The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 47.15 points Thursday to end at 12,896.67 while the S&P 500 shed 6.44 points to finish at 1,367.58.
The Nasdaq inched up 0.04 points to close at 2,976.12.
In economic news, the Labor Department said weekly unemployment claims fell 14,000 to a seasonally adjusted total of 374,000 claims, the largest declines since April. Meanwhile, the ADP National Employment Report found that private employers added 176,000 new jobs last month, well above the 105,000 new positions most had predicted.
Here are some more details from Thursday’s trading session:
Dow Jones Industrial Average:
- Down two of the past three trading days.
- Largest one-day points and percentage decline since June 25, 2012.
- An intraday low of 12852.24 occurred at 10:13:45 today, representing a decrease of 91.58, or 0.71%.
- An intraday high of 12961.30 occurred at 14:06:13 today; highest intraday since 05/08/2012.
- Seven of the 30 component stocks rose, 23 fell.
- Today's top five contributors to The Dow's movement and their point contribution: MCD (5.45), HD (3.48), CAT (2.50), WMT (2.50), BA (1.29).
- Today's bottom five laggards: JPM (-11.35), CVX (-10.14), KO (-5.37), XOM (-5.37), IBM (-4.84).
- Down 8.95% from its record close of 14164.53 on October 09, 2007.
- Up 1.39% from 52 weeks ago.
- Up 6.57% from its 2012 closing low of 12101.46 on June 04, 2012.
- Down 2.88% from its 52-week high of 13279.32 on May 01, 2012.
- Up 21.04% from its 52-week low of 10655.30 on October 03, 2011.
- Year-to-date: up 5.56%.
Dow Jones U.S. Total Stock Market Index:
14196.85, down 56.35 points, or 0.40%, or approximately $61.3 billion in market capitalization
- Today’s drop snaps a three day winning streak.
- Largest one-day points and percentage decline since June 25, 2012.
- Down 9.83% (approximately $2.7 trillion in market cap), from its record close of 15745.39 on October 09, 2007.
- Up 108.77% (approximately $8.5 trillion in market cap), from the 12-½ year closing low of 6800.08 on March 9, 2009.
- Down 0.10% from 52 weeks ago.
- Up 7.50% from its 2012 closing low of 13206.64 on January 04, 2012.
- Down 3.69% from its 52-week high of 14740.15 on April 02, 2012.
- Up 25.65% (rounded) from its 52-week low of 11299.07 on October 03, 2011.
- Year-to-date: up 9.04%, or approximately $1.3 trillion in market cap.
Data courtesy of Dow Jones Indexes.
