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Sangamo BioSciences Inc. SGMO (NASDAQ) Quotes delayed 20 minutes

Last: 5.90	Chg: +0.05	%Chg: +0.85%	Open: 5.87		Vol: 81,500
Bid: 5.92	Ask: 6.15	Size: 1	High: 5.97	Low: 5.83	Avg Vol: 163,115

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	Symbol	Shares			Price	Total Cash Required*	Target Gain	ROI	Loss at Stop Loss
Stock Trade	SGMO	100			5.90	$295	5.90	200.0%	-$590

*Assumes buying stock on margin at 50%; shorting stock on margin at 150%

SGMO: Chart

SGMO: Sangamo BioSciences Inc.

Industry	Small Cap Biotech/Pharmaceuticals
Shares Outstanding	45 M
52 Wk Performance Price	44.1%
Dividend	0.00

Today's High 5.97	P/E --
Today's Low 5.83	EPS -0.44
Open 5.87	Price to Book 1.6
Prev Close 5.85
52 Wk high 9.39	Moving Averages:
52 Wk Low 3.40	21 Day 5.45
Market Cap 263.3 M	50 Day 5.60
Yield 0	200 Day 5.82

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Bid $	Ask $	Chg $	Vol	Opn Int	Series	Bid $	Ask $	Chg $	Vol	Opn Int

- Mar 10 [2 days to expiration]

3.30	3.60	0.10	0	0	Mar 10 2.5	0.00	0.10	0.00	0	0
0.85	1.05	0.07	1	62	Mar 10 5.0	0.00	0.10	0.00	0	113
0.00	0.05	0.00	0	85	Mar 10 7.5	1.55	1.70	-0.02	0	80
0.00	0.10	0.00	0	0	Mar 10 10.0	3.90	4.30	-0.05	0	0

- Apr 10 [30 days to expiration]

3.20	3.60	0.00	0	0	Apr 10 2.5	0.00	0.10	0.00	0	0
0.90	1.15	0.07	0	45	Apr 10 5.0	0.00	0.15	-0.02	0	4
0.00	0.10	0.00	0	27	Apr 10 7.5	1.55	1.80	-0.03	55	20
0.00	0.10	0.00	0	0	Apr 10 10.0	3.90	4.30	0.00	0	0

- May 10 [65 days to expiration]

3.20	3.60	0.05	0	10	May 10 2.5	0.00	0.10	0.00	0	5
1.00	1.25	0.00	0	597	May 10 5.0	0.15	0.30	0.00	0	1059
0.15	0.25	0.00	0	2456	May 10 7.5	1.70	1.90	-0.05	30	477
0.00	0.10	-0.03	0	850	May 10 10.0	3.90	4.40	0.05	0	58
0.00	0.10	0.00	0	367	May 10 12.5	6.40	6.70	-0.05	12	13

- Aug 10 [156 days to expiration]

3.20	3.60	0.00	0	90	Aug 10 2.5	0.00	0.10	-0.03	0	75
1.20	1.35	0.03	0	882	Aug 10 5.0	0.35	0.45	0.00	0	873
0.35	0.50	0.05	50	968	Aug 10 7.5	1.85	2.05	-0.08	0	710
0.05	0.20	-0.03	0	136	Aug 10 10.0	4.00	4.30	-0.05	20	132