Market 360: The Week's Best & Worst
By: Gina Francolla
All major U.S. Indexes ended down 3% or more for the week, led by a pullback in Financials, an unexpected dip in April retail sales, and downbeat jobs data, ending the NASDAQ's 9th-consecutive week rally.
- On Wednesday, the S&P retreated into negative territory for the year, after trading to the upside since May 4
- The S&P, Dow and NASDAQ Composite had their worst weekly percent loss since March 6
- Only 29% of the companies in the NASDAQ 100 are negative YTD
- Since the markets' March 9th lows, the Dow is up 26.3%, the NASDAQ is up 32%, and the S&P is up 30.5%
Index Impact:
-Coca Cola (KO) had the most positive impact on the Dow, up almost 5% for the week
**YTD, American Express (AXP) is the top Dow performer by % gain, up over 30% YTD
-General Motors (GM) had the most negative impact on the Dow & S&P as it closed at a historic low of $1.09 on 5/15 and fell over 32% for the week
**YTD, General Motors (GM) is also the worst Dow & S&P performer by % loss, down over 65% YTD
-CME Group (CME) had the most positive impact on the S&P, up almost 12% for the week
**YTD, the top S&P performer by % gain is Sprint (S) up over 175% YTD
-Apollo (APOL) had the most positive impact on the NASDAQ 100 up almost 12% for the week.
**YTD, the worst NASDAQ 100 performer by % loss is Pharmaceutical Product Development (PPDI) down almost 30% YTD
**YTD, the top performer in the NASDAQ 100 by % gain is Sun Microsystems (JAVA), up over 135% YTD
Sector Impact:
All ten sectors in the S&P 500 were negative for the week led by Financials, down 12.1%. The Consumer Staples sector was the least negative for the week, down 0.62%
- Financials were dragged down by Janus Capital (JNS), with a loss of nearly 28% for the week
- Consumer Staples were helped by Lorillard (LO), up over 5% for the week
- Three out of ten sectors are now positive year-to-date, with Information Technology taking the lead, up over 13% in 2009
- Utilities are the laggards for the year, down over 11%
