The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 124.20 points Friday to close at 12,772.47 while the Nasdaq and S&P 500 lopped off 38.79 points and 12.90 points, respectively.
In economic news, the Labor Department reported that non-farm payrolls increased by only 80,000 jobs in June, less than the 90,000 jobs most economists had anticipated, leaving the nation’s unemployment rate unchanged at 8.2%.
Here are some more details from Friday’s trading session:
Dow Jones Industrial Average:
This week: down 107.62 points, or 0.84%
- Down two of the past three weeks.
- Down two consecutive trading days.
- Down 171.35 points, or 1.32%, over the two-day period.
- Largest two-day points and percentage decline since June 22, 2012.
- Down three of the past four trading days.
- Largest one-day points and percentage decline since June 25, 2012.
- Lowest closing value since June 28, 2012.
- An intraday high of 12889.40 occurred at 09:30:00 today.
- An intraday low of 12702.99 occurred at 12:26:19 today, representing a decrease of 193.68, or 1.50%.
- Five of the 30 component stocks rose, 25 fell.
- Today's top five contributors to The Dow's movement and their point contribution: MCD (2.72), WMT (2.12), T (0.83), HD (0.30), VZ (0.23).
- Today's bottom five laggards: IBM (-29.37), CAT (-16.50), UTX (-9.84), CVX (-7.27), XOM (-5.83).
- Down 9.83% from its record close of 14164.53 on October 09, 2007.
- Up 0.91% from 52 weeks ago.
- Up 5.54% from its 2012 closing low of 12101.46 on June 04, 2012.
- Down 3.82% from its 52-week high of 13279.32 on May 01, 2012.
- Up 19.87% from its 52-week low of 10655.30 on October 03, 2011.
- Month-to-date: down 0.84%.
- Year-to-date: up 4.54%.
Dow Jones U.S. Total Stock Market Index:
This week: down 44.06 points, or 0.31%
Today: down 140.67 points, or 0.99%, or approximately $164 billion in market capitalization
- Down two consecutive trading days.
- Down 197.02 points, or 1.38%, over the two-day period.
- Largest two-day points and percentage decline since June 22, 2012.
- Largest one-day points and percentage decline since June 25, 2012.
- Lowest closing value since June 28, 2012.
- Down 10.73% (approximately $2.9 trillion in market cap), from its record close of 15745.39 on October 09, 2007.
- Up 106.71% (approximately $8.3 trillion in market cap), from the 12-½ year closing low of 6800.08 on March 9, 2009.
- Down 0.42% from 52 weeks ago.
- Up 6.43% from its 2012 closing low of 13206.64 on January 04, 2012.
- Down 4.64% from its 52-week high of 14740.15 on April 02, 2012.
- Up 24.40% from its 52-week low of 11299.07 on October 03, 2011.
- Month-to-date: down 0.31%, or approximately $53.6 billion in market cap.
- Year-to-date: up 7.96%, or approximately $1.1 trillion in market cap.
Data courtesy of Dow Jones Indexes.
