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April Summary: The Month's Best & Worst
Published:
Thursday, 30 Apr 2009 | 5:37 PM ET
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All major US indices end April on a positive note. The NASDAQ Composite posted a gain of 12.35%, followed by the S&P 500 with a jump of 9.39%, and the Dow marked an increase of 7.35%. Companies with small market capitalizations, measured by the Russell 2000, rose the most this month among all major indices, with a gain of 15.33%.
Based on today's closing levels:
- Dow had its best April % gain since 2001 when it gained 8.67%
- S&P had its best April % gain since 1938 when it gained 15.06%
- Nasdaq had its best April % gain since 2001 when it gained 14.99%
- Dow had its best monthly % gain since 3/2009 when it rose 7.73% and it had its best 2-month gain since April 1999
- S&P had its best monthly % gain since 3/2000 when it rose 9.67% and it had its best 2-month gain since February 1975
- Nasdaq had its best monthly % gain since 10/2002 when it rose 13.45% and it had its best 2-month gain since November 2002
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