Dow Jones Industrial Average Surges 131.24 Points

October 05, 2011, 6:05 p.m. EDT 1 Min Read

The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 131.24 points Wednesday, with advancers beating decliners. The Dow Jones U.S. Total Stock Market Index added 210.12 points.

Dow Jones Industrial Average

Up 131.24 points, or 1.21%, to 10939.95
Up two consecutive trading days.
Up 284.65 points, or 2.67%, over the two-day period.
An intraday high of 10950.89 occurred at 15:39:24 today, representing an increase of 142.18 points, or 1.32%.
An intraday low of 10738.10 occurred at 09:37:38 today, representing a decrease of 70.61 points, or 0.65%.
Twenty-six of the 30 component stocks rose, four fell.
Today's top five contributors to The Dow's movement and their points contribution: CVX (24.07), IBM (15.97), CAT (13.02), DIS (12.49), TRV (11.28).
Today's bottom five worst performing stocks in the index: MCD (-4.92), WMT (-1.74), VZ (-0.98), PG (-0.23), BAC (0.08).
Down 3224.58 points, or 22.77% from its record close of 14164.53 on October 9, 2007.
Down 0.25% from 52 weeks ago.
Up 67.10% from its 12-year closing low of 6547.05 on March 9, 2009.
Down 14.60% from its 2011 closing high of 12810.54 on April 29.
Year-to-date: down 5.51%.
DJIA crossed zero 45 times during today's trading session.

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

Dow Jones U.S. Total Stock Market Index, 11813.31 (prelim)*, up 210.28 points, or 1.81%, or approximately $246 billion in market capitalization.
Up two consecutive trading days.
Up 514.24 points, or 4.55%, over the two-day period.
Largest two-day points and percent gain since the two-day period ended on August 29, 2011.
Down 3932.08 points, or 24.97% (approximately $5.3 trillion in market cap), from its record close of 15745.39 on October 9, 2007.
Up 73.72% (approximately $5.9 trillion in market cap), from the 12-½ year closing low of 6800.08 on March 9, 2009.
Down 1.50% over the past 52 weeks.
Down 17.44% from its 2011 closing high of 14308.37 on April 29.
Year-to-date: down 10.04%, or approximately $1.6 trillion 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