WEDNESDAY OPEN .... MARKET DOWN 78--8--5

WTI under $48, Brent under $49.

US manufacturing up.

(stock #s in %; new highs/lows over last 12 months):

OPTT up 290, new high with extreme volume, news. BOPO up 80. BFRE up 75. LEDS up 55 with extreme volume. EVSI up 16. PRHL up 13 with very heavy volume, news. AXPW up 12. NRDXF up 9. AMLM up 7. MGPHF, XSNX up 6. SUNW up 4 more with news.

CCGI down 16. NGLPF down 12. HYSR down 7. SUNEQ down 6. LIME, NFEC, VSLR down 5.