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Thur, December 31, 1998
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Today's SSDEX Figures

Index

Close

Change

Percent

SSDEX
Dow
Nasdaq
S&P500

68.46 9181.43 2192.69 1229.23

2.48
-93.21
25.74
-2.70

3.63% -1.00%
1.19%
-0.22%

Support Stock Index (SSDEX) is the support industry's health barometer. It is a measure of the stock performance for companies that sell products and services to the support / customer interaction industry. On 12/31/96, SSDEX's value was set at 100, making it easy to see how the industry is performing as a group.


Today's Gainers and Losers

   Company   

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 Change 

 Percent 

Firstwave
APAC Tel.
Teletech
Aspect
Applix
Vantive
SITEL
Datawatch
Siebel
Peregrine
Clarify
Pegasystems
ICT Group
Sykes
Melita
Precision
SPS Pay
Inference
Astea
IMA
Remedy
West Tel
Aegis Comm

3 1/4
3 25/32
10 1/4
17 1/4
3 7/8
8
2 7/16
1 3/8
33 15/16
46 3/8
24 7/16
4 5/32
2 9/16
30 1/2
21
7 5/8
31 15/16
7 3/8
1 11/16
5 7/8
13 15/16
9 3/4
13/16

9/16
1/2
1 5/16
1 3/8
1/4
1/2
1/8
1/16
1 7/16
1 7/8
3/4
1/16
1/32
1/4
1/8
0
0
0
- 1/32
- 1/8
- 5/16
- 1/4
- 1/32

20.93%
15.24%
14.69%
8.66%
6.90%
6.67%
5.41%
4.76%
4.42%
4.21%
3.17%
1.53%
1.23%
0.83%
0.60%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
-1.82%
-2.08%
-2.19%
-2.50%
-3.70%



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Support Stock Index Up 7.8% for 1998

On the back of a December rally, the Support Stock Index (SSDEX) found positive gains to finish the year up 7.8%. The SSDEX lagged other industry indices including the Dow Jones (up 16.1%), Nasdaq Composite (up 39.6%) and the S&P500 (up 26.7%). Since it's inception (12/31/96) the Index is down 31.5%. For more information, please visit the Resource Center at http://www.realmarket.com/stockindex.html. Additional companies have been added to the SSDEX for 1999. The next issue of "The Support Report" will carry the new list of SSDEX companies.

J&R Music @Once from Business Evolution

J&R Music and Computer World has integrated the @Once customer support services software application developed by Business Evolution. This will allow J&R to pay special attention to customers' online questions and ease the path into successful online shopping at http://www.jandr.com.

Periphonics' CallSPONSOR Named Computer Telephony Product of the Year for 1998

CallSPONSOR is a CTI hardware and software solution that is designed to improves call center productivity and customer service levels by integrating a wide range of call center technologies including Interactive Voice Response (IVR), Large Vocabulary Recognition (LVR), digital voice recording, desktop application integration, and preview dialing. CallSPONSOR's modular design and feature set allow for the continued evolution of the system to meet changing needs.

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