Quick Market Stats: Week Ending 2/6
By: Gina Francolla
The market rallied with most major indexes up 5% or greater for the week with the NASDAQ gaining almost 8%. The Dow brought up the rear, gaining 3.5% for the week. The markets shrugged off grim jobs data and were buoyed by the bank bailout plan expected on Monday.
**As techs lead the rally, the NASDAQ Composite is now positive for the year, up almost 1% in 2009, and the NASDAQ 100 is up almost 5.5% YTD.
Index Impact:
-IBM (IBM) had the most positive impact on the Dow, for the second week running, up almost 5% for the week.
**YTD, the top Dow performer by % gain is also IBM up over 14% YTD
-Kraft (KFT) had the most negative impact on the Dow, down over 6% for the week
**YTD Bank of America (BAC) is still the worst Dow performer by % loss, down over 56% YTD.
-Microsoft (MSFT) had the most positive impact on the S&P 500 and the NASDAQ 100, up almost 15% for the week.
**YTD, the top S&P performer by % gain is still Micron (MU) up almost 55% YTD
**YTD the top NASDAQ 100 performer by % gain is Sun Microsystems (JAVA), up 50% YTD
-General Electric (GE) had the most negative impact on the S&P 500, down over 8% for the week
**YTD, Huntington Bancshares (HBAN) is the worst S&P performer by % loss, down over 69% YTD.
-Comcast (CMCSA) had the most negative impact on the NASDAQ 100, down over 3% for the week.
**YTD the worst NASDAQ 100 performer by % gain remains Logitech (LOGI), down more than 34% YTD
10 out of 10 S&P sectors were positive for the week led by Information Technology up almost 10% for the week. Consumer Staples was the weakest group for the week, up slightly over 2%.
*YTD 4 out 10 S&P sectors moved into positive territory this week led by Information Technology up over 6% YTD, followed by Health Care and Utilities up about 3% YTD, and Energy up over 2% YTD.
Information Technology was helped by Sun Microsystems (JAVA) up almost 38% for the week
Consumer Staples were hurt by Kraft (KFT) down over 6% for the week
The market rallied with most major indexes up 5% or greater for the week with the NASDAQ gaining almost 8%. The Dow brought up the rear, gaining 3.5% for the week. The markets shrugged off grim jobs data and were buoyed by the bank bailout plan expected on Monday.
**As techs lead the rally, the NASDAQ Composite is now positive for the year, up almost 1% in 2009, and the NASDAQ 100 is up almost 5.5% YTD.
Index Impact:
-IBM (IBM) had the most positive impact on the Dow, for the second week running, up almost 5% for the week.
**YTD, the top Dow performer by % gain is also IBM up over 14% YTD
-Kraft (KFT) had the most negative impact on the Dow, down over 6% for the week
**YTD Bank of America (BAC) is still the worst Dow performer by % loss, down over 56% YTD.
-Microsoft (MSFT) had the most positive impact on the S&P 500 and the NASDAQ 100, up almost 15% for the week.
**YTD, the top S&P performer by % gain is still Micron (MU) up almost 55% YTD
**YTD the top NASDAQ 100 performer by % gain is Sun Microsystems (JAVA), up 50% YTD
-General Electric (GE) had the most negative impact on the S&P 500, down over 8% for the week
**YTD, Huntington Bancshares (HBAN) is the worst S&P performer by % loss, down over 69% YTD.
-Comcast (CMCSA) had the most negative impact on the NASDAQ 100, down over 3% for the week.
**YTD the worst NASDAQ 100 performer by % gain remains Logitech (LOGI), down more than 34% YTD
Oil dipped below $40 per barrel this week on extended fears of a deepening recession, however, it erased most of its losses on Friday to settle at $40.17 per barrel.
Gas Prices: The AAA current national average for regular gas is $1.910 per gallon down 35.73% from a year ago when the average was $2.972 per gallon
-The highest recorded average price by AAA was on 7/17/2008, when the national average was $4.114 per gallon
The market rallied with most major indexes up 5% or greater for the week with the NASDAQ gaining almost 8%. The Dow brought up the rear, gaining 3.5% for the week. The markets shrugged off grim jobs data and were buoyed by the bank bailout plan expected on Monday.
**As techs lead the rally, the NASDAQ Composite is now positive for the year, up almost 1% in 2009, and the NASDAQ 100 is up almost 5.5% YTD.
Index Impact:
-IBM (IBM) had the most positive impact on the Dow, for the second week running, up almost 5% for the week.
**YTD, the top Dow performer by % gain is also IBM up over 14% YTD
-Kraft (KFT) had the most negative impact on the Dow, down over 6% for the week
**YTD Bank of America (BAC) is still the worst Dow performer by % loss, down over 56% YTD.
-Microsoft (MSFT) had the most positive impact on the S&P 500 and the NASDAQ 100, up almost 15% for the week.
**YTD, the top S&P performer by % gain is still Micron (MU) up almost 55% YTD
**YTD the top NASDAQ 100 performer by % gain is Sun Microsystems (JAVA), up 50% YTD
-General Electric (GE) had the most negative impact on the S&P 500, down over 8% for the week
**YTD, Huntington Bancshares (HBAN) is the worst S&P performer by % loss, down over 69% YTD.
-Comcast (CMCSA) had the most negative impact on the NASDAQ 100, down over 3% for the week.
**YTD the worst NASDAQ 100 performer by % gain remains Logitech (LOGI), down more than 34% YTD
