The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 78.33 points Tuesday to close at 12,805.54 while the Nasdaq and S&P 500 added 13.10 points and 10.03 points, respectively.
In economic news, the Labor Department reported that consumer prices were essentially flat in June and, excluding food and energy, core CPI gained 0.2% for the fourth month in a row.
Here are some more details from Tuesday’s trading session:
Dow Jones Industrial Average:
- Up two of the past three trading days.
- An intraday high of 12829.23 occurred at 14:57:32 today, representing an increase of 102.02 points, or 0.80%.
- An intraday low of 12645.10 occurred t 10:45:32 today, representing a decrease of 82.11 points, or 0.65%.
- Highest closing value since July 05, 2012.
- Twenty-six of the 30 component stocks rose, four fell.
- Today's top five contributors to The Dow's movement and their point contribution: DIS (11.28), KO (9.16), MMM (6.66), MRK (6.36), DD (5.90).
- Today's bottom five performing stocks in the index: IBM (-8.63), HD (-5.52), JPM (-0.76), AA (-0.38), CSCO (0.30).
- Down 9.59% from its record close of 14164.53 on October 09, 2007.
- Up 95.59% from its 12-year closing low of 6547.05 on March 9, 2009.
- Up 1.73% from 52 weeks ago.
- Up 5.82% from its 2012 closing low of 12101.46 on June 04, 2012.
- Down 3.57% from its 52-week high of 13279.32 on May 01, 2012.
- Up 20.18% from its 52-week low of 10655.30 on October 03, 2011.
- Month-to-date: down 0.58%.
- Year-to-date: up 4.81%.
- DJIA crossed zero eight times during today's trading session.
Dow Jones U.S. Total Stock Market Index:
14113.90, up 98.06 points, or 0.70%, or approximately $111 billion in market capitalization
- Up two of the past three trading days.
- Highest closing value since July 05, 2012.
- Down 10.36% (approximately $2.8 trillion in market cap), from its record close of 15745.39 on October 09, 2007.
- Up 107.56% (approximately $8.4 trillion in market cap), from the 12-½ year closing low of 6800.08 on March 9, 2009.
- Up 1.45% from 52 weeks ago.
- Up 6.87% from its 2012 closing low of 13206.64 on January 04, 2012.
- Down 4.25% (rounded) from its 52-week high of 14740.15 on April 02, 2012.
- Up 24.91% from its 52-week low of 11299.07 on October 03, 2011.
- Month-to-date: up 0.10%, or approximately $2.6 billion in market cap.
- Year-to-date: up 8.41%, or approximately $1.2 trillion in market cap.
Data courtesy of Dow Jones Indexes.
