Stocks Drift Lower

The Dow Jones Industrial Average trimmed 36.18 points Monday to close at 12,736.29 while the Nasdaq and S&P 500 shed 5.56 points and 2.22 points, respectively.

Here are some details from Monday’s trading session:

Dow Jones Industrial Average:

  • Down three consecutive trading days.
  • Down 207.53 points, or 1.60%, over the three-day period.
  • Largest three-day points and percentage decline since June 25, 2012.
  • Down four of the past five trading days.
  • Lowest closing value since Thursday, June 28, 2012.
  • An intraday high of 12772.02 occurred at 09:30:00 today.
  • An intraday low of 12686.57 occurred at 12:00:50 today, representing a decrease of 85.90, or 0.67%.
  • Fourteen of the 30 component stocks rose, 15 fell, one was unchanged.
  • Today's top five contributors to The Dow's movement and their point contribution: MRK (4.69), WMT (3.03), BA (2.57), VZ (2.42), PG (2.04).
  • Today's bottom five laggards: IBM (-13.17), CAT (-11.13), DD (-10.82), XOM (-8.70), CVX (-4.62).
  • Down 10.08% from its record close of 14164.53 on October 09, 2007.
  • Up 1.84% from 52 weeks ago.
  • Up 5.25% (rounded) from its 2012 closing low of 12101.46 on June 04, 2012.
  • Down 4.09% from its 52-week high of 13279.32 on May 01, 2012.
  • Up 19.53% from its 52-week low of 10655.30 on October 03, 2011.
  • Month-to-date: down 1.12%.
  • Year-to-date: up 4.25% (rounded).

 Dow Jones U.S. Total Stock Market Index:

14028.09, down 28.09 points, or 0.20%, or approximately $35.8 billion in market capitalization

  • Down three consecutive trading days.
  • Down 225.11 points, or 1.58%, over the three-day period.
  • Largest three-day points and percentage decline since June 25, 2012.
  • Lowest closing value since June 28, 2012.
  • Down 10.91% (approximately $2.9 trillion in market cap), from its record close of 15745.39 on October 09, 2007.
  • Up 106.29% (approximately $8.3 trillion in market cap), from the 12-½ year closing low of 6800.08 on March 9, 2009.
  • Up 1.32% from 52 weeks ago.
  • Up 6.22% from its 2012 closing low of 13206.64 on January 04, 2012.
  • Down 4.83% from its 52-week high of 14740.15 on April 02, 2012.
  • Up 24.15% from its 52-week low of 11299.07 on October 03, 2011.
  • Month-to-date: down 0.51%, or approximately $89.4 billion in market cap.
  • Year-to-date: up 7.75% (rounded), or approximately $1.1 trillion in market.

Data courtesy of Dow Jones Indexes.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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