Blue Chips Gain 180.05 Points in Volatile Trading

The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 180.05 points Tuesday in volatile trading. The surge came a day after stocks dropped 247 points.

Dow Jones Industrial Average

  • Up 180.05 points, or 1.58% to 11577.05
  • Up two of the last three trading days.
  • Biggest points and percent gain since October 10, 2011.
  • An intraday high of 11652.74 occurred at 15:12:25 today, representing an increase of 255.74 points, or 2.24%.
  • Highest intraday level since September 1, 2011
  • An intraday low of 11296.12 occurred at 10:04:12 today, representing a decrease of 100.88 points, or 0.89%.
  • Twenty-eight of the 30 component stocks rose, two fell.
  • Today's top five contributors to The Dow's movement and their points contribution: CVX (32.85), CAT (24.22), MMM (18.77), UTX (15.14), TRV (14.23).
  • Today's bottom five performing stocks in the index: IBM (-58.20), KO (-1.97), INTC (0.91), T (1.44), PFE (2.12).
  • Down 2587.48 points, or 18.27% from its record close of 14164.53 on October 9, 2007.
  • Up 5.45% from 52 weeks ago.
  • Up 76.83% from its 12-year closing low of 6547.05 on March 9, 2009.
  • Down 9.63% from its 2011 closing high of 12810.54 on April 29.
  • Up 8.65% from its 2011 closing low of 10655.30 on October 3.
  • Month-to-date: up 6.08%.
  • Year-to-date: down less than 0.01%.

Dow Jones U.S. Total Stock Market Index (FORMERLY KNOWN AS DOW JONES WILSHIRE 5000)

  • Dow Jones U.S. Total Stock Market Index, 12671.12 (prelim)*, up 265.82 points, or 2.14%, or approximately $316 billion in market capitalization.
  • Up two of the last three trading days.
  • Biggest points and percent gain since October 10, 2011.
  • Highest close since August 31, 2011.
  • Down 3074.27 points, or 19.52% (approximately $4.3 trillion in market cap), from its record close of 15745.39 on October 9, 2007.
  • Up 86.34% (approximately $6.9 trillion in market cap) from the 12-½ year closing low of 6800.08 on March 9, 2009.
  • Up 5.03% over the past 52 weeks.
  • Down 11.44% from its 2011 closing high of 14308.37 on April 29.
  • Up 12.14% from its 2011 closing low of 11299.07 on October 3.
  • Month-to-date: up 8.52%.
  • Year-to-date: down 3.51%, or approximately $616 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

For reprint and licensing requests for this article, click here.
Investment products
MORE FROM FINANCIAL PLANNING