Stocks End With Strong Gains

The Dow Jones Industrial Average stormed up 204 points Friday to close at 12,777.09 while the Nasdaq and S&P 500 rallied up 42.28 points and 22.02 points, respectively.

In economic news, the Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan July preliminary consumer sentiment index dipped to 72, its lowest level since December. Meanwhile, the Labor Department said producer prices rose 0.1% last month despite sharp declines in energy prices.

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

Dow Jones Industrial Average:

This week: up 4.62 points, or 0.04%

  • Up two of the past three weeks.

Today: up 203.82 points, or 1.62%

  • Snaps a six-day losing streak.
  • Largest one-day points and percentage gain since June 29, 2012.
  • Highest closing value since July 05, 2012.
  • An intraday high of 12784.73 occurred at 15:45:00 today, representing an increase of 211.46, or 1.68%.
  • An intraday low of 12573.04 occurred at 09:30:02 today, representing a decrease of 0.23, or 0.00%.
  • Twenty-nine of the 30 component stocks rose, one fell.
  • Today's top five performing stocks in the index: IBM (22.10), CAT (18.39), JPM (15.36), BA (13.62), UTX (13.24).
  • Today's bottom five performing stocks in the index: HPQ (-2.80), AA (0.91), PFE (1.06), CSCO (2.50), GE (2.50).
  • Down 9.80% from its record close of 14164.53 on October 09, 2007.
  • Up 80.49% from its 12-year closing low of 6547.05 on March 9, 2009.
  • Up 2.38% from 52 weeks ago.
  • Up 5.58% from its 2012 closing low of 12101.46 on June 04, 2012.
  • Down 3.78% from its 52-week high of 13279.32 on May 01, 2012.
  • Up 19.91% from its 52-week low of 10655.30 on October 03, 2011.
  • Month-to-date: down 0.80%.
  • Year-to-date: up 4.58%.

Dow Jones U.S. Total Stock Market Index:

This week: down 1.67 points, or 0.01%

  • Down two consecutive weeks.
  • Down 45.73 points, or 0.32%, over the two-week period.
  • Down three of the past four weeks.

Today: up 222.11 points, or 1.61%, or approximately $257 billion in market capitalization

  • Today’s gain snaps a six-day losing streak.
  • Largest one-day points and percentage gain since June 29, 2012.
  • Highest closing value since July 06, 2012.
  • Down 10.74% (approximately $2.9 trillion in market cap), from its record close of 15745.39 on October 09, 2007.
  • Up 121.39% (approximately $8.3 trillion in market cap), from the 12-½ year closing low of 6800.08 on March 9, 2009.
  • Up 1.80% from 52 weeks ago.
  • Up 6.42% from its 2012 closing low of 13206.64 on January 04, 2012.
  • Down 4.65% from its 52-week high of 14740.15 on April 02, 2012.
  • Up 24.39% from its 52-week low of 11299.07 on October 03, 2011.
  • Month-to-date: down 0.32%, or approximately $64.3 billion in market cap.
  • Year-to-date: up 7.95%, or approximately $1.1 trillion in market cap.

Data courtesy of Dow Jones Indexes.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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