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

Market Stats:

• DOW
• The Dow ended up 408.00 or 3.60% for the week
• Friday, the Dow closed at 11,734.32, up 302.89 or 2.65%
• The Dow is Negative YTD down -11.54%
• The Dow is off by -2,430.21 or -17.16% from the market peak on October 9th of 14,164.53
• NASDAQ
• The NASDAQ ended up 103.14 or 4.46% for the week
• Friday, the NASDAQ Composite closed at 2,414.10, up 58.37 or 2.48%
• The NASDAQ is Negative YTD down -8.98%
• The NASDAQ is off by -445.02 or -15.56% from the market peak on October 31 of 2,859.12
• S&P 500
• The S&P 500 ended up 36.01 or 2.86% for the week
• Friday the S&P 500 closed at 1,296.32, up 30.25 or 2.39%
• The S&P is Negative YTD down -11.72%
• The S&P is off by -268.83 or -17.18% from the market peak on October 9th of 1,565.15

S&P Sector Performance for the week ending Friday, August 8, 2008:
S&P 500 Consumer Discretionary Sector (.GSPD) Up 17.25 or 7.72%
S&P 500 Information Technology Sector (.GSPT) Up 20.87 or 5.97%
S&P 500 Health Care Sector (.GSPHC)   Up 18.90 or 5.13%
S&P 500 Industrials Sector (.GSPI)   Up 13.37 or 4.37%
S&P 500 Consumer Staples Sector (.GSPS)  Up 11.87 or 4.20%
S&P 500 Telecomm Services Sector (.GSPTS)  Up 2.96 or 2.35%
S&P 500 Utilities Sector (.GSPU)    Up 1.98 or 1.06%
S&P 500 Financials Sector (.GSPF)   Up 2.90 or 1.00%
S&P 500 Materials Sector (.GSPM)   Down -4.88 or -2.01%
S&P 500 Energy Sector (.GSPE)   Down -22.30 or -3.99%

S&P Top 10 Performers for the week ending Friday, August 8, 2008:
Fidelity National Information Srvcs Inc (FIS)  Up 4.08 or 21.33%
Polo Ralph Lauren Corp  (RL)    Up 12.22 or 20.71%
Coach Inc (COH)     Up 5.04 or 20.28%
Advanced Micro Devices Inc (AMD)   Up 0.85 or 19.86%
CB Richard Ellis Group Inc (CBG)   Up 2.55 or 18.96%
CIGNA Corp (CI)     Up 6.57 or 18.45%
JC Penney Company Inc (JCP)    Up 5.55 or 18.38%
Tesoro Corp (TSO)     Up 2.59 or 16.89%
SanDisk Corp (SNDK)     Up 2.31 or 16.09%
Eastman Kodak Co (EK)     Up 2.32 or 15.93%

S&P 10 Worst Performers for the week ending Friday, August 8, 2008:
Freddie Mac (FRE)     Down -2.08 or -26.07%
Fannie Mae (FNM)     Down -2.77 or -23.43%
Massey Energy Co (MEE)    Down -16.34 or -21.68%
AK Steel Holding Corp (AKS)    Down -9.14 or -15.22%
Range Resources Corp (RRC)    Down -7.21 or -14.71%
Ciena Corp (CIEN)     Down -2.88 or -14.48%
Washington Mutual Inc (WM)    Down -0.74 or -13.91%
Whole Foods Market Inc (WFMI)   Down -2.77 or -12.93%
Chesapeake Energy Corp (CHK)   Down -5.93 or -12.05%
National Oilwell Varco Inc (NOV)    Down -8.95 or -11.26%

Dow Top Performers for the week ending Friday, August 8, 2008:
Microsoft Corp (MSFT)     Up 2.69 or 10.57%
Home Depot Inc (HD)     Up 2.47 or 10.33%
McDonald's Corporation (MCD)    Up 5.90 or 9.87%
The Boeing Co (BA)     Up 5.85 or 9.43%
Intel Corp (INTC)     Up 1.88 or 8.41%
Merck & Co Inc (MRK)     Up 2.69 or 8.09%
Procter & Gamble Co (PG)    Up 4.68 or 7.21%
Pfizer Inc (PFE)      Up 1.24 or 6.67%
The Walt Disney Co (DIS)    Up 1.95 or 6.48%
United Technologies Corp (UTX)    Up 3.30 or 5.19%

Dow Worst Performers for the week ending Friday, August 8, 2008:
American International Group Inc (AIG)   Down -1.92 or -7.17%
Bank Of America Corp (BAC)    Down -1.08 or -3.24%
General Motors Corp (GM)    Down -0.20 or -1.96%
Exxon Mobil Corp (XOM)    Down -1.00 or -1.25%
ALCOA Inc (AA)     Down -0.38 or -1.18%
Chevron Corp (CVX)     Up 0.09 or 0.11%
Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT)    Up 0.11 or 0.19%
JPMorgan Chase and Co (JPM)    Up 0.31 or 0.76%
American Express Co (AXP)    Up 0.62 or 1.67%
International Business Machines Corp (IBM)  Up 2.17 or 1.71%

Key Earnings next week:
Monday: Calpine Corp (CPN), Sysco (SYY), Fluor (FLR)
Tuesday: UBS AG (UBS), VeraSun Energy (VSE), Applied Materials (AMAT)
Wednesday: Deere (DE), Macy’s (M)
Thursday: Wal-Mart (WMT), JC Penney (JCP), Agilent (A), Nordstrom (JWN)
Friday: Abercrombie & Fitch (ANF)

Economic Data next week:
Tuesday: Trade Balance, Treasury Budget
Wednesday: Export & Import Prices, Retail Sales, Business Inventories
Thursday: Consumer Price Index, Jobless Claims (weekly)
Friday: Industrial Production, Capacity Utilization