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JULY 20, 2001

S&P SECTOR SCORECARD

Sector: Materials
Performances and investment outlooks for the Materials 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
Materials	136.2	2.8	2.5	4.8	5.3	–15.1	2.6	5	3.1
Aluminum	270.8	0.4	4.0	6.6	24.9	–19.1	17.4	4	3.0
Commodity Chemicals	62.2	N / A	–1.1	0.6	–0.6	–4.9	–6.4	3	2.8
Construction Materials	305.9	0.1	0.7	17.6	13.6	18.7	23.4	5	2.1
Diversified Chemicals	171.6	0.7	–0.3	–0.3	–5.2	–11.9	4.3	3	3.0
Diversified Metals & Mining	69.1	0.1	3.1	–4.9	–0.8	–26.1	–8.6	3	3.0
Fertilizers & Agricultural Chemical	78.6	N / A	5.1	–6.6	–11.5	–7.4	–13.7	2	3.0
Forest Products	136.0	0.2	5.8	17.1	17.4	–28.7	5.5	4	1.9
Gold	52.2	0.1	3.7	7.5	7.5	–18.5	–14.7	4	3.6
Industrial Gases	195.7	0.2	2.0	4.9	10.4	3.5	6.3	4	3.8
Metal & Glass Containers	40.1	N / A	4.4	10.1	12.4	–54.4	–18.4	5	4.3
Paper Packaging	117.5	0.1	4.5	14.9	16.2	–23.5	0.8	4	3.0
Paper Products	146.0	0.4	5.4	7.0	–1.9	–7.6	5.3	3	2.9
Precious Metals & Minerals	78.6	N / A	3.4	–1.6	–29.1	N / A	N / A	1	N / A
Specialty Chemicals	137.8	0.3	2.0	3.8	7.3	–9.7	2.4	3	3.4
Steel	57.3	0.1	2.6	5.8	15.1	–32.8	–6.7	5	3.5

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