Most San Diego stocks have failed to...

Most San Diego stocks have failed to participate in the monumental increases in the Dow Jones Industrial Average, which climbed past the 2100 mark Monday, according to Irving Katz, director of research at San Diego Securities.

Of the 60 local stocks tracked by Katz, only five have hit new 52-week highs during the 12-day period.

The leader of this select group is Sym-Tek Systems, up 3 for the week and 33% since the first of the year, as investors barreled into high-tech stocks. Sym-Tek was the rare semiconductor equipment stock to remain profitable during the past year, Katz said.

New highs were also hit by:

Mission West Properties, at 14, after announcing a special $2-per-share dividend from its profitable Del Mar property sale;

Mail Boxes Etc., at 17, after announcing the planned opening of a private post office in one of the new Ralphs Giant stores;

GTI, at 3 1/2, after announcing unaudited fourth-quarter earnings of 26 cents per share, including the 9-cent per share gain from the sale of a computer graphics division. The company said Friday that it is no longer seeking buyers for its remaining divisions;

WD-40, at 37 1/2, on continued institutional interest in this “money machine,” according to Katz.

Other high-tech movers of the week were IRT Corp, up 1 to 6 1/8, or 34.7% in the first two weeks of the year; CCT, up 3/8 to 4 7/8 and up 39.2% so far this year; DH Technologies, up 1 to 6, and up 29.7% this year, and Xytronyx, up 1 1/8 to 10 3/8, and up 27.3% this year.

Wavetek was up 3/8 to 7 1/2, despite reporting lower first-quarter earnings and an aborted acquisition.

Cipher Data Products announced that Gary Liebl has taken over as chief executive, but the stock dropped 1 3/8 to 12 with the company’s saying that earnings would not be as strong as anticipated.

On the down side for the past week were the major savings and loans, Rohr Industries, Henley Group, Molecular Biosystems and Price Co.