Dow Starts Week With Decent Gains

The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 37.69 points to finish at 12,959.71 Monday while the Nasdaq lost 4.68 points to close at 2,983.66 while the S&P 500 inched up 0.22 points.

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

Dow Jones Industrial Average:

  • Up 37.69 points, or 0.29%, to 12959.71.
  • Up for four consecutive trading days.
  • Up 200.56 points, or 1.57%, over the past four trading days.
  • Largest four day point & percentage gain since Monday, February 06, 2012.
  • Longest win streak since the four-day ended January 20, 2012.
  • An intraday high of 12976.36 at 15:22:49 today, up 54.34 points, or 0.42%.
  • An intraday low of 12919.98 at 09:30:02 today, down 2.04 points, or 0.02%.
  • Today’s trading range of 56.38 points is its narrowest in since April 4, 2011.
  • Highest closing value since Monday, March 05, 2012.
  • 21 of the 30 stocks rose, 8 fell, 1 was unchanged.
  • Today's top contributors to The Dow's movement and their point contribution: XOM (9.46), PG (5.90), MMM (5.60), KO (4.84), WMT (4.54).
  • Today's laggards: CAT (-9.69), JPM (-3.71), AXP (-3.25), DD (-2.27), MCD (-1.36).
  • Down 8.51% from its record closing high of 14164.53 on Tuesday, October 09, 2007.
  • Up 97.95% from its 12-year closing low of 6547.05 on March 9, 2009.
  • Rose 8.06% from 52 weeks ago.
  • Up 4.85% from its 2012 closing low of 12359.92 on Friday, January 06, 2012.
  • Down 0.35% from its 52 week high of 13005.12 on Tuesday, February 28, 2012.
  • Up 21.63% from its 52 week low of 10655.30 on Monday, October 03, 2011.
  • Month-to-date: up 0.06%.
  • Year-to-date: up 6.07%.
  • DJIA crossed zero 9 times during today's trading session.

Dow Jones U.S. Total Stock Market Index:

  • Dow Jones US Total Stock Market, 14264.93*, down 9.42 points, or 0.07%, or approximately $13.5 billion.
  • Snaps a three day winning streak.
  • Down 9.40% (approximately $2.6 trillion) from its record closing high of 15745.39, hit on Tuesday, October 09, 2007.
  • Up 109.78% (approximately $8.6 trillion) from the 12 ½ year closing low of 6800.08 hit on March 9, 2009.
  • Up 5.39% from 52 weeks ago.
  • Down 0.26% from its 2012 closing high of 14302.61 on Thursday, March 01, 2012.
  • Up 8.01% from its 2012 closing low of 13206.64 on Wednesday, January 04, 2012.
  • Down 0.30% from its 52 week high of 14308.37 on Friday, April 29, 2011.
  • Up 26.25% from its 52 week low of 11299.07 on Monday, October 03, 2011.
  • Month-to-date: up 0.37%, or approximately $57.4 billion.
  • Year-to-date: up 9.57%, or approximately $1.5 trillion.

Data courtesy of Dow Jones Indexes.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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