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

Market Stats:

• DOW
• The Dow ended down -322.59 or -2.79% for the week
• Friday, the Dow closed at 11,220.96, up 32.73 or 0.29%
• The Dow is Negative YTD down -15.41%
• The Dow is off by -2,943.57 or -20.78% from the market peak on October 9th of 14,164.53
• NASDAQ
• The NASDAQ ended down -111.64 or -4.72% for the week
• Friday, the NASDAQ Composite closed at 2,255.88, down -3.16 or -0.14%
• The NASDAQ is Negative YTD down -14.95%
• The NASDAQ is off by -603.24 or -21.10% from the market peak on October 31 of 2,859.12
• S&P 500
• The S&P 500 ended down -40.52 or -3.16% for the week
• Friday the S&P 500 closed at 1,242.31, up 5.48 or 0.44%
• The S&P is Negative YTD down -15.39%
• The S&P is off by -322.84 or -20.63% from the market peak on October 9th of 1,565.15

S&P Sector Performance for the week ending Friday, September 5, 2008:
S&P 500 Financials Sector (.GSPD)   Up 4.37 or 1.53%
S&P 500 Consumer Staples Sector (.GSPE)  Up 2.38 or 0.82%
S&P 500 Consumer Discretionary Sector (.GSPT) Down -1.83 or -0.76%
S&P 500 Telecomm Services Sector (.GSPTS)  Down -3.50 or -2.66%
S&P 500 Health Care Sector (.GSPU)   Down -10.71 or -2.83%
S&P 500 Industrials Sector (.GSPHC)   Down -12.26 or -3.92%
S&P 500 Materials Sector (.GSPS)   Down -14.28 or -5.89%
S&P 500 Utilities Sector (.GSPI)    Down -11.26 or -5.92%
S&P 500 Information Technology Sector (.GSPF) Down -23.21 or -6.47%
S&P 500 Energy Sector (.GSPM)   Down -41.19 or  -7.41%

S&P Top 10 Performers for the week ending Friday, September 5, 2008:
UST Inc (UST)      Up 13.96 or 26.05%
Zions Bancorporation (ZION)    Up 6.13 or 22.84%
SanDisk Corp (SNDK)     Up 3.18 or 21.99%
Regions Financial Corp (RF)    Up 1.82 or 19.63%
Huntington Bancshares Inc (HBAN)   Up 1.03 or 14.07%
Freddie Mac (FRE)     Up 0.59 or 13.08%
IntercontinentalExchange Inc (ICE)   Up 9.74 or 11.06%
Marshall & Ilsley Corp (MI)    Up 1.68 or 10.91%
MGIC Investment Corp (MTG)    Up 0.80 or 9.51%
Newell Rubbermaid Inc (NWL)    Up 1.70 or 9.39%

S&P 10 Worst Performers for the week ending Friday, September 5, 2008:
Ciena Corp (CIEN)     Down -4.74 or -27.27%
Terex Corp (TEX)     Down -11.98 or -23.82%
AK Steel Holding Corp (AKS)    Down -11.98 or -22.77%
Jabil Circuit Inc (JBL)     Down -3.55 or -21.06%
Fluor Corp (FLR)     Down -15.10 or -18.84%
Corning Inc (GLW)     Down -3.85 or -18.74%
Massey Energy Co (MEE)    Down -12.02 or -18.22%
MEMC Electronic Materials Inc (WFR)   Down -8.90 or -18.13%
Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc (FCX)  Down -15.41 or -17.25%
National Oilwell Varco Inc (NOV)    Down -11.87 or -16.10%

Dow Top Performers for the week ending Friday, September 5, 2008:
General Motors Corp (GM)    Up 0.71 or 7.10%
Home Depot Inc (HD)     Up 1.47 or 5.42%
American International Group Inc (AIG)   Up 0.85 or 3.96%
Bank Of America Corp (BAC)    Up 1.09 or 3.50%
JPMorgan Chase and Co (JPM)    Up 1.11 or 2.88%
Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT)    Up 1.67 or 2.83%
Procter & Gamble Co (PG)    Up 1.01 or 1.45%
Citigroup Inc (C)     Up 0.08 or 0.42%
Johnson and Johnson (JNJ)    Up 0.24 or 0.34%
The Coca Cola Co (KO)     Down -0.14 or -0.27%

Dow Worst Performers for the week ending Friday, September 5, 2008:
ALCOA Inc (AA)     Down -3.83 or -11.92%
Intel Corp (INTC)     Down -2.26 or -9.88%
Caterpillar Inc (CAT)     Down -6.66 or -9.42%
Chevron Corp (CVX)     Down -6.10 or -7.07%
International Business Machines Corp (IBM)  Down -7.40 or -6.08%
Microsoft Corp (MSFT)     Down -1.64 or -6.01%
Exxon Mobil Corp (XOM)    Down -4.39 or -5.49%
Hewlett-Packard Co (HPQ)    Down -1.96 or -4.18%
The Boeing Co (BA)     Down -2.67 or -4.07%
Merck & Co Inc (MRK)     Down -1.37 or -3.84%

Key Earnings next week:
Tuesday: Pep Boys (PBY)
Thursday: Campbell Soup (CPB), Lululemon Athletica (LULU)

Economic Data next week:
Monday: Consumer Credit
Tuesday: Pending Home Sales, Wholesale Trade
Wednesday: Crude Inventories (weekly)
Thursday: Trade Balance, Treasury Budget
Friday: Producer Price Index (PPI), Retail Sales, Business Inventories, Consumer Sentiment (Mich.)