The top ten gainers for the year to 01 July, 2005 have already been revealed. Aside from Google, a soaraway leader with share growth nudging 300% after it was added to the R-100 following its IPO in September of last year, the top ten 52-week growth stocks are as follows:
1) OTE (Greece) 53%
2) Sprint FON (US) 44%
3) mmO2 (UK) 43%
4) TPSA (Poland) 40%
5) AT&T (US) 38%
6) TDC (Denmark) 31%
7) LG Electronic (S. Korea) 30%
8) Telekom Austria 29%
9) COLT (UK) 29%
=10) China Unicom 23%
=10) Elisa (Finland) 23%
=10) Singapore Telecom 23%

It would be impolitic to list the largest losers here – but EBay, Nortel, Avaya and Marconi will be among those taking an interest when the full list is released later today.

Drilling deeper
The new analysis covers the R-100’s performance compared to other major stock indexes from around the world. This shows that while the R-100’s 52-week showing was near the bottom of the league table, individual R-100 companies, notably in Europe, strongly outperformed national indices. 35 R-100 companies ended the year with double-digit growth.

Regional swings in the R-100 are also examined, showing a pendular relationship between Europe and North America, with Asia tending to tip the balance in determining upward or downward movement.

Today will also see the launch of a custom tracking service and a new series of tracking sub-indexes.

The new research will be available later today on the TelcomRedux website.
Jim Chalmers