By The Numbers

Published: Friday, 29 May 2009 | 5:03 PM ET

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On a week dominated by GM, a weak dollar, and a rally in the commodities complex, the US markets rallied on Friday, to finish May in positive territory.  All three major US indices have closed in the black for 3 positive months in a row.

• The Dow has advanced 20.39% in the past three months, for its biggest 3-month gain since November 1998, when it gained 20.92% over 3 months
• The S&P gained 25.04% for its biggest 3-month gain since June 1933, when it gained 86.5% over 3 months
• The NASDAQ gained 28.78% for its biggest 3-month gain since December 2001, when it gained 30.13% over 3 months
• Since the March 9th lows, the S&P is up 35.86%, the Dow is up 29.83%, and the NASDAQ is up 39.86%
• The S&P 500 is now positive year-to-date, up 1.76%, along with the Russell 2000 just breaking into positive territory for the year, up 0.43%. The NASDAQ Composite is still positive YTD, up 12.51%, while the NASDAQ 100 is up 18.48% YTD
• Of the major US indexes, only the Dow is still in the red for 2009, down more than 3%

Index Impact:

-IBM (IBM) had the most positive impact on the Dow, up over 4% for the week
  **YTD, American Express (AXP) is the top Dow performer by % gain, up almost 34% YTD
     **10 Dow components are positive YTD: AXP, IBM, JPM, DD, KO, MSFT, INTC, DIS, BA, HD
-Procter & Gamble (PG) had the most negative impact on the Dow & S&P, down about 2% for the week
  **YTD, General Motors (GM) is the worst Dow & S&P performer by % loss, down over 76% YTD
-Apple (AAPL) had the most positive impact on the S&P & the NASDAQ 100, up almost 11% for the week
  **YTD, the top S&P performer by % gain is Tenet Healthcare (THC) up almost 216% YTD
  **YTD, the top NASDAQ 100 performer by % gain is Sun Microsystems (JAVA), up almost 136% YTD
-DirecTV (DTV) had the most negative impact on the NASDAQ 100, down over 5% for the week
  **YTD, the worst NASDAQ 100 performer by % loss is Pharmaceutical Product Development (PPDI) down almost 31% YTD


Sector Impact:

Ten out of ten S&P sectors were positive for the week led by Financials up about 5.5%. Consumer Staples were the least positive sector, up slightly at about 1% for the week.

• Financials were helped by CIT Group (CIT) up almost 22% for the week
• Consumer Staples were hurt by Sara Lee (SLE) down over 5% for the week
• For the month, 8 out of 10 sectors were positive, led by Financials up over 13%, and lagged by Telecom, which lost almost 1.5% in May

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