Stocks End Week On Sour Note

The Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged 120.79 points Friday to close at 12,822.57 while the Nasdaq and S&P 500 lost 40.60 points and 13.85 points, respectively.

Here are some more details from Friday’s trading session:

Dow Jones Industrial Average:

This week: up 45.48 points, or 0.36%

  • Up two consecutive weeks and three of the last four.
  • Up 50.10 points, or 0.39%, over the two-week period.

Today: down 120.79 points, or 0.93%

  • Today’s drop snaps a three-day winning streak.
  • Largest one-day points and percentage decline since July 06, 2012.
  • An intraday high of 12942.83 occurred at the open today.
  • An intraday low of 12810.35 occurred at 14:35:25 today, representing a decrease of 133.01 points, or 1.03%.
  • Three of the 30 component stocks rose, 27 fell.
  • Today's top five performing stocks in the index: WMT (5.45), CVX (2.65), GE (0.53), KFT (-0.30), VZ (-0.38).
  • Today's bottom five laggards: IBM (-21.87), CAT (-12.71), UTX (-12.03), MCD (-8.93), TRV (-7.42).
  • Down 9.47% from its record close of 14164.53 on October 09, 2007.
  • Up 95.85% from its 12-year closing low of 6547.05 on March 9, 2009.
  • Up 1.12% from 52 weeks ago.
  • Up 5.96% from its 2012 closing low of 12101.46 on Monday, June 04, 2012.
  • Down 3.44% from its 52-week high of 13279.32 on Tuesday, May 01, 2012.
  • Up 20.34% from its 52-week low of 10655.30 on Monday, October 03, 2011.
  • Month-to-date: down 0.45% (rounded).
  • Year-to-date: up 4.95%.

Dow Jones U.S. Total Stock Market Index:

This week: up 36.08 points, or 0.26%

  • First weekly gain in three weeks.

Today: down 146.32 points, or 1.03%, or approximately $169 billion in market capitalization

  • Today’s drop snaps a three-day winning streak.
  • Down eight of the past twelve trading days.
  • Largest one-day points and percentage decline since June 25, 2012.
  • Down 10.51% (approximately $2.9 trillion in market cap), from its record close of 15745.39 on October 09, 2007.
  • Up 107.21% (approximately $8.3 trillion in market cap), from the 12-½ year closing low of 6800.08 on March 9, 2009.
  • Down 0.04% from 52 weeks ago.
  • Up 6.69% from its 2012 closing low of 13206.64 on January 04, 2012.
  • Down 4.41% from its 52-week high of 14740.15 on April 02, 2012.
  • Up 24.71% from its 52-week low of 11299.07on October 03, 2011.
  • Month-to-date: down 0.07%, or approximately $27.9 billion in market cap.
  • Year-to-date: up 8.23%, or approximately $1.2 trillion in market cap.

Data courtesy of Dow Jones Indexes.

 

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