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

Market Stats:

• DOW
• The Dow ended up 201.03 or 1.79% for the week
• Friday, the Dow closed at 11,421.99, down -11.72 or -0.10%
• The Dow is Negative YTD down -13.89%
• The Dow is off by -2,742.54 or -19.36% from the market peak on October 9th of 14,164.53
• NASDAQ
• The NASDAQ ended up 5.39 or 0.24% for the week
• Friday, the NASDAQ Composite closed at 2,261.27, up 3.05 or 0.14%
• The NASDAQ is Negative YTD down -14.74%
• The NASDAQ is off by -597.85 or -20.91% from the market peak on October 31 of 2,859.12
• S&P 500
• The S&P 500 ended up 9.39 or 0.76% for the week
• Friday the S&P 500 closed at 1,251.70, up 2.65 or 0.21%
• The S&P is Negative YTD down -14.76%
• The S&P is off by -313.45 or -20.03% from the market peak on October 9th of 1,565.15

S&P Sector Performance for the week ending Friday, September 12, 2008:
S&P 500 Consumer Staples Sector (.GSPE)   Up 8.44 or 2.89%
S&P 500 Utilities Sector (.GSPI)     Up 4.53 or 2.53%
S&P 500 Consumer Discretionary Sector (.GSPT)  Up 5.79 or 2.43%
S&P 500 Materials Sector (.GSPS)    Up 4.91 or 2.15%
S&P 500 Health Care Sector (.GSPU)    Up 6.11 or 1.66%
S&P 500 Energy Sector (.GSPM)    Up 3.37 or 0.65%
S&P 500 Industrials Sector (.GSPHC)    Up 1.95 or 0.65%
S&P 500 Information Technology Sector (.GSPF)  Up 1.47 or 0.44%
S&P 500 Telecomm Services Sector (.GSPTS)   Down -0.20 or -0.16%
S&P 500 Financials Sector (.GSPD)    Down -7.33 or -2.53%

S&P 10 Top Performers for the week ending Friday, September 12, 2008:
General Motors Corp (GM)    Up 2.30 or 21.48%
Micron Technology Inc ( MU)    Up 0.77 or 17.66%
Sunoco Inc (SUN)     Up 6.11 or 14.64%
Zions Bancorporation (ZION)    Up 4.51 or 13.68%
Pulte Homes (PHM)     Up 1.87 or 12.83%
New York Times Co (NYT)    Up 1.68 or 12.38%
Johnson Controls Inc (JCI)    Up 3.43 or 11.63%
CH Robinson Worldwide Inc (CHRW)   Up 5.68 or 11.39%
Ford Motor Co (F)     Up 0.50 or 11.34%
Sears Holdings Corp (SHLD)    Up 9.97 or 10.99%

S&P 10 Worst Performers for the week ending Friday, September 12, 2008:
Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc (LEH)   Down -12.55 or -77.47%
American International Group Inc (AIG)   Down -10.20 or -45.66%
Merrill Lynch & Co Inc (MER)    Down -9.68 or -36.21%
Washington Mutual Inc ( WM)    Down -1.54 or -36.07%
MGIC Investment Corp (MTG)    Down -2.40 or -26.06%
MBIA Inc (MBI)      Down -3.62 or -21.79%
Massey Energy Co (MEE)    Down -9.31 or -17.26%
SLM Corp (SLM)     Down -2.58 or -15.11%
Wachovia Corp (WB)     Down -2.48 or -14.81%
MEMC Electronic Materials Inc (WFR)   Down -5.85 or -14.56%

Dow Top Performers for the week ending Friday, September 12, 2008:
General Motors Corp (GM)    Up 2.30 or 21.48%
Microsoft Corp (MSFT)     Up 1.97 or 7.68%
McDonald's Corporation (MCD)    Up 3.76 or 6.24%
The Walt Disney Co (DIS)    Up 1.90 or 6.06%
Chevron Corp (CVX)     Up 4.02 or 5.01%
The Coca Cola Co (KO)     Up 2.57 or 4.95%
E I du Pont de Nemours and Co (DD)   Up 2.14 or 4.84%
Bank Of America Corp (BAC)    Up 1.51 or 4.69%
Hewlett-Packard Co (HPQ)    Up 2.01 or 4.47%
International Business Machines Corp (IBM)  Up 4.64 or 4.06%

Dow Worst Performers for the week ending Friday, September 12, 2008:
American International Group Inc (AIG)   Down -10.20 or -45.66%
Citigroup Inc (C)     Down -1.11 or -5.82%
General Electric Co (GE )    Down -1.13 or -4.05%
Intel Corp (INTC)     Down -0.45 or -2.18%
Merck & Co Inc (MRK)     Down -0.48 or -1.40%
American Express Co (AXP)    Down -0.45 or -1.14%
Johnson and Johnson (JNJ)    Down -0.08 or -0.11%
AT&T Inc (T)      Up 0.04 or 0.13%
United Technologies Corp (UTX)    Up 0.38 or 0.59%
Pfizer Inc (PFE)     Up 0.11 or 0.59%

Key Earnings next week:
Monday: Pall (PLL)
Tuesday: Goldman Sachs (GS), Best Buy (BBY), Adobe Systems (ADBE), Kroger (KR)
Wednesday: Morgan Stanley (MS), General Mills (GIS)
Thursday: FedEx(FDX), ConAgra (CAG), Lehman Brothers (LEH), Oracle (ORCL), Palm (PALM)

Economic Data next week:
Monday: Industrial Production
Tuesday: Consumer Price Index, Housing Market Index
Wednesday: Housing Starts, Crude Inventories (weekly)
Thursday: Jobless Claims, Leading Indicators, Philadelphia Fed Survey, Money Supply