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

Market Stats:

• DOW
• The Dow ended down -74.42 or -0.63% for the week
• Friday, the Dow closed at 11,659.90, up 43.97 or 0.38%
• The Dow is Negative YTD down -12.10%
• The Dow is off by -2,504.63 or -17.68% from the market peak on October 9th of 14,164.53
• NASDAQ
• The NASDAQ ended up 38.42 or 1.59% for the week
• Friday, the NASDAQ Composite closed at 2,452.52, down -1.15 or -0.05%
• The NASDAQ is Negative YTD down -7.53%
• The NASDAQ is off by -406.60 or -14.22% from the market peak on October 31 of 2,859.12
• S&P 500
• The S&P 500 ended up 1.88 or 0.15% for the week
• Friday the S&P 500 closed at 1,298.20, up 5.27 or 0.41%
• The S&P is Negative YTD down -11.59%
• The S&P is off by -266.95 or -17.06% from the market peak on October 9th of 1,565.15

S&P Sector Performance for the week ending Friday, August 15, 2008:
S&P 500 Consumer Discretionary Sector (.GSPD) Up 5.68 or 2.36%
S&P 500 Telecomm Services Sector (.GSPTS)  Up 2.83 or 2.19%
S&P 500 Consumer Staples Sector (.GSPS)  Up 4.35 or 1.48%
S&P 500 Information Technology Sector (.GSPT) Up 3.82 or 1.03%
S&P 500 Materials Sector (.GSPM)   Up 2.36 or 0.99%
S&P 500 Health Care Sector (.GSPHC)   Up 2.90 or 0.75%
S&P 500 Industrials Sector (.GSPI)   Down -0.72 or -0.23%
S&P 500 Energy Sector (.GSPE)   Down -4.19 or -0.78%
S&P 500 Utilities Sector (.GSPU)   Down -2.12 or -1.12%
S&P 500 Financials Sector (.GSPF)   Down -8.30 or -2.82%

S&P Top 10 Performers for the week ending Friday, August 15, 2008:
MBIA Inc (MBI)      Up 2.65 or 30.92%
NVIDIA Corporation (NVDA)    Up 1.96 or 17.82%
MGIC Investment Corp (MTG)    Up 1.19 or 16.12%
Wendy's International Inc (WEN)   Up 3.29 or 14.32%
Estee Lauder Companies Inc (EL)   Up 5.59 or 12.05%
JC Penney Company Inc (JCP)    Up 4.19 or 11.72%
General Motors Corp (GM)    Up 1.15 or 11.47%
MEMC Electronic Materials Inc (WFR)   Up 5.00 or 11.15%
Kohls Corp (KSS)     Up 4.92 or 10.50%
Starbucks Corp (SBUX)     Up 1.57 or 10.38%

S&P 10 Worst Performers for the week ending Friday, August 15, 2008:
Constellation Energy Group Inc (CEG)   Down -11.42 or -15.32%
Wachovia Corp (WB)     Down -2.36 or -13.16%
Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc (LEH)   Down -2.45 or -13.16%
Fannie Mae (FNM)     Down -1.14 or -12.60%
Zions Bancorporation (ZION)    Down -4.02 or -12.56%
Harman International Industries Inc (HAR)  Down -4.49 or -10.82%
Morgan Stanley (MS)     Down -4.16 or -9.24%
General Growth Properties Inc (GGP)   Down -2.33 or -8.48%
Union Pacific Corp (UNP)    Down -6.31 or -7.59%
American International Group Inc (AIG)   Down -1.88 or -7.56%

Dow Top Performers for the week ending Friday, August 15, 2008:
General Motors Corp (GM)    Up 1.15 or 11.47%
Home Depot Inc (HD)     Up 1.16 or 4.40%
American Express Co (AXP)    Up 1.26 or 3.33%
Procter & Gamble Co (PG)    Up 1.97 or 2.83%
Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT)    Up 1.51 or 2.61%
AT&T Inc (T)      Up 0.69 or 2.23%
The Walt Disney Co (DIS)    Up 0.47 or 1.47%
Verizon Communications (VZ)    Up 0.37 or 1.07%
E I du Pont de Nemours and Co (DD)   Up 0.39 or 0.86%
Pfizer Inc (PFE)     Up 0.13 or 0.66%

Dow Worst Performers for the week ending Friday, August 15, 2008:
American International Group Inc (AIG)   Down -1.88 or -7.56%
JPMorgan Chase and Co (JPM)    Down -3.00 or -7.30%
The Boeing Co (BA)     Down -3.41 or -5.03%
Bank Of America Corp (BAC)    Down -1.55 or -4.81%
Citigroup Inc (C)     Down -0.84 or -4.33%
McDonald's Corporation (MCD)    Down -2.04 or -3.11%
Exxon Mobil Corp (XOM )    Down -1.65 or -2.10%
International Business Machines Corp (IBM)  Down -2.45 or -1.90%
Microsoft Corp (MSFT)     Down -0.32 or -1.14%
Caterpillar Inc (CAT)     Down -0.55 or -0.78%

Key Earnings next week:
Monday: Lowe’s (LOW), BHP Billiton (BHP)
Tuesday: Home Depot (HD), Hewlett-Packard (HPQ), Target (TGT), Analog Devices (ADI)
Wednesday: BJ’s Wholesale (BJ), Suntech Power (STP), Ross Stores (ROST)
Thursday: GameStop (GME), Intuit (INTU), Burger King (BKC), Hormel Foods (HRL)
Friday: AnnTaylor (ANN) 

Economic Data next week:
Tuesday: Housing Starts, Producer Price Index
Wednesday: Crude Inventories (weekly)
Thursday: Jobless Claims (weekly), Leading Indicators, Philly Fed Survey