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Dow Logs Three-Day Winning Streak
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The Dow Jones Industrial Average rallied up another 113.90 points to finish at 13,204.62 Thursday while the Nasdaq added 21 points and the S&P 500 moved up 9.29 points to close at 1,399.98.

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

Dow Jones Industrial Average:

  • Up three consecutive trading days and four of the last five sessions.
  • Up 277.45 points, or 2.15% (rounded), over the three-day period.
  • Largest three-day points and percentage gain since March 15, 2012.
  • Largest one-day points and percentage gain since April 17, 2012.
  • An intraday high of 13227.82 occurred at 15:23:22 today, representing an increase of 137.10 points, or 1.05%.
  • An intraday low of 13075.96 occurred at 09:30:20 today, representing a decrease of 14.76 points, or 0.11%.
  • Highest closing value since April 02, 2012.
  • Twenty-four of the 30 component stocks rose, six fell.
  • Today's top five contributors to The Dow's movement and their point contribution: CVX (17.94), IBM (15.21), WMT (12.03), UTX (10.90), TRV (7.49).
  • Today's bottom five laggards: XOM (-5.90), MSFT (-0.68), BA (-0.68), DD (-0.45), HD (-0.30).
  • Down 6.78% from its record close of 14164.53 on October 09, 2007.
  • Up 99.95% from its 12-year closing low of 6547.05 on March 9, 2009.
  • Up 3.46% from 52 weeks ago.
  • Up 6.83% from its 2012 closing low of 12359.92 on January 06, 2012.
  • Down 0.45% from its 52-week high of 13264.49 on April 02, 2012.
  • Up 23.93% from its 52-week low of 10655.30 on October 03, 2011.
  • Month-to-date: down 0.06%.
  • Year-to-date: up 8.08%.
  • Today's closing value is the 7th highest so far this year.

Dow Jones U.S. Total Stock Market Index:

Dow Jones U.S. Total Stock Market Index, 14541.32*, up 100.65 points, or 0.70%, or approximately $123 billion in market capitalization.

  • Up three consecutive trading days and four of the last five.
  • Up 357.92 points, or 2.52%, over the three-day period.
  • Largest three-day points and percentage gain since February 03, 2012.
  • Highest closing value since April 03, 2012.
  • Down 7.65% (rounded) (approximately $2.3 trillion in market cap), from its record close of 15745.39 on October 09, 2007.
  • Up 113.84% (approximately $8.9 trillion market cap), from the 12-½ year closing low of 6800.08 on March 9, 2009.
  • Up 1.89% from 52 weeks ago.
  • Up 10.11% from its 2012 closing low of 13206.64 on January 04, 2012.
  • Down 1.35% (rounded) from its 52-week high of 14740.15 on April 02, 2012.
  • Up 28.69% from its 52-week low of 11299.07 on October 03, 2011.
  • Month-to-date: down -0.59% or approximately $101 billion in market cap.
  • Year-to-date: up 11.69% or approximately $1.7 trillion in market cap.

Data courtesy of Dow Jones Indexes.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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