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

Market Stats:

• DOW
• The Dow ended up 396.03 or 3.57% for the week
• The Dow closed at 11,496.57, up 49.91 or 0.44%
• The Dow is Negative YTD down -13.33%
• The Dow is off by -2,667.96 or -18.84% from the market peak on October 9th of 14,164.53
• NASDAQ
• The NASDAQ ended up 43.70 or 1.95% for the week
• The NASDAQ Composite closed at 2,282.78, down -29.52 or -1.28%
• The NASDAQ is Negative YTD down -13.93%
• The NASDAQ is off by -576.34 or -20.16% from the market peak on October 31 of 2,859.12
• S&P 500
• The S&P 500 ended up 21.19 or 1.71% for the week
• Friday the S&P 500 closed at 1,260.68, up 0.36 or 0.03%
• The S&P is Negative YTD down -14.14%
• The S&P is off by -304.47 or -19.45% from the market peak on October 9th of 1,565.15

S&P Sector Performance for the week ending Friday, July 18, 2008:
S&P 500 Financials Sector (.GSPF)   Up 28.80 or 11.44%
S&P 500 Consumer Discretionary Sector (.GSPD) Up 13.79 or 6.53%
S&P 500 Industrials Sector (.GSPI)   Up 6.89 or 2.32%
S&P 500 Health Care Sector (.GSPHC)   Up 7.50 or 2.08%
S&P 500 Information Technology Sector (.GSPT) Up 4.19 or 1.21%
S&P 500 Consumer Staples Sector (.GSPS)  Down -0.21 or -0.08%
S&P 500 Telecomm Services Sector (.GSPTS)  Down -0.23 or -0.17%
S&P 500 Materials Sector (.GSPM)   Down -1.95 or -0.79%
S&P 500 Utilities Sector (.GSPU)   Down -9.03 or -4.39%
S&P 500 Energy Sector (.GSPE)   Down -33.69 or -5.55%

S&P Top 10 Performers for the week ending Friday, July 18, 2008:
Barr Pharmaceuticals Inc (BRL)    Up 19.83 or 45.48%
MGIC Investment Corp (MTG)    Up 1.79 or 43.13%
MBIA Inc (MBI)      Up 1.52 or 38.97%
ETrade Financial Corp (ETFC)    Up 0.94 or 34.56%
General Motors Corp (GM)    Up 3.26 or 32.86%
Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc (LEH)   Up 4.68 or 32.43%
Fannie Mae (FNM)     Up 3.15 or 30.73%
Pulte Homes (PHM)     Up 2.52 or 28.44%
Bank Of America Corp (BAC)    Up 5.82 or 26.86%
First Horizon National Corp (FHN)   Up 1.77 or 26.42%

S&P 10 Worst Performers for the week ending Friday, July 18, 2008:
Fluor Corp (FLR)     Down -90.49 or -51.79%
Massey Energy Co (MEE)    Down -16.10 or -19.37%
CONSOL Energy Inc (CNX)    Down -18.41 or -18.35%
Peabody Energy Corp (BTU)    Down -12.75 or -16.59%
Chesapeake Energy Corp (CHK)   Down -9.19 or -14.47%
eBay Inc (EBAY)     Down -4.03 or -14.39%
Cabot Oil & Gas Corp (COG)    Down -8.58 or -14.25%
AK Steel Holding Corp (AKS)    Down -7.65 or -13.97%
United States Steel Corporation (X)   Down -21.07 or -12.88%
Hess Corp (HES)     Down -13.91 or -12.45%

Dow Top Performers for the week ending Friday, July 18, 2008:
General Motors Corp (GM)    Up 3.26 or 32.86%
Bank Of America Corp (BAC)    Up 5.82 or 26.86%
JPMorgan Chase and Co (JPM)    Up 6.86 or 20.69%
Citigroup Inc (C)     Up 3.16 or 19.52%
American International Group Inc (AIG)   Up 1.99 or 8.62%
Home Depot Inc (HD)     Up 1.86 or 8.62%
The Boeing Co (BA)     Up 4.86 or 7.68%
American Express Co (AXP)    Up 2.98 or 7.60%
Intel Corp (INTC)     Up 1.45 or 7.03%
E I du Pont de Nemours and Co (DD)   Up 2.73 or 6.58%

Dow Worst Performers for the week ending Friday, July 18, 2008:
Chevron Corp (CVX)     Down -6.20 or -6.72%
Exxon Mobil Corp (XOM)    Down -3.94 or -4.61%
ALCOA Inc (AA)     Down -0.83 or -2.40%
AT&T Inc (T)      Down -0.46 or -1.41%
The Coca Cola Co (KO)     Down -0.24 or -0.48%
3M Company (MMM)     Up 0.22 or 0.32%
Procter & Gamble Co (PG)    Up 0.22 or 0.35%
General Electric Co (GE)    Up 0.34 or 1.23%
Verizon Communications (VZ)    Up 0.53 or 1.52%
Caterpillar Inc (CAT)     Up 1.08 or 1.55%

Key Earnings next week:
Monday: Bank of America (BAC), Merck (MRK), Schering-Plough (SGP), Apple (AAPL)
Tuesday: Caterpillar (CAT), DuPont (DD), Wachovia (WB), Yahoo (YHOO), United Parcel (UPS)
Wednesday: AT&T (T), McDonald’s, Pfizer (PFE), Wyeth (WYE), Anheuser-Busch (BUD)
Thursday: Eli Lilly (LLY), 3M (MMM), Dow Chemical (DOW), Diamond Offshore (DO)
Friday: Arch Coal (ACI), Fortune Brands (FO), Black & Decker (BDK), Netflix (NFLX)

Economic Data next week:
Tuesday: ICSB-UBS Store Sales (weekly), State Street Investor Confidence Index
Wednesday: Crude Inventories (weekly), MBA Purchase Applications
Thursday: Jobless Claims (weekly), Existing Home Sales
Friday: Durable Goods Orders, Consumer Sentiment, New Home Sales