NEW YORK, April 27 (Reuters) - Worries about the outbreak
of swine flu that has killed up to 149 people in Mexico hit
Wall Street on Monday as investors worried it could complicate
efforts to revive the recession-hit U.S. economy.

People in several U.S. states have been confirmed as having
the virus although there have been no fatalities.

Below is a snapshot of how the market and its various
sectors performed immediately after the announcement that other
global health problems had reached the United States. (Also see
note below)

SARS

S&P 500 ConsDisc ConsSpls Healthcare Fin'ls Tech
One Day 1.95% 2.20% 1.76% 1.75% 2.23% 2.27%
One Week 2.73% 3.54% 0.34% -0.10% 3.79% 6.47%
One Month 8.17% 8.03% 2.37% 6.38% 8.03% 14.14%

Best Stock Worst Stock

NOVL 7.50% (1day) PDCO -6.17% (1day)

SNDK 40.88% (1wk) SWY -17.50% (1wk)

AKAM 173.57% (1month) AKS -22.73% (1month)

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MAD COW

S&P 500 ConsDisc ConsSpls Healthcare Fin'ls Tech
One Day 0.28% 0.11% 0.00% 0.24% 0.21% 0.86%
One Week 1.53% 0.99% 0.66% 1.76% 1.59% 2.43%
One Month 4.67% 3.53% 0.04% 4.68% 5.49% 8.38%

Best Stock Worst Stock

AYE 6.64% (1day) FLS -6.74% (1day)

SNDK 14.60% (1wk) SHLDO -11.90% (1wk)

JNPR 62.60% (1month) ATI -24.13% (1month)

Note: Bird flu was not tracked for two reasons. It was
originally diagnosed in 1996, but the majority of the cases
were diagnosed between 2005 to 2007. Secondly, a case was never
confirmed in the Unites States.

Source: Birinyi Associates
(Reporting by Ellis Mnyandu; Editing by Leslie Adler)