Stocks Finish 162.42 Points Higher

The Dow Jones Industrial Average ended the day higher, up 162.42 points, or 1.39%, reverses most of the previous day’s losses. The Dow Jones U.S. Total Stock Market Index gained 144.61 points, or 1.14%.

Dow Jones Industrial Average

  • Up 162.42 points, or 1.39% to 11869.04
  • Up in four of the last five trading days.
  • An intraday high of 11891.21 occurred at 15:37:27 today, representing an increase of 184.59 points, or 1.58%.
  • An intraday low of 11694.36 occurred at 10:56:28 today, representing a decrease of 12.26 points or 0.10%.
  • Twenty-seven of the 30 component stocks rose, two fell, one was unchanged.
  • Today's top five contributors to The Dow's movement and their point contribution: BA (21.49), CVX (17.18), CAT (12.71), XOM (12.34), IBM (12.19).
  • Today's bottom five laggards: MSFT (-1.74), MMM (-0.15), CSCO (0.00), MCD (0.08), INTC (0.53).
  • Down 2295.49 points, or 16.21% from its record close of 14164.53 on October 9, 2007.
  • Up 6.68% from 52 weeks ago.
  • Up 81.29% from its 12-year closing low of 6547.05 on March 9, 2009.
  • Down 7.35% from its 2011 closing high of 12810.54 on April 29.
  • Up 11.39% from its 2011 closing low of 10655.30 on October 3.
  • Month-to-date: up 8.76%.
  • Year-to-date: up 2.52%.

Dow Jones U.S. Total Stock Market Index (FORMERLY KNOWN AS DOW JONES WILSHIRE 5000)

  • Dow Jones U.S. Total Stock Market Index, 12872.90 (prelim)*, up 144.61 points, or 1.14%, or approximately $168 billion in market capitalization.
  • Up four of the last five trading days.
  • Down 2872.49 points, or 18.24% (approximately $4.1 trillion in market cap), from its record close of 15745.39 on October 9, 2007.
  • Up 89.31% (approximately $7.1 trillion in market cap), from the 12-½ year closing low of 6800.08 on March 9, 2009.
  • Up 5.07% over the past 52 weeks.
  • Down 10.03% from its 2011 closing high of 14308.37 on April 29.
  • Up 13.93% from its 2011 closing low of 11299.07 on October 3.
  • Month-to-date: up 10.25%.
  • Year-to-date: down 1.97%, or approximately $379 billion in market cap.

*The index values for the Dow Jones U.S. Total Stock Market Index are in price return and float-adjusted. Full market capitalization will continue to be used in this factoid.

Data courtesy of Dow Jones Indexes

 

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