Stocks rose 2.19%, or 259.89 points, Friday on positive news out of Italy and Greece. The Dow Jones Industrial Average ended the week 1.42% higher.
- Up 170.44 points this week, or 1.42%, to 12153.68
- Up six of the last seven trading weeks.
- Today: DJIA, up 259.89 points, or 2.19%.
- Up two consecutive trading days and four of the last five.
- Biggest points and percentage gain since October 27, 2011.
- An intraday high of 12179.72 occurred at 11:18:48 today, representing an increase of 285.93 points, or 2.40%.
- An intraday low of 11896.28 occurred at the open.
- All 30 component stocks closed up today and have done so 10 times previously in 2011.
- Today's top five contributors to The Dow's movement and their point contribution: IBM (30.50), CAT (29.74), UTX (17.86), BA (15.82), DIS (15.59).
- Today's bottom five contributors and their point contribution: BAC (1.36), VZ (1.44), PFE (1.51), GE (1.82), T (1.97).
- Down 2010.85 points, or 14.20% from its record close of 14164.53 on October 9, 2007.
- Up 8.59% from 52 weeks ago.
- Up 85.64% from its 12-year closing low of 6547.05 on March 9, 2009.
- Down 5.13% from its 2011 closing high of 12810.54 on April 29.
- Up 14.06% from its 2011 closing low of 10655.30 on October 3.
- Month-to-date: up 1.66%.
- Year-to-date: up 4.98%.
- Dow Jones U.S. Total Stock Market Index, 13102.04 (prelim)*, up 73.41 points this week, or 0.56%
- Up five of the last six trading weeks.
- Today: Dow Jones U.S. Total Stock Market Index, up 259.05 points, or 2.02%, or approximately $299 billion in market capitalization.
- Up two consecutive trading days and four of the last five.
- Biggest points and percentage gain since October 27, 2011.
- Down 2643.35 points, or 16.79% (approximately $3.8 trillion in market cap), from its record close of 15745.39 on October 9, 2007.
- Up 92.67% (approximately $7.4 trillion in market cap), from the 12-½ year closing low of 6800.08 on March 9, 2009.
- Up 5.25% over the past 52 weeks.
- Down 8.43% from its 2011 closing high of 14308.37 on April 29.
- Up 15.96% from its 2011 closing low of 11299.07 on October 3.
- Month-to-date: up 0.74%.
- Year-to-date, down 0.22%, or approximately $124 billion in market cap.
*The index values for the Dow Jones U.S. Total Stock Market Index are in price return and float-adjusted. Full market capitalization will continue to be used in this factoid.
Data Courtesy of Dow Jones Indexes