The Dow Jones Industrial Average added another 45.79 points Friday to close at 12,949.87, pushing the index up 6% so far for the year.
The Nasdaq shed 8 points to end at 2,951.78 while the S&P 500 added 3.19 points to close at 1,361.23.
The Labor Department reported that consumer prices rose 0.2% in January as gasoline prices gained, their sharpest increase in four months but slightly less than 0.3% increase most economists had forecast.
Meanwhile, leading indicators rose 0.4% in January to 94.9, according to the Conference Board, setting a three-year high. Economists had expected the index to increase 0.5%.
Here are some more details from Friday’s trading session:
Dow Jones Industrial Average:
- This week: DJIA, up 148.64 points or 1.16%.
- Up five of the past seven weeks.
- Today: DJIA, up 45.79 points, or 0.35%.
- Up two consecutive trading days and four of the last five.
- Up 168.92 points, or 1.32%, over the two-day period.
- Largest two-day points & percentage gain since January 04, 2012.
- A new 52 week high.
- Highest closing value since May 19, 2008.
- An intraday high of 12967.92 occurred at 15:28:06 today, representing an increase of 63.84 points, or 0.49%.
- An intraday low of 12903.25 occurred at 09:30:02 today, representing a decrease of 0.83 points, or 0.01%.
- Today’s session had a trading range of 64.67 points, its narrowest intraday swing since January 19, 2012.
- Nineteen of the 30 component stocks rose, 11 fell.
- Today's top five contributors to The Dow's movement and their point contribution: DD (7.19), HD (5.90), MCD (5.52), UTX (4.24), INTC (4.01).
- Today's bottom five laggards: HPQ (-2.27), PG (-2.19), KFT (-1.74), AA (-0.98), PFE (-0.98).
- Down 8.58% from its record close of 14164.53 on October 09, 2007.
- Up 97.80% from its 12-year closing low of 6547.05 on March 9, 2009.
- Up 4.51% from 52 weeks ago.
- Up 4.77% from its 2012 closing low of 12359.92 on January 06, 2012.
- Up 21.53% from its 52-week low of 10655.30 on October 03, 2011.
- Month-to-date: up 2.51%.
- Year-to-date: up 5.99%.
Dow Jones U.S. Total Stock Market Index:
- This week: Dow Jones U.S. Total Stock Market Index, up 207.72 points or 1.48%.
- Up six of the past seven weeks.
- Today: Dow Jones U.S. Total Stock Market Index, up 22.15 points, or 0.16%, or approximately $25.7 billion in market capitalization.
- Up two consecutive trading days and nine of the last 13 sessions.
- Up 193.27 points, or 1.38%, over the two-day period.
- Largest two-day points & percentage gain since February 06, 2012.
- A new 2012 closing high.
- Highest closing value since July 07, 2011.
- Down 9.76% (or approximately $2.6 trillion in market cap), from its record close of 15745.39 on October 09, 2007.
- Up 108.94% (or approximately $8.6 trillion in market cap), from the 12-½ year closing low of 6800.08 on March 9, 2009.
- Up 1.18% from 52 weeks ago.
- Up 7.58% from its 2012 closing low of 13206.64 on January 04, 2012.
- Down 0.70% from its 52-week high of 14308.37 on April 29, 2011.
- Up 25.75% from its 52-week low of 11299.07 on October 03, 2011.
- Month-to-date: up 3.99%, or $640 billion in market cap.
- Year-to-date: up 9.13%, or $1.4 trillion in market cap.
Data courtesy of Dow Jones Indexes.
