Market 360: The Best and Worst of the Week for US Equities, Commodities, Currencies, and More

Market Stats:

• DOW
• The Dow ended down -464.66 or -3.78% for the week
• Friday, the Dow closed at 11,842.69, down -220.40 or -1.83%
• The Dow is Negative YTD down -10.72%
• The Dow is off by -2,321.84 or -16.39% from the market peak on October 9th of 14,164.53
• NASDAQ
• The NASDAQ ended down -48.41 or -1.97% for the week
• Friday, the NASDAQ Composite closed at 2,406.09, down -55.97 or -2.27%
• The NASDAQ is Negative YTD down -9.28%
• The NASDAQ is off by -453.03 or -15.85% from the market peak on October 31 of 2,859.12
• S&P 500
• The S&P 500 ended down -42.10 or -3.10% for the week
• Friday the S&P 500 closed at 1,317.93, down -24.90 or -1.85%
• The S&P is Negative YTD down -10.24%
• The S&P is off by -247.22 or -15.80% from the market peak on October 9th of 1,565.15

S&P Sector Performance for the week ending Friday, June 20, 2008:
S&P 500 Energy Sector (.GSPE)   Down -6.69 or -1.05%
S&P 500 Utilities Sector (.GSPU)   Down -2.22 or -1.06%
S&P 500 Materials Sector (.GSPM)   Down -5.29 or -1.91%
S&P 500 Health Care Sector (.GSPHC)   Down -9.27 or -2.57%
S&P 500 Information Technology Sector (.GSPT)  Down -11.14 or  -2.90%
S&P 500 Industrials Sector (.GSPI)   Down -9.76 or -2.97%
S&P 500 Consumer Staples Sector (.GSPS)  Down -10.07 or -3.47%
S&P 500 Financials Sector (.GSPF)   Down -14.70 or -4.73%
S&P 500 Consumer Discretionary Sector (.GSPD) Down -12.66 or -5.08%
S&P 500 Telecomm Services Sector (.GSPTS)  Down -7.60 or -5.28%

S&P Top 10 Performers for the week ending Friday, June 20, 2008:
WYETH (WYE)      Up 4.43 or 10.20%
Wendy's International Inc (WEN)    Up 2.21 or 7.94%
Chesapeake Energy Corp (CHK)    Up 4.70 or 7.93%
Precision Castparts Corp (PCP)    Up 6.88 or 6.64%
Nabors Industries Ltd (NBR)    Up 2.65 or 5.96%
Ryder System Inc (R)     Up 3.84 or 5.60%
IntercontinentalExchange Inc (ICE)   Up 6.68 or 5.43%
United States Steel Corporation (X)   Up 8.18 or 4.68%
The Western Union Co (WU)    Up 1.07 or 4.45%
Schlumberger Ltd (SLB)     Up 4.41 or 4.42%

S&P 10 Worst Performers for t he week ending Friday, June 20, 2008:
Coventry Health Care Inc (CVH)    Down -11.11 or -26.35%
Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB)    Down -3.06 or -23.23%
General Motors Corp (GM)    Down -2.66 or -16.17%
Suntrust Banks Inc (ST)     Down -6.89 or -15.60%
Regions Financial Corp (RF)    Down -2.06 or -15.51%
Autonation Inc (AN)     Down -1.94 or -13.95%
Tesoro Corp (TSO)     Down -3.20 or -13.59%
Motorola Inc (MOT)     Down -1.19 or -13.03%
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co (GT)   Down -2.80 or -12.10%
The Hershey Co (HSY)     Down -4.58 or -11.95%

Dow Top Performers for the week ending Friday, June 20, 2008:
The Boeing Co (BA)     Up 0.71 or 0.95%
United Technologies Corp (UTX )   Up 0.24 or 0.35%
Merck & Co Inc (MRK)     Down -0.40 or -1.13%
Intel Corp (INTC)      Down -0.29 or -1.28%
E I du Pont de Nemours and Co (DD)   Down -0.97 or -2.06%
International Business Machines Corp (IBM)  Down -3.41 or -2.70%
Chevron Corp (CVX)     Down -2.78 or -2.80%
Microsoft Corp ( MSFT)     Down -0.84 or -2.89%
Caterpillar Inc (CAT)     Down -2.42 or -2.97%
The Coca Cola Co (KO)     Down -1.76 or -3.18%

Dow Worst Performers for the week ending Friday, June 20, 2008:
General Motors Corp (GM)    Down -2.66 or -16.17%
Bank Of America Corp ( BAC)    Down -2.68 or -9.00%
American Express Co (AXP)    Down -3.48 or -7.79%
AT&T Inc (T)      Down -2.25 or -6.13%
American International Group Inc (AIG)   Down -2.08 or -6.09%
General Electric Co (GE)    Down -1.77 or -6.07%
The Walt Disney Co (DIS)    Down -1.99 or -5.87%
Citigroup Inc (C)      Down -1.18 or -5.76%
ALCOA Inc (AA)      Down -2.12 or -5.37%
Verizon Communications (VZ)    Down -1.95 or -5.22%

Key Earnings next week:
Monday: Walgreens (WAG)
Tuesday: Darden Restaurants (DRI), Kroger (KR)
Wednesday: Monsanto (MON), Nike (NKE), Oracle (ORCL), Research in Motion (RIMM)
Thursday: Lennar (LEN), ConAgra (CAG), Rite Aid (RAD)
Friday: Paychex (PAY)

Economic Data next week:
Tuesday: Consumer Confidence, ICSC-UBS Store Sales
Wednesday: Durable Goods Order, New Home Sales
Thursday: GDP (final), Existing Home Sales, Corporate Profits
Friday: Personal Income and Outlays, Consumer Sentiment