences Tools & Services Covance CVD 5 $92

Oil & Gas Drilling Noble Corp. NE 5 $52

Oil & Gas Equip. & Svcs. Superior Energy SPN 5 $47

Oil & Gas E&P Swift Energy SFY 5 $51

Personal Products Estee Lauder EL 4 $44

Railroads Norfolk Southern NSC 4 $72

Steel Allegheny Technologies ATI 5 $47

Source: Standard & Poor's Equity Research

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