The Dow Jones Industrial Average stormed up 155.53 points Thursday to close at 12,651.91 while the Nasdaq and S&P 500 added 17.72 points and 14.22 points, respectively.
In economic news, the Labor Department reported that weekly unemployment claims jumped 6,000 claims to a seasonally adjusted total of 386,000 claims last week.
Also, consumer prices fell 0.3% in May, the largest decline in nearly three years.
Here are some more details from Thursday’s trading session:
Dow Jones Industrial Average:
- Up six of the past eight trading days.
- An intraday high of 12698.68 occurred at 15:08:38 today, representing an increase of 202.30 points, or 1.62%
- An intraday low of 12497.66 occurred at 09:30:02 today.
- Twenty-eight of the 30 component stocks rose, two fell.
- Today's top five contributors to The Dow's movement and their point contribution: IBM (15.14), CVX (13.55), MCD (13.24), XOM (11.35), TRV (11.13).
- Today's bottom five laggards: BA (-1.59), AXP (-0.38), HPQ (0.83), BAC (1.21), AA (1.29).
- Highest closing value since May 14, 2012.
- Down 10.68% from its record close of 14164.53 on October 09, 2007.
- Up 93.24% from its 12-year closing low of 6547.05 on March 9, 2009.
- Up 5.77% from 52 weeks ago.
- Up 4.55% (rounded) from its 2012 closing low of 12101.46 on June 04, 2012.
- Down 4.72% from its 52-week high of 13279.32 on May 01, 2012.
- Up 18.74% from its 52-week low of 10655.30 on October 03, 2011.
- Month-to-date: up 2.09%.
- Year-to-date: up 3.56%.
Dow Jones U.S. Total Stock Market Index:
13724.51, up 144.36 points, or 1.06%, or approximately $165 billion in market capitalization
- Up two of the past three trading days.
- Down 12.83% (approximately $3.3 trillion in market cap), from its record close of 15745.39 on October 09, 2007.
- Up 101.83% (approximately $7.9 trillion in market cap), from the 12-½ year closing low of 6800.08 on March 9, 2009.
- Up 3.55% (rounded) from 52 weeks ago.
- Up 3.92% from its 2012 closing low of 13206.64 on January 04, 2012.
- Down 6.89% from its 52-week high of 14740.15 on April 02, 2012.
- Up 21.47% from its 52-week low of 11299.07 on October 03, 2011.
- Month-to-date: up 1.02%, or approximately $147 billion in market cap.
- Year-to-date: up 5.42%, or approximately $757 billion in market cap.
Data courtesy of Dow Jones Indexes.
