By The Numbers

Published: Friday, 3 Apr 2009 | 5:19 PM ET

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On a week dominated by news in the autos sector, President Obama and the G20 summit; all major indexes closed positive on Friday, and up over 3% or greater for the week, led by the Russell 2000 with a weekly gain of 6.32%.

• All major indices closed up for the fourth consecutive week, led by the NASDAQ Composite with a gain of 25.4%, followed by the S&P 500, up 23%, and the Dow with a gain of 21%.
• The current 4-week rally for the NASDAQ, up 25.4%, is its best ever
• The NASDAQ Composite is once again positive in 2009 up 2.84% YTD, and the NASDAQ 100 stays in the green for the year, now up 8.63% YTD
• The last time the Dow and S&P had gains north of 21% and 23% respectively in four consecutives weeks, was May 1933, when the Dow rose 31%, and the S&P gained 35.4%
• The last time all three major indices experienced four consecutive weeks of gains was October 2007
• Since March 9th lows, the Dow is up 22.46%, the NASDAQ is up 27.84% and the S&P is up 24.53%
• Information Technology and Materials hold onto their positive gains in 2009, up 11.15% and 4.4% YTD respectively

Index Impact:

-IBM (IBM) had the most positive impact on the Dow & S&P, up over 8% for the week
  **YTD, IBM (IBM) is once again the top performer by % gain, up over 21% YTD, followed by Intel (INTC), Home Depot (HD) and joined this week by Dupont (DD) now also positive YTD.
  **YTD, the top S&P performer by % gain continues to be SprintNextel (S), up almost 129% YTD
-General Motors (GM) had the most negative impact on the Dow, down almost 42% for the week
  **YTD, Citigroup (C) continues to be the worst Dow performer by % loss, down almost 58% YTD
-Amgen (AMGN) had the most negative impact on the S&P 500 and the NASDAQ 100, down almost 10% for the week.
**YTD, the bottom S&P performer by % loss continues to be Huntington Bancshares (HBAN) down over 74% YTD
**YTD, the worst NASDAQ 100 performer by % loss continues to be Wynn Resorts (WYNN), down almost 30% YTD
-Apple (AAPL) had the most positive impact on the NASDAQ 100 up almost 9% for the week.
  **YTD, the top NASDAQ 100 performer by % gain continues to be SunMicrosystems (JAVA), up over 122% YTD


Sector Impact:

Nine out of ten S&P sectors were positive for the week, led by Financials up over 6%. Health Care was the only negative sector, down almost 2% for the week.
Financials were helped by Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB) up almost 40% for the week
Health Care was hurt by Amgen (AMGN) down almost 10% for the week

• YTD 8 out of 10 sectors are negative led by Financials down over 22% YTD.
• Information Technology is the most positive sector up over 11% YTD, followed by Materials up over 4% YTD

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