The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 14.64 points Friday to close at 13,306.64 while the Nasdaq and S&P 500 added 0.61 points and 5.80 points, respectively.
Here are some more details from Friday's trading session:
Dow Jones Industrial Average:
This week: up 215.80 points, or 1.65% (rounded)
- Best week since the week period ending July 27, 2012.
- Up seven of the past nine weeks.
Today: up 14.64 points, or 0.11%
- Up three consecutive trading days and four of the last five.
- Up 270.70 points, or 2.08%, over the three-day period.
- Largest three-day points and percentage gain since August 07, 2012.
- An intraday high of 13320.27 occurred at 09:43:50 today, representing an increase of 28.27 points, or 0.21%.
- An intraday low of 13266.22 occurred at the open today, representing a decrease of 25.78 points, or 0.19%.
- Today's session had a high/low trading range of 54.05 points?its narrowest since August 20, 2012.
- Fifteen of the 30 component stocks rose, 15 fell.
- Today's top five contributors to The Dow's movement and their point contribution: CAT (25.63), CVX (7.51), XOM (7.20), DD (5.50), JPM (4.72).
- Today's bottom five laggards: KFT (-17.96), WMT (-7.67), INTC (-6.97), MMM (-3.56), VZ (-3.33).
- A new 52-week high.
- Highest closing value since December 28, 2007.
- Down 6.06% from its record close of 14164.53 on October 09, 2007.
- Up 103.25% from its 12-year closing low of 6547.05 on March 9, 2009.
- Up 21.06% from 52 weeks ago.
- Up 9.96% from its 2012 closing low of 12101.46 on June 04, 2012.
- Up 24.88% from its 52-week low of 10655.30 on October 03, 2011.
- Month-to-date: up 1.65% (rounded).
- Year-to-date: up 8.91%.
- DJIA crossed zero 79 times during today's trading session.
Dow Jones U.S. Total Stock Market Index:
14898.12
This week: up 355.04 points, or 2.44%
- Best week since the week period ending June 08, 2012.
- Up six of the past eight weeks.
Today: up 64.75 points, or 0.44%, or approximately $74.3 billion in market capitalization.
- Up two consecutive trading days and four of the last five sessions.
- Up 359.51 points, or 2.47%, over the two-day period.
- Largest two-day points and percentage gain since July 27, 2012.
- A new 52-week high.
- Highest closing value since December 26, 2007.
- Down 5.38% (approximately $1.9 trillion in market cap), from its record close of 15745.39 on October 09, 2007.
- Up 119.09% (approximately $9.2 trillion in market cap), from the 12-½ year closing low of 6800.08 on March 9, 2009.
- Up 24.28% from 52 weeks ago.
- Up 12.81% from its 2012 closing low of 13206.64, hit on Wednesday, January 04, 2012.
- Up 31.85% from its 52-week low of 11299.07 on October 03, 2011.
- Month-to-date: up 2.44%, or approximately $413 billion in market cap.
- Year-to-date: up 14.43%, or approximately $2.1 trillion in market cap.
Data courtesy of Dow Jones Indexes.
