Bargain hunters got back into the mix Tuesday, snapping up shares across all sectors as the Dow Jones Industrial average stormed up 322 points, or 3%, for the day.
Tech stocks were especially popular as the Nasdaq rallied up 100 points, or 4.3%, to finish at 2,446.06 and the S&P 500 gained 38.53 points to close at 1,162.35.
Here's a closer look at Tuesday's rally:
Dow Jones Industrial average:
· Up 322.11 points, or 2.97%, to 11176.76
· Up two consecutive trading days.
· Up 359.11 points, or 3.32%, over the two-day trading period.
· Largest two-day points & percentage gain since August 12, 2011.
· Up six of the past nine trading days.
· Largest one-day points & percentage gain since August 11, 2011.
· An intraday high of 11176.84 occurred at 16:03:53 today, representing an increase of 322.19 points, or 2.97%.
· An intraday low of 10854.43 occurred at 09:30:02 today, representing a decrease of 0.22 point, or 0.002%.
· Twenty-nine of the 30 component stocks rose, one fell.
· Today's top contributors to The Dow's movement and their points contribution: IBM (40.41), CVX (30.50), XOM (26.34), CAT (23.39), MMM (20.59).
· Today's laggard: BAC (-0.91).
· Traded in positive territory for more than 99 percent of the day.
· Down 21.09% from its record close of 14164.53 October 09, 2007.
· Rose 11.32% from 52 weeks ago.
· Down 12.75% from its 2011 closing high of 12810.54 April 29.
· Up 4.26% from its 2011 closing low of 10719.94 on August 10.
· Down 12.75% from its 52 week high of 12810.54 on April 29, 2011.
· Up 11.93% from its 52 week low of 9985.81 on August 26, 2010.
· Month-to-date: down 7.96%.
· Year-to-date: down 3.46%.
Dow Jones U.S. Total Stock Market Index
· Dow Jones U.S. Total Stock Market, 12054.26, (prelim)*, up 415.88 points, or 3.57%, or approximately $480 billion in market capitalization.
· Today’s gain snaps a three-day losing streak.
· Largest one-day points & percentage gain since August 11, 201.1
· Down 3691.13 points, or 23.44% (approximately $5.0 trillion in market cap), from its record close of 15745.39 on October 9, 2007.
· Up 77.27% (approximately $6.2 trillion in market cap), from the 12-½ year closing low of 6800.08 on March 9, 2009.
· Up 11.41% from 52 weeks ago.
· Down 15.75% from its 2011 closing high of 14308.37 on April 29.
· Up 4.09% from its 2011 closing low of 11580.34 August 08.
· Down 15.75% from its 52 week high of 14308.37 on April 29, 2011.
· Up 11.76% from its 52 week low of 10785.39 on August 26, 2010.
· Month-to-date: down 10.83%.
· Year-to-date: down 8.20%, or approximately $1.3 trillion in market cap.
Data courtesy of Dow Jones Indexes.
