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As the use of the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) looks like a possibility to help prevent the collapse of the auto industry, the markets end the week roughly flat, led by technology and the NASDAQ up about 2% for the week. The S&P 500 ended the week slightly positive, up 0.42%, while the Dow was barely negative, down 0.07%.
Index Impact: Led by Energy companies
-Chevron [CVX
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**Two Dow components remain positive for the year: Wal-Mart is up almost 15% Year-to-date and McDonald's is up almost 3% YTD
-3M [MMM
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-Exxon [XOM
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] had the most positive impact on the S&P 500, up over 5% for the week.
-Wal-Mart [WMT
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] had the most negative impact on the S&P 500, down over 6% for the week
-Google [GOOG
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] had the most positive impact on the NASDAQ 100, up over 11% for the week.
-Microsoft [MSFT
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] had the most negative impact on the NASDAQ 100, down almost 3% for the week.
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Four out of ten S&P sectors were positive for the week led by Energy up almost 9% for the week. Financials led to the downside, losing almost 6% for the week.
Energy was helped by Chesapeake Energy [CHK
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Financials were dragged down by XL Capital [XL
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Nymex Crude oil for January delivery rose $5.47 for the week, or 13.40% to close at $46.28 on Friday. OPEC will hold a meeting in Algeria on December 17th, with analysts expecting a cut in output. Oil is down nearly 52% year-to-date.
Gas Prices Continue to fall: The AAA current national average for regular gas is $1.656 per gallon down 44.52% from a year ago when the average was $2.985 per gallon
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The US dollar [JPY-TN
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The dollar [EUR-TN
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