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

Market Stats:

• DOW
• The Dow ended down -33.55 or -0.29% for the week
• Friday, the Dow closed at 11,388.44, up 368.75 or 3.35%
• The Dow is Negative YTD down -14.15%
• The Dow is off by -2,776.09 or -19.60% from the market peak on October 9th of 14,164.53
• NASDAQ
• The NASDAQ ended up 12.63 or 0.56% for the week
• Friday, the NASDAQ Composite closed at 2,273.90, up 74.80 or 3.40%
• The NASDAQ is Negative YTD down -14.27%
• The NASDAQ is off by -585.22 or -20.47% from the market peak on October 31 of 2,859.12
• S&P 500
• The S&P 500 ended up 3.38 or 0.27% for the week
• Friday the S&P 500 closed at 1,255.08, up 48.57 or 4.03%
• The S&P is Negative YTD down -14.53%
• The S&P is off by -310.07 or -19.81% from the market peak on October 9th of 1,565.15

S&P Sector Performance for the week ending Friday, September 19, 2008:
S&P 500 Financials Sector (.GSPD)   Up 20.94 or 7.41%
S&P 500 Energy Sector (.GSPM)   Up 18.68 or 3.60%
S&P 500 Materials Sector (.GSPS)   Up 3.04 or 1.30%
S&P 500 Information Technology Sector (.GSPF) Down -4.58 or -1.36%
S&P 500 Consumer Discretionary Sector (.GSPT) Down -3.38 or -1.38%
S&P 500 Industrials Sector (.GSPHC)   Down -4.43 or -1.46%
S&P 500 Health Care Sector (.GSPU)   Down -9.42 or -2.52%
S&P 500 Consumer Staples Sector (.GSPE)  Down -8.30 or -2.76%
S&P 500 Telecomm Services Sector (.GSPTS)  Down -3.84 or -3.00%
S&P 500 Utilities Sector (.GSPI)    Down -6.53 or -3.56%

S&P 10 Top Performers for the week ending Friday, September 19, 2008:
Merrill Lynch & Co Inc (MER)     Up 12.45 or 73.02%
Regions Financial Corp (RF)    Up 8.11 or 69.38%
Marshall & Ilsley Corp (MI)    Up 11.34 or 62.44%
Washington Mutual Inc (WM)    Up 1.52 or 55.68%
MGIC Investment Corp (MTG)    Up 3.40 or 49.93%
Huntington Bancshares Inc (HBAN)   Up 4.15 or 48.26%
SanDisk Corp (SNDK)     Up 6.83 or 43.53%
Zions Bancorporation (ZION)    Up 15.35 or 40.96%
Wachovia Corp (WB)     Up 4.48 or 31.39%
The Chubb Corp (CB)     Up 14.93 or 30.12%

S&P 10 Worst Performers for the week ending Friday, September 19, 2008:
American International Group Inc (AIG)   Down -8.29 or -68.29%
Constellation Energy Group Inc (CEG)   Down -32.61 or -55.87%
Morgan Stanley (MS)     Down -10.02 or -26.91%
Office Depot Inc  (ODP)    Down -1.66 or -22.62%
General Growth Properties Inc (GGP)   Down -6.13 or -22.25%
Ashland Inc (ASH)     Down -7.11 or -18.47%
AK Steel Holding Corp (AKS)    Down -7.15 or -18.21%
Goldman Sachs Group Inc (GS)    Down -24.41 or -15.83%
State Street Corp (STT)     Down -11.25 or -15.69%
Precision Castparts Corp (PCP)    Down -14.65 or -14.22%

Dow Top Performers for the week ending Friday, September 19, 2008:
Citigroup Inc (C)     Up 2.69 or 14.98%
JPMorgan Chase and Co (JPM)    Up 5.88 or 14.28%
Bank Of America Corp (BAC)    Up 3.74 or 11.08%
Chevron Corp (CVX)     Up 3.56 or 4.23%
American Express Co (AXP)    Up 1.45 or 3.72%
3M Company (MMM)     Up 2.53 or 3.61%
E I du Pont de Nemours and Co (DD)   Up 1.65 or 3.56%
The Walt Disney Co (DIS)    Up 1.13 or 3.40%
Hewlett-Packard Co (HPQ)    Up 1.29 or 2.75%
Exxon Mobil Corp (XOM)    Up 2.11 or 2.72%

Dow Worst Performers for the week ending Friday, September 19, 2008:
American International Group Inc (AIG)   Down -8.29 or -68.29%
Microsoft Corp (MSFT)     Down -2.46 or -8.91%
ALCOA Inc (AA)     Down -1.88 or -6.56%
Merck & Co Inc (MRK)     Down -1.98 or -5.85%
The Boeing Co (BA)     Down -3.54 or -5.59%
Home Depot Inc (HD)     Down -1.43 or -4.97%
Intel Corp (INTC)     Down -0.93 or -4.61%
Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT)    Down -2.71 or -4.34%
Procter & Gamble Co (PG)    Down -2.79 or -3.81%
AT&T Inc (T)      Down -1.11 or -3.52%

Key Earnings next week:
Monday: AutoZone (AZO), Carmax (KMX)
Tuesday: Lennar Corp. (LEN)
Wednesday: Bed Bath & Beyond (BBBY), Nike (NKE), Paycheck (PAYX), Red Hat (RHT)
Thursday: Discover Financial (DFS), Rite Aid (RITE), Research in Motion (RIMM)
Friday:KB Home (KBH)

Economic Data next week:
Wednesday: Existing Home Sales, Crude Inventories (weekly)
Thursday: Durable Goods Orders, Jobless Claims, New Home Sales, Money Supply
Friday: Gross Domestic Product (final), Corporate Profits, Consumer Sentiment