The Dow Jones Industrial Average moved up 19.61 points to 13,145.82 Thursday, ending a two-day slump thanks to a late-afternoon rally.
The Nasdaq shed 9.60 points to end at 3,095.36 and the S&P 500 trimmed 2.26 points to finish at 1.403.28.
In economic news, the Commerce Department reported that the U.S. economy increased at an annual rate of 3% this year, the fastest-pace in almost two years.
Meanwhile, weekly jobless claims declined 5,000 to a seasonally adjusted 359,000, another four-year low, but most economists were expecting that figure to check in even lower at around 350,000 claims.
Here are some more details from Thursday’s trading session:
Dow Jones Industrial Average:
- First gain in three trading days.
- An intraday high of 13151.57 occurred at 15:56:15 today, representing an increase of 25.36 points, or 0.19%.
- An intraday low of 13032.67 occurred at 10:37:28 today, representing a decrease of 93.54 points, or 0.71%.
- Eleven of the 30 component stocks rose, 18 fell, one was unchanged.
- Today's top five contributors to The Dow's movement and their point contribution: CAT (13.32), KO (8.70), IBM (7.42), CVX (7.27), UTX (6.05).
- Today's bottom five laggards: AXP (-8.85), JPM (-4.54), DIS (-3.78), WMT (-2.80), MRK (-2.27).
- Down 7.19% from its record close of 14164.53 on October 09, 2007.
- Up 100.79% from its 12-year closing low of 6547.05 on March 9, 2009.
- Up 6.71% from 52 weeks ago.
- Up 6.36% from its 2012 closing low of 12359.92 on January 06, 2012.
- Off 0.81% from its 52 week high of 13252.76 on March 15, 2012.
- Up 23.37% from its 52 week low of 10655.30 on October 03, 2011.
- Month-to-date: up 1.50%.
- Year-to-date: up 7.60%.
- DJIA crossed zero 13 times during today's trading session.
Dow Jones U.S. Total Stock Market Index:
- Dow Jones U.S. Total Stock Market Index, 14583.05*, down 22.60 points, or 0.15%, or approximately $26.9 billion in market capitalization.
- Down three consecutive trading days and six of the last eight.
- Down 148.60 points, or 1.01%, over the three-day period.
- Largest three-day points and percentage decline since March 22, 2012.
- Down 7.38% (approximately $2.2 trillion in market cap), from its record close of 15745.39 on October 09, 2007.
- Up 114.45% (approximately $8.9 trillion in market cap) from the 12-½ year closing low of 6800.08 on March 9, 2009.
- Up 4.85% from 52 weeks ago.
- Up 10.42% from its 2012 closing low of 13206.64 on January 04, 2012.
- Down 1.01% from its 52-week high of 14731.65 on March 26, 2012.
- Up 29.06% from its 52-week low of 11299.07 on October 03, 2011.
- Month-to-date: up 2.61% or approximately $386 billion in market cap.
- Year-to-date: up 12.01%, or approximately $1.8 trillion in market cap.
Data courtesy of Dow Jones Indexes.
