The Dow Jones Industrial Average moved up 16.42 points to close at 13,194.10 Wednesday. The tech-heavy Nasdaq inched up 0.85 points to 3,040.73 while the S&P 500 lost 1.67 points to end at 1,394.28.
Here are some more details from Wednesday’s trading session:
Dow Jones Industrial Average:
- Up six consecutive trading days.
- Up 434.95 points, or 3.41%, over the six-day period.
- Longest up streak since the eight-day period ended February 9, 2011.
- An intraday high of 13221.27 occurred at 10:29:11 today, representing an increase of 43.59 points, or 0.33%.
- An intraday low of 13166.25 occurred at 15:19:53 today, representing a decrease of 11.43 points, or 0.09%.
- Today’s session had a trading range of 55.02 points, its narrowest intraday swing since April 4, 2011.
- Of 2012’s 50 trading sessions, today was the 26th time this year in which The Dow moved within a trading range of less than 100 points.
- Highest closing value since Monday, December 31, 2007.
- Thirteen of the 30 component stocks rose, 17 fell.
- Today's top five contributors to The Dow's movement and their point contribution: AXP (14.38), IBM (7.11), BA (6.96), TRV (4.09), MCD (3.86).
- Today's bottom five laggards: CAT (-7.80), XOM (-6.36), DIS (-4.01), CVX (-3.78), KFT (-2.65).Off 6.85% from its record closing high of 14164.53, hit on Tuesday, October 09, 2007.
- Up 101.53% from its 12-year closing low of 6547.05 on March 9, 2009.
- Up 13.61% from 52 weeks ago.
- Up 6.75% from its 2012 closing low of 12359.92 on January 06, 2012.
- Up 23.83% from its 52-week low of 10655.30 on October 03, 2011.
- Month-to-date: up 1.87%.
- Year-to-date: up 7.99%.
- DJIA crossed zero 31 times during today's trading session.
Dow Jones U.S. Total Stock Market Index:
- Dow Jones U.S. Total Stock Market, 14492.85 down 34.00 points, or 0.23%, or approximately $43.0 billion in market capitalization.
- Down two of the past three trading days.
- Largest one-day points and percentage decline since March 06, 2012.
- Down 7.95% (approximately $2.3 trillion in market cap), from its record close of 15745.39 October 09, 2007.
- Up 113.13% (approximately $8.9 trillion in market cap), from the 12-½ year closing low of 6800.08 on March 9, 2009.
- Up 10.20% from 52 weeks ago.
- Up 9.74% from its 2012 closing low of 13206.64 on January 04, 2012.
- Down 0.23% from its 52 week high of 14526.85 on March 13, 2012.
- Up 28.27% from its 52 week low of 11299.07 on October 03, 2011.
- Month-to-date: up 1.98%, or approximately $320 billion in market cap.
- Year-to-date: up 11.32%, or approximately $1.7 trillion in market cap.
Data courtesy of Dow Jones Indexes.
