STOCK WATCH

Among 24 of the largest San Gabriel Valley-based companies traded on the New York and American stock exchanges, as well as NASDAQ, 17 gained value, three lost and four remained unchanged Tuesday compared to the same day last week.

Tue. Point Company Price Change GAINERS Wesco Financial Corp. $135 +6 Jacobs Engineering 26.25 + 7/8 Countrywide Credit 26.00 + 5/8 LOSERS Optical Radiation 17.75 - 1/2 First Mortgage 8.75 - 1/2 Wesco Auto Parts 5.06 - 1/8

Source: Joe Lamas, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Pasadena