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Oil HOLDRS

Oil service HOLDRS (trading symbol: OIH) began trading yesterday on AMEX. The fund holds 19 of the largest oil services companies traded on AMEX. Below are the companies currently held in the trust and their share amounts.

Company
Ticker
Share amount
Baker-Hughes Inc.
BHI
21
BJ Service Co.
BJS
7
Cooper Cameron Corp.
CAM
4
Diamond Offshore Drilling Inc.
DO
11
Ensco International Inc.
ESV
11
Global Marine Inc.
GLM
15
Grant Prideco Inc.
GRP
9
Halliburton Co.
HAL
22
Hanover Compressor Co.
HC
5
Nabors Industries
NBR
12
Noble Drilling Corp.
NE
11
National-Oilwell Inc.
NOI
7
Rowan Cos. Inc.
RDC
8
Transocean Sedco Forex Inc.
RIG
18
Santa Fe International Corp.
SDC
10
Smith International Inc.
SII
4
Schlumberger, Ltd.
SLB
5
Weatherford Intl Inc.
WFT
9
Schlumberger, Ltd.
SLB
11
Source: AMEX

iShares S&P 100 Options

The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) began trading options on the iShares S&P 100 Index Fund (trading symbol: OEF) yesterday. The options will trade in the S&P 100 (OEX) trading pit from 8:30 a.m. to 3:15 p.m.

The S&P 100 Index was down 12.55% in 2000, according Morningstar.

The below chart shows historical performance of the index since August 1982.


Source
: Reuters

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02/08/2001

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