Historically, there has not been too much love on average from Wall Street on Valentine's Day.  On average the major indices have been flat on Feb 14.

• Avg Dow percent move of +.05%
• Avg S&P percent move of -.08%
• Avg Nasdaq percent move of +.07%

The Best Valentine's Days:

• Dow:
• Best point gain of 158.9 in 2003
• Best % gain of 2.2% in 1920
• S&P:
• Best point gain of 17.5 in 2003
• Best % gain of 2.1% also in 2003
• NASDAQ:
• Best point gain of 63.7 in 2001
• Best % gain of 2.6% also in 2001

Worst Valentine's Days:

• Dow:
• Worst point loss of 107.9 in 2001 (when the NASDAQ had its best day)
• Worst % loss of 4.3% in 1933
• S&P:
• Worst point loss of 23.9 in 1999
• Worst % loss of 5.1% in 1933
• NASDAQ:
• Worst point loss of 83.7 in 1999
• Worst % loss of 3.5% also in 1999

Last year's biggest Valentine's day gainers in the S&P were:

• Deere & Co (DE) up 9.0%
• CSX Corp. (CSX) up 6.9%
• Affiliated Computer Svcs (ACS) up 5.9%
• Newell Rubbermaid (NWL) up 5.1%
• Ciena Corp (CIEN) up 4.8%

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