The Dow Jones Industrial Average picked up 34.59 points to close at 13,080.73 Friday, wrapping up a week that saw both the Dow and S&P 500 post their largest weekly losses of the year.
The Nasdaq and S&P 500 added 4.60 points and 4.33 points, respectively.
The Commerce Department reported that new home sales posted an unexpected delince of 1.6% to a seasonally adjusted 313,000-unit annual rate in February while the media sales price jumped 8.3% to $233,700.
Here are some more details from Friday’s trading session:
Dow Jones Industrial Average:
- This week: DJIA, down 151.89 points, or 1.15%.
- Worst week since the week period ending, December 16, 2011.
- Down three of the past four weeks.
- Today: DJIA, up 34.59 points, or 0.27%
- Today’s gain snaps a three-day losing streak.
- Largest one-day points and percentage gain since March 15, 2012.
- An intraday high of 13099.91 occurred at 14:54:00 today, representing an increase of 53.77 points, or 0.41%.
- An intraday low of 13002.77 occurred at 10:11:54 today, representing a decrease of 43.37 points, or 0.33%.
- Eighteen of the 30 component stocks rose, 12 fell.
- Today's top five contributors to The Dow's movement and their point contribution: CAT (10.52), CVX (7.64), HPQ (4.39), JPM (3.86), DD (3.10).
- Today's bottom five laggards: UTX (-2.04), MCD (-1.89), VZ (-1.82), T (-1.44), HD (-1.06).
- Down 7.65% from its record close of 14164.53 on October 09, 2007.
- Up 99.80% from its 12-year closing low of 6547.05 on March 9, 2009.
- Up 7.04% from 52 weeks ago.
- Up 5.83% from its 2012 closing low of 12359.92 on January 06, 2012.
- Down 1.30% from its 52-week high of 13252.76 on March 15, 2012.
- Up 22.76% from its 52-week low of 10655.30 on October 03, 2011.
- Month-to-date: up 0.99%.
- Year-to-date: up 7.06%.
- DJIA crossed zero 41 times during today's trading session.
Dow Jones U.S. Total Stock Market Index:
- This week: Dow Jones U.S. Total Stock Market Index, down 73.40 points, or 0.50%
- First weekly loss in three trading weeks.
- Worst week since the week period ending, December 30, 2011.
- Today: Dow Jones U.S. Total Stock Market Index, up 57.04 points, or 0.39%, or approximately $67.8 billion in market capitalization.
- Today’s gain snaps a three-day losing streak.
- Down 7.75% (approximately $2.3 trillion in market cap), from its record close of 15745.39 on October 09, 2007.
- Up 113.60% (approximately $8.9 trillion in market cap), from the 12-½ year closing low of 6800.08 on March 9, 2009.
- Up 5.62% from 52 weeks ago.
- Up 9.98% from its 2012 closing low of 13206.64 on January 04, 2012.
- Down 0.92% from its 52-week high of 14659.54 on March 19, 2012.
- Up 28.55% from its 52-week low of 11299.07 on October 03, 2011.
- Month-to-date: up 2.20%, or approximately $321 billion in market cap.
- Year-to-date: up 11.56%, or approximately $1.7 trillion in market cap.
Data courtesy of Dow Jones Indexes.
