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

Market Stats:

• DOW
• The Dow ended down -125.88 or -1.09% for the week
• Friday, the Dow closed at 11,370.69, up 21.41 or 0.19%
• The Dow is Negative YTD down -14.28%
• The Dow is off by -2,793.84 or -19.72% from the market peak on October 9th of 14,164.53
• NASDAQ
• The NASDAQ ended up 27.75 or 1.22% for the week
• Friday, the NASDAQ Composite closed at 2,310.53, up 30.42 or 1.33%
• The NASDAQ is Negative YTD down -12.89%
• The NASDAQ is off by -548.59 or -19.19% from the market peak on October 31 of 2,859.12
  
• S&P 500
• The S&P 500 ended down -2.92 or -0.23% for the week
• Friday the S&P 500 closed at 1,257.76, up 5.22 or 0.42%
• The S&P is Negative YTD -14.34% down
• The S&P is off by -307.39 or -19.64% from the market peak on October 9th of 1,565.15

S&P Sector Performance for the week ending Friday, July 25, 2008:
S&P 500 Industrials Sector (.GSPI)   Up 4.19 or 1.38%
S&P 500 Health Care Sector (.GSPHC)   Up 4.60 or 1.25%
S&P 500 Consumer Staples Sector (.GSPS)  Up 2.04 or 0.73%
S&P 500 Information Technology Sector (.GSPT)  Up 0.71 or 0.20%
S&P 500 Financials Sector (.GSPF)   Down -0.55 or -0.20%
S&P 500 Consumer Discretionary Sector (.GSPD) Down -0.95 or -0.42%
S&P 500 Materials Sector (.GSPM)   Down -2.62 or -1.07%
S&P 500 Telecomm Services Sector (.GSPTS)  Down -2.26 or -1.72%
S&P 500 Utilities Sector (.GSPU)   Down -4.95 or -2.52%
S&P 500 Energy Sector (.GSPE)   Down -15.95 or -2.78%

S&P Top 10 Performers for the week ending Friday, July 25, 2008:
Bank Of America Corp (BAC)    Up 7.91 or 36.50%
Wachovia Corp (WB)     Up 2.96 or 25.65%
MBIA Inc (MBI)      Up 0.97 or 24.87%
RadioShack Corp (RSH)     Up 2.84 or 21.16%
QUALCOMM Inc (QCOM)    Up 9.26 or 20.49%
General Motors Corp (GM)    Up 1.98 or 19.96%
JPMorgan Chase and Co (JPM)    Up 6.36 or 19.18%
Autonation Inc (AN)     Up 1.50 or 18.18%
Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc (LEH)   Up 2.62 or 18.16%
American International Group Inc (AIG)   Up 4.16 or 18.02%

S&P 10 Worst Performers for the week ending Friday, July 25, 2008:
Washington Mutual Inc (WM)    Down -2.08 or -35.14%
SanDisk Corp (SNDK)     Down -3.91 or -22.25%
Broadcom Corporation (BRCM)    Down -5.42 or -18.83%
Texas Instruments Inc (TXN)    Down -4.82 or -16.72%
Expeditors International Washington (EXPD)  Down -7.07 or -15.99%
Allegheny Technologies Inc (ATI)    Down -8.54 or -15.81%
ETrade Financial Corp (ETFC)    Down -0.57 or -15.57%
UNISYS Corp (UIS)     Down -0.62 or -15.20%
Convergys Corp (CVG)     Down -1.95 or -14.08%
Discover Financial Services (DFS)   Down -2.28 or -13.96%

Dow Top Performers for the week ending Friday, July 25, 2008:
Bank Of America Corp (BAC)    Up 7.91 or 36.50%
General Motors Corp (GM)    Up 1.98 or 19.96%
JPMorgan Chase and Co (JPM)    Up 6.36 or 19.18%
American International Group Inc (AIG)   Up 4.16 or 18.02%
Citigroup Inc (C)      Up 2.66 or 16.43%
Home Depot Inc (HD)     Up 2.22 or 10.29%
United Technologies Corp (UTX)    Up 4.54 or 7.48%
Intel Corp (INTC)      Up 1.37 or 6.64%
The Walt Disney Co (DIS)    Up 1.90 or 6.51%
Pfizer Inc (PFE)      Up 1.08 or 6.06%

Dow Worst Performers for the week ending Friday, July 25, 2008:
Merck & Co Inc (MRK)     Down -4.07 or -11.07%
Chevron Corp (CVX)     Down -9.69 or -10.50%
ALCOA Inc (AA)      Down -2.83 or -8.17%
American Express Co (AXP)    Down -2.59 or -6.61%
Exxon Mobil Corp (XOM)     Down -3.78 or -4.42%
AT&T Inc (T)      Down -1.18 or -3.62%
Verizon Communications (VZ)    Down -0.47 or -1.35%
The Boeing Co (BA)     Up 0.55 or 0.87%
Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT)    Up 0.54 or 0.96%
Caterpillar Inc (CAT)     Up 0.67 or 0.96%

Key Earnings next week:
Monday: Kraft Foods (KFT), Verizon (VZ), Amgen (AMGN), WM Wrigley (WWY)
Tuesday: Colgate-Palmolive (CL), MetLife (MET), BP PLC (BP)
Wednesday: Disney (DIS), Comcast (CMCSA), Garmin (GRMN), Starbucks (SBUX)
Thursday: Exxon Mobil (XOM), Aetna (AET), MasterCard (MA), Expedia (EXPE)
Friday: Chevron (CVX), Sun Microsystems (JAVA), CIGNA (CI)

Economic Data next week:
Tuesday: Consumer Confidence
Wednesday: ADP Employment, Crude Inventories (weekly)
Thursday: Gross Domestic Product (GDP), Farm Prices, Jobless Claims (weekly)
Friday: Employment Situation, Construction Spending, ISM Manufacturing Index