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

Market Stats:

• DOW
• The Dow ended down -44.37 or -0.39% for the week
• Friday, the Dow closed at 11,326.32, down -51.70 or -0.45%
• The Dow is Negative YTD down -14.61%
• The Dow is off by -2,838.21 or -20.04% from the market peak on October 9th of 14,164.53
• NASDAQ
• The NASDAQ ended up 0.43 or 0.02% for the week
• Friday, the NASDAQ Composite closed at 2,310.96, down -14.59 or -0.63%\
• The NASDAQ is Negative YTD down -12.87%
• The NASDAQ is off by -548.16 or -19.17% from the market peak on October 31 of 2,859.12
• S&P 500
• The S&P 500 ended up 2.55 or 0.20% for the week\
• Friday the S&P 500 closed at 1,260.31, down -7.07 or -0.56%
• The S&P is Negative YTD down -14.17%
• The S&P is off by -304.84 or -19.48% from the market peak on October 9th of 1,565.15

S&P Sector Performance for the week ending Friday, August 1, 2008:
S&P 500 Financials Sector (.GSPF)   Up 11.09 or 3.96%
S&P 500 Consumer Staples Sector (.GSPS)  Up 2.47 or 0.88%
S&P 500 Energy Sector (.GSPE)   Up 1.76 or 0.32%
S&P 500 Materials Sector (.GSPM)   Up 0.49 or 0.20%
S&P 500 Consumer Discretionary Sector (.GSPD) Down -0.81 or -0.36%
S&P 500 Information Technology Sector (.GSPT) Down -2.75 or -0.78%
S&P 500 Industrials Sector (.GSPI)   Down -2.43 or -0.79%
S&P 500 Health Care Sector (.GSPHC)   Down -3.70 or -0.99%
S&P 500 Utilities Sector (.GSPU)   Down -4.19 or -2.19%
S&P 500 Telecomm Services Sector (.GSPTS)  Down -3.18 or -2.46%

S&P Top 10 Performers for the week ending Friday, August 1, 2008:
MBIA Inc (MBI)      Up 2.80 or 57.49%
Washington Mutual Inc ( WM)    Up 1.48 or 38.54%
Wachovia Corp (WB)     Up 4.48 or 30.90%
MGIC Investment Corp (MTG)    Up 1.60 or 29.36%
AK Steel Holding Corp (AKS)    Up 11.36 or 23.33%
International Paper Co (IP)    Up 5.11 or 21.83%
Motorola Inc (MOT)     Up 1.56 or 21.52%
Avon Products Inc (AVP)    Up 6.23 or 17.13%
Sunoco Inc (SUN)     Up 5.80 or 16.73%
Amgen Inc (AMGN)     Up 8.86 or 16.43%

S&P 10 Worst Performers for the week ending Friday, August 1, 2008:
Biogen Idec Inc (BIIB)     Down -19.49 or -28.04%
Akamai Technologies Inc (AKAM)   Down -8.58 or -26.75%
CB Richard Ellis Group Inc (CBG)   Down -4.81 or -26.34%
CONSOL Energy Inc (CNX)    Down -14.65 or -17.76%
General Motors Corp (GM)    Down -1.67 or -14.03%
Total System Services Inc (TSS)    Down -3.06 or -13.73%
NYSE Euronext (NYX)     Down -6.05 or -12.82%
The Manitowoc Company Inc (MTW)   Down -3.38 or -11.63%
WYETH (WYE)      Down -5.21 or -11.46%
Sun Microsystems Inc (JAVA)    Down -1.11 or -10.64%

Dow Top Performers for the week ending Friday, August 1, 2008:
Bank Of America Corp ( BAC)    Up 3.75 or 12.68%
JPMorgan Chase and Co (JPM)    Up 1.24 or 3.14%
Chevron Corp (CVX)     Up 1.75 or 2.12%
The Coca Cola Co (KO)     Up 1.08 or 2.07%
McDonald's Corporation (MCD)    Up 1.12 or 1.91%
Merck & Co Inc (MRK)     Up 0.58 or 1.77%
Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT)    Up 0.92 or 1.62%
American Express Co (AXP)    Up 0.57 or 1.56%
Intel Corp (INTC)     Up 0.34 or 1.54%
ALCOA Inc (AA)     Up 0.33 or 1.04%

Dow Worst Performers for the week ending Friday, August 1, 2008:
General Motors Corp (GM)    Down -1.67 or -14.03%
Caterpillar Inc (CAT)     Down -2.34 or -3.32%
The Walt Disney Co (DIS)    Down -1.02 or -3.28%
AT&T Inc (T)      Down -0.96 or -3.06%
The Boeing Co (BA)     Down -1.82 or -2.85%
Microsoft Corp (MSFT)     Down -0.72 or -2.75%
United Technologies Corp (UTX)    Down -1.67 or -2.56%
Exxon Mobil Corp (XOM)    Down -1.98 or -2.42%
General Electric Co (GE)    Down -0.50 or -1.74%
American International Group Inc (AIG)   Down -0.45 or -1.65%

Key Earnings next week:
Monday: DISH Network (DISH), Humana Inc. (HUM), Anadarko Petroleum (APC)
Tuesday: Procter & Gamble (PG), Cisco (CSCO), News Corp (NWS)
Wednesday: Freddie Mac (FRE), Time Warner (TMX), American International Group (AIG)
Thursday: Barr Pharmaceuticals (BRL), Hertz Global (HTZ), Toyota Motors (TM)
Friday: Berkshire Hathaway (BRK), Edison International (EIX)

Economic Data next week:
Monday: Personal Income, Personal Spending, Factory Orders
Tuesday: ISM Non-Manufacturing Services
Wednesday: Crude Inventories (weekly)
Thursday: Consumer Credit, Jobless Claims (weekly), Pending Home Sales
Friday: Productivity, Wholesale Inventories