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

Market Stats:

• DOW
• The Dow ended down -245.31 or -2.15% for the week
• Friday, the Dow closed at 11,143.13, up 121.07 or 1.10%
• The Dow is Negative YTD down -15.99%
• The Dow is off by -3,021.40 or -21.33% from the market peak on October 9th of 14,164.53
• NASDAQ
• The NASDAQ ended down -90.56 or -3.98% for the week
• Friday, the NASDAQ Composite closed at 2,183.34, down -3.23 or -0.15%
• The NASDAQ is Negative YTD down -17.68%
• The NASDAQ is off by -675.78 or -23.64% from the market peak on October 31 of 2,859.12
• S&P 500
• The S&P 500 ended down -41.81 or -3.33% for the week 
• Friday the S&P 500 closed at 1,213.27, up 4.09 or 0.34%
• The S&P is Negative YTD down -17.37%
• The S&P is off by -351.88 or -22.48% from the market peak on October 9th of 1,565.15

S&P Sector Performance for the week ending Friday, September 26, 2008:
S&P 500 Health Care Sector (.GSPU)   Down -1.83 or -0.50%
S&P 500 Consumer Staples Sector (.GSPE)  Down -2.45 or -0.84%
S&P 500 Utilities Sector (.GSPI)    Down -2.43 or -1.37%
S&P 500 Information Technology Sector (.GSPF) Down -5.30 or -1.59%
S&P 500 Telecomm Services Sector (.GSPTS)  Down -2.82 or -2.27%
S&P 500 Energy Sector (.GSPM)   Down -17.64 or -3.29%
S&P 500 Consumer Discretionary Sector (.GSPT) Down -10.54 or -4.38%
S&P 500 Industrials Sector (.GSPHC)   Down -16.83 or -5.64%
S&P 500 Financials Sector (.GSPD)   Down -18.21 or -6.00%
S&P 500 Materials Sector (.GSPS)   Down -23.05 or -9.76%

S&P 10 Top Performers for the week ending Friday, September 26, 2008:
Legg Mason Inc  (LM)     Up 4.44 or 10.98%
Microsoft Corp (MSFT)     Up 2.24 or 8.90%
MBIA Inc (MBI)      Up 0.86 or 6.68%
Nike Inc (NKE)      Up 4.09 or 6.42%
Goldman Sachs Group Inc (GS)    Up 8.19 or 6.31%
The DIRECTV Group Inc (DTV)    Up 1.31 or 5.19%
Loews Corp (L)      Up 2.01 or 4.90%
Gilead Sciences Inc (GILD)    Up 2.18 or 4.69%
Northern Trust Corp (NTRS)    Up 3.35 or 4.38%
SUPERVALU Inc (SVU)     Up 0.99 or 4.30%

S&P 10 Worst Performers for the week ending Friday, September 26, 2008:
Washington Mutual Inc (WM)    Down -4.09 or -96.24%
Wachovia Corp (WB)     Down -8.75 or -46.67%
Genworth Financial Inc (GNW)    Down -7.11 or -46.62%
National City Corp (NCC)    Down -1.90 or -33.87%
Regions Financial Corp (RF)    Down -5.80 or -29.29%
Allegheny Technologies Inc (ATI )   Down -12.13 or -26.96%
Huntington Bancshares Inc (HBAN)   Down -3.42 or -26.82%
CIT Group Inc (CIT)     Down -2.92 or -26.16%
General Motors Corp (GM)    Down -3.32 or -25.38%
CF Industries Holdings Inc (CF)    Down -27.65 or -23.15%

Dow Top Performers for the week ending Friday, September 26, 2008:
Microsoft Corp (MSFT)     Up 2.24 or 8.90%
JPMorgan Chase and Co (JPM)    Up 1.19 or 2.53%
Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT)    Up 1.01 or 1.69%
Exxon Mobil Corp (XOM)    Up 1.04 or 1.31%
Merck & Co Inc (MRK)     Up 0.28 or 0.88%
Pfizer Inc (PFE)     Up 0.11 or 0.59%
International Business Machines Corp (IBM)  Up 0.57 or 0.48%
Intel Corp (INTC)     Down -0.03 or -0.16%
The Coca Cola Co (KO)     Down -0.24 or -0.46%
Johnson and Johnson (JNJ)    Down -0.59 or -0.84%

Dow Worst Performers for the week ending Friday, September 26, 2008:
General Motors Corp (GM)    Down -3.32 or -25.38%
E I du Pont de Nemours and Co (DD)   Down -6.05 or -12.59%
ALCOA Inc (AA)     Down -3.25 or -12.13%
Kraft Foods Inc (KFT)     Down -2.04 or -5.83%
United Technologies Corp (UTX)    Down -3.44 or -5.35%
General Electric Co (GE )    Down -1.37 or -5.15%
The Walt Disney Co (DIS)    Down -1.64 or -4.77%
3M Company (MMM)     Down -3.23 or -4.44%
Caterpillar Inc (CAT)     Down -2.36 or -3.55%
Verizon Communications (VZ)    Down -1.12 or -3.36%

Key Earnings next week:
Monday: Circuit City (CC), Walgreens (WAG)
Tuesday: Pepsi Bottling (PBG)
Wednesday: Micron Technology (MU), Mosaic (MOS)
Thursday: Constellation Brands (STZ), Marriott International (MAR)
Friday: Family Dollar (FDO)

Economic Data next week:
Monday: Personal Income, Personal Spending
Tuesday: Consumer Confidence
Wednesday: ADP Employment, Construction Spending, ISM Manufacturing Index
Thursday: Factory Orders, Jobless Claims (weekly)
Friday: Non Farm Payrolls, Unemployment Rate, ISM Non-Manufacturing

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