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

Market Stats:

• DOW
• The Dow ended down -31.84 or -0.27% for the week
• Friday, the Dow closed at 11,628.06, up 197.85 or 1.73%
• The Dow is Negative YTD down -12.34%
• The Dow is off by -2,536.47 or -17.91% from the market peak on October 9th of 14,164.53
• NASDAQ
• The NASDAQ ended down -37.81 or -1.54% for the week
• Friday, the NASDAQ Composite closed at 2,414.71, up 34.33 or 1.44%
• The NASDAQ is Negative YTD down -8.96%
• The NASDAQ is off by -444.41 or -15.54% from the market peak on October 31 of 2,859.12
• S&P 500
• The S&P 500 ended down -6.00 or -0.46% for the week
• Friday the S&P 500 closed at 1,292.20, up 14.48 or 1.13%
• The S&P is Negative YTD down -12.00%
• The S&P is off by -272.95 or -17.44% from the market peak on October 9th of 1,565.15

S&P Sector Performance for the week ending Friday, August 22, 2008:
S&P 500 Energy Sector (.GSPE)   Up 27.55 or 5.18%
S&P 500 Utilities Sector (.GSPU)   Up 4.00 or 2.14%
S&P 500 Materials Sector (.GSPM)   Up 3.26 or 1.35%
S&P 500 Telecomm Services Sector (.GSPTS)  Down -1.31 or -0.99%
S&P 500 Consumer Staples Sector (.GSPS)  Down -3.17 or -1.06%
S&P 500 Health Care Sector (.GSPHC)   Down -4.29 or -1.10%
S&P 500 Information Technology Sector (.GSPT) Down -4.23 or -1.13%
S&P 500 Industrials Sector (.GSPI)   Down -4.31 or -1.35%
S&P 500 Consumer Discretionary Sector (.GSPD) Down -4.70 or -1.91%
S&P 500 Financials Sector (.GSPF)   Down -8.69 or -3.04%

S&P Top 10 Performers for the week ending Friday, August 22, 2008:
CONSOL Energy Inc (CNX)    Up 8.09 or 13.18%
Peabody Energy Corp (BTU)    Up 7.43 or 13.02%
Limited Brands Inc (LTD )    Up 2.17 or 11.60%
Hess Corp (HES)     Up 10.95 or 11.49%
National Oilwell Varco Inc (NOV)    Up 7.54 or 11.01%
Massey Energy Co. (MEE)    Up 6.56 or 10.86%
Fluor Corp (FLR)     Up 7.44 or 10.43%
Titanium Metals Corp (TIE)    Up 1.06 or 9.52%
Devon Energy Corp (DVN)    Up 8.33 or 8.87%
EOG Resources Inc (EOG)    Up 8.04 or 8.41%

S&P 10 Worst Performers for the week ending Friday, August 22, 2008:
Freddie Mac (FRE)     Down -3.04 or -51.97%
Fannie Mae (FNM)     Down -2.91 or -36.79%
Sovereign Bancorp Inc (SOV)    Down -1.99 or -18.99%
MGIC Investment Corp (MTG)    Down -1.60 or -18.67%
Washington Mutual Inc (WM)    Down -0.72 or -15.82%
SanDisk Corp (SNDK)     Down -2.62 or -14.85%
Gannett Co Inc (GCI)     Down -2.98 or -14.43%
American International Group Inc (AIG)   Down -3.12 or -13.57%
Micron Technology Inc (MU)    Down -0.70 or -12.99%
Ford Motor Co (F)     Down -0.64 or -12.52%

Dow Top Performers for the week ending Friday, August 22, 2008:
Chevron Corp (CVX)     Up 3.85 or 4.57%
Exxon Mobil Corp (XOM )    Up 3.23 or 4.19%
Hewlett-Packard Co (HPQ)    Up 1.47 or 3.22%
The Boeing Co (BA)     Up 1.10 or 1.71%
ALCOA Inc (AA)     Up 0.47 or 1.48%
Verizon Communications (VZ)    Up 0.33 or 0.94%
Johnson and Johnson (JNJ)    Up 0.09 or 0.13%
Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT)    Up 0.07 or 0.12%
Microsoft Corp (MSFT)     Up 0.03 or 0.11%
Procter & Gamble Co (PG)    Up 0.01 or 0.01%

Dow Worst Performers for the week ending Friday, August 22, 2008:
American International Group Inc (AIG)   Down -3.12 or -13.57%
General Motors Corp (GM)    Down -0.74 or -6.62%
Intel Corp (INTC)     Down -0.77 or -3.17%
Merck & Co Inc (MRK)     Down -0.89 or -2.46%
General Electric Co (GE)    Down -0.68 or -2.28%
Citigroup Inc (C)     Down -0.41 or -2.21%
E I du Pont de Nemours and Co (DD)   Down -0.91 or -1.99%
3M Company (MMM)     Down -1.21 or -1.65%
Bank Of America Corp (BAC)    Down -0.49 or -1.60%
AT&T Inc (T)      Down -0.49 or -1.55%

Key Earnings next week:
Tuesday: Smithfield Foods, Big Lots, Bank of Montreal
Wednesday: American Eagle, Dollar Tree
Thursday: Dell, Sears, Royal Bank of Canada, Novell, Tiffany, Marvell Technologies, PetSmart

Economic Data next week:
Monday: Existing Home Sales
Tuesday: Consumer Confidence, New Home Sales,
Wednesday: Durable Orders, Crude Inventories
Thursday: Gross Domestic Product, Jobless Claims
Friday:  Personal Income, Personal Spending, Consumer Sentiment (Mich)