Dow, S&P Fall Back

The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 54.90 points Tuesday to close at 13,035.94. Meanwhile, the S&P 500 shed 1.64 points to end at 1,404.94 and the Nasdaq added 8.10 points to finish at 3,075.06.

Here are some more details from Tuesday's trading session:

Dow Jones Industrial Average:

  • Fell in two of the last three days.
  • An intraday high of 13092.39 occurred at the open today, representing an increase of 1.55 points, or 0.01%.
  • An intraday low of 12977.09 occurred at 10:57:49 today, representing a decrease of 113.75 points, or 0.87%.
  • Lowest intraday since 08/03/2012.
  • Eleven of the 30 component stocks rose, 19 fell.
  • Today's top five contributors to The Dow's movement and their point contribution: WMT (7.05), VZ (5.88), KFT (2.40), AXP (2.40), PG (1.63).
  • Today's bottom five laggards: CAT (-20.67), UTX (-11.61), CVX (-7.28), DD (-7.12), MMM (-7.12).
  • Down 7.97% from its record close of 14164.53 on October 09, 2007.
  • Up 99.11% from its 12-year closing low of 6547.05 on March 9, 2009.
  • Up 17.03% from 52 weeks ago.
  • Up 7.72% from its 2012 closing low of 12101.46 on June 04, 2012.
  • Down 1.83% from its 52-week high of 13279.32 on May 01, 2012.
  • Up 22.34% from its 52-week low of 10655.30 on October 03, 2011.
  • Year-to-date: up 6.70%.

Dow Jones U.S. Total Stock Market Index:

14552.67

Up 9.60 points, or 0.07%, or approximately $11.4 billion in market capitalization

  • Up two consecutive trading days and four of the last five.
  • Up 82.39 points, or 0.57%, over the two-day period.
  • Largest two-day points and percentage gain since August 17, 2012.
  • Down 7.58% (approximately $2.3 trillion in market cap), from its record close of 15745.39 on October 09, 2007.
  • Up 114.01% (approximately $8.8 trillion in market cap), from the 12-½ year closing low of 6800.08 on March 9, 2009.
  • Up 20.33% from 52 weeks ago.
  • Up 10.19% from its 2012 closing low of 13206.64 on January 04, 2012.
  • Down 1.27% from its 52-week high of 14740.15 on April 02, 2012.
  • Up 28.80% from its 52-week low of 11299.07 on October 03, 2011.
  • Year-to-date: up 11.78%, or approximately $1.7 trillion in market cap.

Data courtesy of Dow Jones Indexes.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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