1. Among the most active stocks were Nova Corp., Chapleau Resources Ltd. and Pacific Forest Products Ltd. 2. Apple was the sixth-most active stock in U.S. equity markets. 3. Applied Materials, Intel, KLA-Tencor, Dell Computer and Compaq were the most active stocks in U.S. trading. 4. Applied Materials Inc. was the most active stock in U.S. trading after the company reported better-than-expected earnings for its first fiscal quarter. 5. Biomet was the most active Indiana stock. 6. Biomet was the most active Indiana stock this week. 7. Boston Chicken was the eighth most active stock in U.S. markets. 8. Bombardier Inc. also was among the most active stocks. 9. Active smaller stocks included ski equipment companies Salomon SA and Skis Rossignol SA. 10. Active stocks next week may be Snia BPD SpA and Snia Fibre SpA, two specialty chemicals companies controlled by Fiat. |