June 1, 1996

Business Report index hits record high

Despite mixed first-quarter earnings reports for many Fort Collins-based companies, The Business Report Stock Index trekked into uncharted territory

during the monthly trading period ended May 15.

When the dust had settled and the buy orders were swept from the floor, here is how our basket of stocks fared for the 30-day period: up a brisk

41.86 points, or 3.19 percent, en route to a record high of 1354.10. In comparison, the NASDAQ Composite Index also stormed to a record high of

1225.95, up 10.4 percent.

Locally, gainers outpaced losers by a 48-to-27 count, while those stocks hitting new 52-week highs towered over…

Christopher Wood
Christopher Wood is editor and publisher of BizWest, a regional business journal covering Boulder, Broomfield, Larimer and Weld counties. Wood co-founded the Northern Colorado Business Report in 1995 and served as publisher of the Boulder County Business Report until the two publications were merged to form BizWest in 2014. From 1990 to 1995, Wood served as reporter and managing editor of the Denver Business Journal. He is a Marine Corps veteran and a graduate of the University of Colorado Boulder. He has won numerous awards from the Colorado Press Association, Society of Professional Journalists and the Alliance of Area Business Publishers.
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