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The markets close out a negative week with a late day rally on the expected nomination of Timothy Geithner to the position of Treasury Secretary on Monday, with all the major indexes up 5% or greater on the day. The Dow closes above 8,000 swinging more than 622 points Friday, ending a volatile week that saw the VIX top 80 again and oil close below $50 per barrel.
*In the S&P 500 [.SPX
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*The FTSE CNBC Global 300 index [GB;FCNBCG
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-Hewlett-Packard [HPQ
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*Wal-Mart [WMT
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-JPMorgan [JPM
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] had the most negative impact on the Dow & the S&P 500, down over 34% for the week
-Exxon [XOM
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] had the most positive impact on the S&P 500, up almost 3% for the week.
-Research in Motion [RIMM
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] had the most positive impact on the NASDAQ 100, up 12% for the week, 1 of 6 positive constituents for the week including FAST, INTU, APOL, NTAP, CTAS
-Logitech [LOGI
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10 out of 10 S&P sectors were negative for the week led by Financials down almost 24% for the week. Utilities were the least negative, losing only about .02% for the week.
*On Friday 10 out of 10 sectors were positive, led by energy up almost 12% for the day
• Financials were dragged down by Hartford Financial [HIG Loading... ()
] down almost 61% for the week• Utilities were helped by FirstEnergy [FE Loading... ()
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Oil [US@CL.1 Loading... ()] settles at $49.93 per barrel, down 13.32% for the week, at levels not seen since May, 2005.
• YTD Oil is down almost 48%
• The AAA current national average for regular gas falls below $2 to $1.989 per gallon down 35.57% from a year ago when the average was $3.087 per gallon
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The US Dollar Index is up about 2% for the week as the forex markets respond to the volatility in the markets.
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- A wealthy, distracted Texas driver crashed his million-dollar Bugatti Veyron sports car into a salt marsh, say police.
Data is a real-time snapshot *Data is delayed at least 15 minutes