The Dow Jones Industrial Average shed 21.68 points Tuesday to finish at 13,102.99. The S&P 500 fell 1.14 points to end at 1,409.30 and the Nasdaq rose 3.95 points to close at 3,077.14.
Here are some more details from Tuesday's trading session:
Dow Jones Industrial Average:
- Down two consecutive trading days and six of the last seven sessions.
- Down 54.98 points, or 0.42%, over the two-day period.
- Largest two-day points and percentage decline since August 23, 2012.
- An intraday high of 13147.32 occurred at 10:30:20 today, representing an increase of 22.65 points, or 0.17%.
- An intraday low of 13081.12 occurred at 10:02:41 today, representing a decrease of 43.55 points, or 0.33%.
- Ten of the 30 component stocks rose, 19 fell, one was unchanged.
- Today's top five contributors to The Dow's movement and their point contribution: CVX (4.80), XOM (2.79), INTC (1.24), HD (1.16), AXP (1.08).
- Today's bottom five laggards: IBM (-6.35), CAT (-4.80), MCD (-3.10), TRV (-2.63), HPQ (-2.40).
- Down 7.49% from its record close of 14164.53 on October 09, 2007.
- Up 100.14% from its 12-year closing low of 6547.05 on March 9, 2009.
- Up 13.35% (rounded) from 52 weeks ago.
- Up 8.28% from its 2012 closing low of 12101.46 on June 04, 2012.
- Off 1.33% from its 52-week high of 13279.32 on May 01, 2012.
- Up 22.97% from its 52-week low of 10655.30 on October 03, 2011.
- Month-to-date: up 0.73%.
- Year-to-date: up 7.25% (rounded).
- DJIA crossed zero 48 times during today's trading session.
Dow Jones U.S. Total Stock Market Index:
14569.39, up 0.25 points, or 0.002%, or approximately 2.7 billion in market capitalization.
- Up two of the past three trading days.
- Down 7.47% (approximately $2.3 trillion in market cap), from its record close of 15745.39 on October 09, 2007.
- Up 114.25% (approximately $8.9 trillion in market cap), from the 12-½ year closing low of 6800.08 on March 9, 2009.
- Up 15.40% from 52 weeks ago.
- Up 10.32% from its 2012 closing low of 13206.64 on January 04, 2012.
- Down 1.16% from its 52-week high of 14740.15 on April 02, 2012.
- Up 28.94% from its 52-week low of 11299.07 on October 03, 2011.
- Month-to-date: up 2.40%, or approximately $388 billion in market cap.
- Year-to-date: up 11.91%, or approximately $1.7 trillion in market cap.
Data courtesy of Dow Jones Indexes.
