Stocks End Week On High Note

The Dow Jones Industrial Average moved up 67.21 points Friday to close at 12,640.78 while the Nasdaq and S&P 500 added 33.33 points and 9.51 points, respectively.

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

Dow Jones Industrial Average:

  • First gain in three days.
  • An intraday high of 12674.08 occurred at 15:54:41 today, representing an increase of 100.51 points, or 0.80%
  • An intraday low of 12574.67 occurred at the open today.
  • Twenty-eight of the 30 component stocks rose, two fell.
  • Today's top five contributors to The Dow's movement and their point contribution: TRV (5.83), HD (5.75), MRK (5.52), MCD (5.37), VZ (4.69).
  • Today's bottom five performing stocks in the index: WMT (-3.03), CAT (-0.15), XOM (0.15), KFT (0.38), AA (0.53).
  • Down 10.76% from its record close of 14164.53 on October 09, 2007.
  • Up 93.08% from its 12-year closing low of 6547.05 on March 9, 2009.
  • Up 5.92% from 52 weeks ago.
  • Up 4.46% from its 2012 closing low of 12101.46 on June 04, 2012.
  • Down 4.81% from its 52-week high of 13279.32 on May 01, 2012.
  • Up 18.63% from its 52-week low of 10655.30on October 03, 2011.
  • Month-to-date: up 2.00%.
  • Year-to-date: up 3.46%.

Dow Jones U.S. Total Stock Market Index:

Today: up 103.30 points, or 0.75%, or approximately $123 billion in market capitalization

  • Up five of the past seven trading days.
  • Down 12.33% (approximately $3.2 trillion in market cap), from its record close of 15745.39 on October 09, 2007.
  • Up 102.99% (approximately $8.0 trillion in market cap), from the 12-½ year closing low of 6800.08 on March 9, 2009.
  • Up 3.74% from 52 weeks ago.
  • Up 4.52% from its 2012 closing low of 13206.64 on January 04, 2012.
  • Down 6.35% from its 52-week high of 14740.15 on April 02, 2012.
  • Up 22.16% from its 52 week low of 11299.07 on October 03, 2011.
  • Month-to-date: up 1.60%, or approximately $264 billion in market cap.
  • Year-to-date: is up 6.02%, or approximately $873 billion in market cap.

Data courtesy of Dow Jones Indexes.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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