Stocks Surge 102.55 Points to 11,518.85

Stocks gained 102.55 points Wednesday to 11,518.85, up 8.1% over the last seven trading days.

Dow Jones Industrial Average

• Up 102.55 points, or 0.90%, to 11518.85
• Up five of the last seven trading days.
• Up 8.10%, over the seven-day period.
• Highest close since August 31, 2011.
• An intraday high of 11625.30 occurred at 14:33:16 today, representing an increase of 209.00 points, or 1.83%.
• An intraday low of 11417.28 occurred at the open today.
• Twenty-five of the 30 component stocks rose, five fell.
• Today's top contributors to The Dow's movement and their points contribution: MMM (14.68), AXP (9.61), DIS (8.70), IBM (8.48), CAT (7.87).
• Today's laggards: MCD (-7.42), AA (-1.89), MSFT (-0.30), HPQ (-0.23), PFE (-0.15).
• Down 2645.68 points, or 18.68% from its record close of 14164.53 on October 9, 2007.
• Up 3.81% from 52 weeks ago.
• Up 75.94% from its 12-year closing low of 6547.05 on March 9, 2009.
• Down 10.08% from its 2011 closing high of 12810.54 on April 29.
• Up 8.10% from its 2011 closing low of 10655.30 on October 3.
• Month-to-date: up 5.55%.
• Year-to-date: down 0.51%.

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

• Dow Jones U.S. Total Stock Market Index, 12479.58 (prelim)*, up 130.86 points, or 1.06%, or approximately $157 billion in market capitalization.
• Up three consecutive trading days and six of the last seven.
• Up 10.45%, over the seven-day period.
• Highest close since September 19, 2011.
• Down 3265.81 points, or 20.74% (approximately $4.5 trillion in market cap), from its record close of 15745.39 on October 9, 2007.
• Up 83.52% (approximately $6.6 trillion in market cap), from the 12-½ year closing low of 6800.08 on March 9, 2009.
• Up 2.23% over the past 52 weeks.
• Down 12.78% from its 2011 closing high of 14308.37 on April 29.
• Up 10.45% from its 2011 closing low of 11299.07 on October 3.
• Month-to-date: up 6.88%.
• Year-to-date: down 4.96%, or approximately $837 billion.

*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