Dow Ends Roller Coaster Week With Decent Gains

The Dow Jones Industrial Average picked up 65.16 points to finish at 13,029.26 Friday to close out an up-and-down week for stocks in several key sectors.

The tech-laden Nasdaq shed 7.11 points to end at 3,000.45 while the S&P 500 added 1.61 points to close at 1,378.53.

Here are some more details from Friday’s trading session:

Dow Jones Industrial Average:

  • First gain in three days.
  • An intraday high of 13082.54 occurred at 12:36:02 today, representing an increase of 118.44 points, or 0.91%.
  • An intraday low of 12964.25 occurred at 09:30:02 today.
  • Twenty-two of the 30 component stocks rose, eight fell.
  • Today's top five contributors to The Dow's movement and their point contribution: MSFT (10.52), TRV (7.95), PG (7.11), WMT (5.30), JNJ (5.15).
  • Today's bottom five laggards: JPM (-3.78), BAC (-3.10), HPQ (-1.51), AXP (-0.91), HD (-0.76).
  • Down 8.01% from its record close of 14164.53 on October 09, 2007.
  • Up 99.01% from its 12-year closing low of 6547.05 on March 9, 2009.
  • Up 4.18% from 52 weeks ago.
  • Up 5.42% from its 2012 closing low of 12359.92 on January 06, 2012.
  • Down 1.77% from its 52-week high of 13264.49 on April 02, 2012.
  • Up 22.28% from its 52-week low of 10655.30 on October 03, 2011.
  • Month-to-date: down 1.38%.
  • Year-to-date: up 6.64%.

Dow Jones U.S. Total Stock Market Index:

Dow Jones U.S. Total Stock Market Index, up 21.84 points, or 0.15%, or approximately $24.5 billion in market capitalization

  • First gain in three days.
  • Down 9.09% (approximately $2.6 trillion in market cap), from its record close of 15745.39 on October 09, 2007.
  • Up 110.49% (approximately $8.6 trillion in market cap), from the 12-½ year closing low of 6800.08 on March 9, 2009.
  • Up 2.03% from 52 weeks ago.
  • Up 8.38% from its 2012 closing low of 13206.64 on January 04, 2012.
  • Down 2.89% from its 52-week high of 14740.15 on April 02, 2012.
  • Up 26.68% from its 52-week low of 11299.07 on October 03, 2011.
  • Month-to-date: down 2.14%, or approximately $378 billion in market cap.
  • Year-to-date: up 9.94%, or approximately $1.5 trillion in market cap.

Data courtesy of Dow Jones Indexes.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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