Techs Maintain Presence As Yahoo Joins List.(IBD BIG CAP 20)(INSIDE BIG CAP 20)

Byline: NANCY GONDO

Big-cap stocks tend to move more slowly than their smaller-cap peers. Still, the Big Cap 20 has undergone a noticeable shift the past few months, rotating from energy into areas like health care, railroads, financial services and, recently, tech.

Five tech stocks made today's list, with Yahoo, a former leading stock, the latest entrant. While that's one less than last week, since Qualcomm and Texas Instruments dropped off, only three techs made the list on Oct. 11 and 18.

After the close Oct. 18, Yahoo reported third-quarter profit that topped views by 2 cents a share. Since then, the Internet portal has traded above its 200-day moving average and appears to be shaping the right side of a five-month base.

Active registered users swelled 22% to 191 million during the quarter. Yahoo said in August it would pay $1 billion for a 40% stake in Alibaba.com, which runs Chinese e-commerce sites.

Yahoo's results were sound. But they still pale in comparison to those of Google, a major rival in the Internet search ...