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JULY 20, 2001

S&P SECTOR SCORECARD

Sector: Industrials
Performances and investment outlooks for the Industrials sector and its industries.

Sector/ Industry	Index Value	% of S&P 1500	% Price Change For					Rankings 5 (Best) – 1 (Worst)
Sector/ Industry	Index Value	% of S&P 1500	1 Wk	13 Wks	YTD	'00	5 Yrs.	Relative Strength	STARS
Industrials	265.8	11.9	0.2	1.1	–0.7	4.7	13.5	4	3.2
Aerospace & Defense	235.8	1.5	2.6	–6	–8.5	25.1	6.0	3	2.5
Air Freight & Couriers	239.7	0.2	–0.4	–5	–1.4	–9	14.0	2	3.9
Airlines	344.5	0.3	–0.5	2.6	–12.1	46.7	17.1	2	3.5
Building Products	149.3	0.2	3.7	9.5	6.2	–8.6	3.0	3	3.6
Commercial Printing	126.9	0.1	–0.5	7.6	13.3	–7.2	1.4	4	3.2
Construction & Engineering	85.6	0.1	–0.6	–1	–0.7	–9.4	–7.7	3	4.4
Construction & Farm Machinery	168.1	0.3	1.2	12.1	6.8	–3.5	7.1	4	3.1
Data Processing Services	352.7	1.1	1.0	12.7	8.0	16.9	16.2	3	3.6
Diversified Commercial Services(S	179.9	0.7	1.0	11.9	15.5	–1.8	4.7	4	3.8
Electrical Components & Equipment	214.7	0.5	–1.9	–8.5	–18	8.5	11.7	2	3.0
Employment Services	50.9	0.1	3.6	0.9	–11.4	–32	–16	2	3.0
Environmental Services	120.2	0.2	1.1	27.1	13.6	62.5	2.0	5	4.0
Industrial Conglomerates	481.1	5.1	–0.6	–1.8	–2.9	–0.4	25.9	3	3.3
Industrial Machinery	200.3	0.7	–0.4	3.4	4.8	–5.8	9.8	3	2.8
Marine	126.1	N / A	–1.5	4.9	6.3	21.5	5.8	3	3.0
Office Services & Supplies	206.9	0.2	0.2	3.5	9.8	–20.8	7.1	3	3.2
Railroads	187.1	0.4	–2.4	3.2	19.1	7.1	5.4	3	3.4
Trading Companies & Distributors	142.5	0.1	1.5	16.1	21.5	–4.2	4.9	5	2.7
Trucking	115.0	0.1	4.5	17.5	15.8	2.5	9.0	3	3.0

Sector STARS: The weighted averages of company STARS in the sector or industry. A higher number is better: 5= Buy, 4= Accumulate, 3= Hold, 2= Avoid, 1= Sell.
Relative Strength: The index's 6-month price performance versus other sectors or sub-industries. 5=Top 10%, 4=Next 20%, 3=Middle 40%, 2=Next 20%, 1=Bottom 10%.

The Relative Strength Graph represents the sector's 52-week price performance vs. that of the S&P 1500 Super Composite. If the purple line moves below 100, the sector is underperforming the market, and if it moves above 100, the sector Is outperforming the market.

The S&P 1500 Super Composite normalized at 100

The sector's 52-week price performance

The relative-strength trend line over the last 200 days