The Dow Jones Industrial Average trimmed 2.73 points to finish at 12,977.57 Friday while the Nasdaq and S&P 500 gave back 12.78 points and 4.46 points, respectively.
Absent any significant economic news, investors mostly sat on the sidelines following a generally upbeat February.
Here are some more details from Friday’s trading session:
Dow Jones Industrial Average:
- This week: DJIA, down 5.38 points, or 0.04%
- First weekly loss in three trading weeks.
- Today: DJIA, down 2.73 points, or 0.02%.
- Down two of the past three trading days.
- An intraday high of 12997.51 occurred at 15:31:10 today, representing an increase of 17.21 points, or 0.13%.
- An intraday low of 12927.77 occurred at 13:24:37 today, representing a decrease of 52.53 points, or 0.40%.
- Fifteen of the 30 component stocks rose, 15 fell.
- Today's top five contributors to The Dow's movement and their point contribution: IBM (9.69), UTX (2.88), JPM (1.97), MCD (1.89), T (1.82).
- Today's bottom five laggards: CAT (-6.81), AXP (-4.39), XOM (-3.78), KO (-3.18), TRV (-3.10).
- Down 8.38% from its record close of 14164.53 on October 09, 2007.
- Up 98.22% from its 12-year closing low of 6547.05 on March 9, 2009.
- Up 6.64% from 52 weeks ago.
- Up 5.00% from its 2012 closing low of 12359.92 on January 06, 2012.
- Down 0.21% from its 52-week high of 13005.12 on February 28, 2012.
- Up 21.79% from its 52-week low of 10655.30 on October 03, 2011.
- Year-to-date: up 6.22%.
- DJIA crossed zero 13 times during today's trading session.
Dow Jones U.S. Total Stock Market Index:
- This week: Dow Jones U.S. Total Stock Market Index, down 6.67 points or 0.05%.
- First weekly loss in three weeks.
- Today: Dow Jones U.S. Total Stock Market Index, down 64.54 points, or 0.45%, or 75.9 billion in market capitalization.
- Down two of the past three trading days.
- Down 9.57% (approximately $2.6 trillion in market cap), from its record close of 15745.39 on October 09, 2007.
- Up 109.38% (approximately $8.6 trillion in market cap), from the 12-½ year closing low of 6800.08 on March 9, 2009.
- Up 3.04% from 52 weeks ago.
- Down 0.45% from its 2012 closing high of 14302.61 on March 01, 2012.
- Up 7.81% from its 2012 closing low of 13206.64 on January 04, 2012.
- Down 0.49% from its 52-week high of 14308.37 on April 29, 2011.
- Up 26.01% from its 52-week low of 11299.07 on October 03, 2011.
- Year-to-date: up 9.36%, or approximately $1.4 trillion in market cap.
Data courtesy of Dow Jones Indexes.
