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Presents information on Nasdaq trading for June 21, 1997. Factors that sent small-capitalization stocks into a broad retreat; Statistical information on the retreat; How profit-taking affected Microsoft Corporation; Products that boost the performance of computer-memory chips.

Presents information on the performance of various small capitalization and Nasdaq stocks on the Nasdaq national market for July 17, 1997 in the United States. Statistics on the Nasdaq Composite Index; Quotations on the shares of various companies.

Focuses on the performance of stocks in the United States for June 26, 1997. Details on small-capitalization and Nasdaq stocks; Reference to the earnings concerns of the technology sector.

Looks at small-cap stocks as of June, 1997. The race for small stocks to catch the blue-chip issues; The favoring of blue-chip stocks by investors; The contention by small-stock investors that their stocks are still in the race; The astonishment over small-cap sectors that have not pulled their weight in the effort.

Presents information on the performance of small capitalization and Nasdaq Stocks in New York, N.Y., emphasizing stock performance at Benchmarq Microelectronics and PRI Automation. Factors which contributed to the performance of stocks; Status of the Nasdaq Composite Index and the Russell 2000 Index of small-cap issues.

Highlights the performance of small stocks in the United States, with emphasis on small-capitalization and Nasdaq stocks. Performance of the Russell 2000 Index; Percentage decline of Xylan stocks; Details on the performance of other small stocks.

Presents information on the performance of small capitalization and Nasdaq stocks in New York, N.Y. Status of the Russell 2000 index of small-cap stocks; Performance of stocks at Intel, Microsoft and Cisco; Names of companies that recorded stock declines; Factors which contributed to the decline.

Presents summaries of stock activity for small-capitalization stocks as of May 30, 1997. Russell 2000 gained 0.64 to set a record at 378.43; Intel; Pharmaceutical Product Development; Damark International; Cytyc; Microwave Power Devices; Others.

Offers information on the performance of small-capitalization and Nasdaq stocks in the United States. Points gained by the Russell 2000 index; How much the Nasdaq Composite Index fell; Information on other indexes; Statistical information on company stocks.

Reports that the options trading business of the New York Stock Exchange, which it sold to the Chicago Board of Options Exchange in April 1997, is thriving. Increase in trading volume; Money paid by Chicago Board for the options; Number of contracts traded by the Chicago Board; Factors to which the increase was attributed; New York's market share as compared to Chicago's; Reason the options business was sold.

Focuses on attempts in the United States to eliminate a 1936 rule which affects mutual funds making more than 30 percent of their profits from investments owned for less than 91 days, known as the short-short rule. How the rule works; Disadvantages of the rule; Unification of various financial institutions in attempts to overturn the rule.

Reports that the technology sector in the New York stock exchange, led small-capitalization and Nasdaq stocks higher, for April 22, 1997. Information on Intel and Microsoft companies stock's performance; Performance of the Nasdaq market; Other market performances.

Reports that despite many mutual-fund investors lost money in the first quarter of 1997, money-management firms in the United States are expected to record higher profits than that recorded for the same period in 1996. Information on some firms; When some companies are expected to release their earnings.

Focuses on the performance of technology stocks in the United States, and their impact on Nasdaq and small-capitalization stocks. Performance of the stocks at Intel Corporation and Microsoft Corporation; Information on Ilog, Connect, Scios and other companies; Statistical information on small capitalization stocks.

Presents information on an increase in small capitalization stocks in New York, N.Y., on March 10, 1997. Factors which contributed to the increase; Performance of financial issues; Status of the Nasdaq Composite Index; Rating of shares at Greenswich Air Services' Class B shares; Performance of shares at Integra Lifesciences, CV Therapeutics and Veeco Instruments.

Presents information as it relates to small-capitalization and Nasdaq stocks in the United States. Detailed analysis for business enterprises; Figures provided.

Presents statistical information on the direction of interest rates on company shares in the stock markets across the United States for February 3, 1997. Decrease in the Dow Jones industrial average; Increase in the shares of Philip Morris Companies Incorporated; What some of the increases and decreases of company shares could be attributed to.

Discusses the proposal advanced by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD) that would cap punitive damages available in arbitration to twice compensatory damages, with a $750,000 maximum. Opposition from investment lawyers; Necessary approval from the Securities and Exchange Commission; Comments from Cliff Palefsky, a San Francisco attorney; Diane Nugaard, a Kansas attorney and Linda Fienberg from the NASD.

Presents information on small stocks in the United States with emphasis on small-capitalization and Nasdaq stocks. Percentage gained by On Technology, Datawatch, and Ostex International; Percentage loss of OrCAD, and Resound; Detailed information on the performance of other small stocks.

Presents information relating to happenings on the Nasdaq National Market for January 29, 1997. Performance of small-capitalization and Nasdaq stocks; Information on how the technology sector revived in the final ten minutes of the session; Impact of this on the Nasdaq Composite Index; Decrease of the Russell 2000 index of small-cap stocks; Details on the Nasdaq index of the 100-largest nonfinancial stocks.

Presents information on the performance of small stocks in the United States, focusing decrease in the value of Nasdaq stocks and small-capitalization stocks. Reasons for the decrease of Inbrand stock; Statistics on the decrease in the value of Gandalf Technologies' stock; Details on the increase in the value of the stock of Electronic Hair Styling.

States that small stocks at InPhyNet Medical Management increased with the announcement that it will be acquired by MedPartners. Cost of acquisition; Performance of Nasdaq national market and other stock companies; Effect of Federal Reserve Chairman, Alan Greenspan's address, on stock markets.