The Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged 168.32 points to close at 13,038.27 while the Nasdaq and S&P 500 endured their worst week of the year, lopping off 68 points and 22 points, respectively.
Investors were clearly distressed by the Labor Department’s report that non-farm payrolls increased much less than expected, adding only 115,000 jobs in April—well below the 170,000 jobs most pundits had forecast. However, the overall unemployment rate did dip to 8.1%, the lowest level since January 2009.
Here are some more details from Friday’s trading session:
Dow Jones Industrial Average:
- Down three consecutive trading days and four of the last five.
- Down 241.05 points, or 1.82%, over the three-day period.
- Largest three-day points and percentage decline since April 11, 2012.
- Largest one-day points and percentage decline since April 10, 2012.
- An intraday high of 13205.00 occurred at the open today.
- An intraday low of 13022.34 occurred at 12:38:14 today, representing a decrease of 184.25 points, or 1.40%.
- All 30 component stocks closed down today. The last session where all 30 stocks traded lower was 12/28/2011.
- Today's top five performing stocks in the index: AA (-1.59), HPQ (-1.59), PFE (-1.67), PG (-1.74), T (-1.89).
- Today's bottom five performing stocks in the index: CVX (-17.18), IBM (-17.03), CAT (-16.88), UTX (-10.82), JPM (-9.54).
- Lowest closing value since April 24, 2012.
- Up 99.15% from its 12-year closing low of 6547.05 on March 9, 2009.
- Down 7.95% from its record close of 14164.53 on October 09, 2007.
- Up 3.16% from 52 weeks ago.
- Up 5.49% from its 2012 closing low of 12359.92 on January 06, 2012.
- Down 1.82% from its 52-week high of 13279.32 on May 01, 2012.
- Up 22.36% from its 52-week low of 10655.30 on October 03, 2011.
- Month-to-date: down 1.33%.
- Year-to-date: up 6.72%.
Dow Jones U.S. Total Stock Market Index:
This week: Dow Jones U.S. Total Stock Market Index, down 385.967points, or 2.65% (rounded)
- First weekly loss in three weeks.
- Largest weekly percentage decline since December 16, 2011.
- Largest weekly points decline since November 25, 2011.
Today: Dow Jones U.S. Total Stock Market Index, down 233.80 points, or 1.62%, or approximately $273 billion in market capitalization
- Down three consecutive trading days and four of the last five.
- Down 390.94 points, or 2.68%, over the three-day period.
- Largest three-day points and percentage decline since April 10, 2012.
- Largest one-day points and percentage decline since April 10, 2012.
- Lowest closing value since April 23, 2012.
- Down 9.81% (approximately $2.7 trillion in market cap), from its record close of 15745.39 on October 09, 2007.
- Up 108.83% (approximately $8.5 trillion in market cap), from the 12-½ year closing low of 6800.08 on March 9, 2009.
- Up 1.21% from 52 weeks ago.
- Up 7.53% from its 2012 closing low of 13206.64 on January 04, 2012.
- Down 3.66% from its 52-week high of 14740.15 on April 02, 2012.
- Up 25.68% from its 52-week low of 11299.07 on October 03, 2011.
- Month-to-date: down 2.19%, or approximately $377 billion in market cap.
- Year-to-date: up 9.07%, or approximately $1.3 trillion in market cap.
Data courtesy of Dow Jones Indexes.
