By The Numbers

Published: Thursday, 22 Oct 2009 | 7:26 AM ET

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There’s still a week-and-a-half left in the month, but the markets are currently maintaining yet another month of gains. This month, the Dow Industrials [.DJIA  Loading...      ()   ] is up 2.4%, the S&P 500 [.SPX  Loading...      ()   ] is up 2.3%, the Nasdaq Composite [COMP  Loading...      ()   ] is up 1.3%, while the Russell 2000 [RUT  Loading...      ()   ] is clinging to a 0.1% gain.

If these gains continue to hold at the end of next week, the Dow would have its 7th month of gains in the last 8 months. On the other hand, the S&P, Nasdaq, and Russell haven’t had a monthly decline since February and each is on pace to have its 8th straight month of gains.

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Such a streak is rare. The last time the S&P was up 8 months in a row was between June 2006 and January 2007. It’s more impressive for the Nasdaq & Russell though. The Nasdaq hasn’t had an 8-month winning streak since the tail end of its 10-month streak in 1995, while the 8-month winning streak will be the Russell’s first since its own 8-month streak 14 years ago.

Take a look at some of the best and worst movers so far this month (data as of close on October 21):

Top 5 Dow Industrials Components

• CAT up +13.77% for the month
• CVX up +9.29% for the month
• UTX up +7.34% for the month
• XOM up +6.85% for the month
• DIS up +6.45% for the month

Bottom 5 Dow Industrials Components

• TRV down -2.46% for the month
• T down -3.96% for the month
• VZ down -4.10% for the month
• GE down -5.42% for the month
• BA down -6.50% for the month

Top 5 S&P 500 Components

• LXK up +29.39% for the month
• HOG up +23.22% for the month
• SLM up +23.17% for the month
• MCO up +22.73% for the month
• BTU up +20.61% for the month

Bottom 5 S&P 500 Components

• IPG down -17.95% for the month
• BSX down -22.47% for the month
• MI down -25.53% for the month
• PCS down -29.59% for the month
• MBI down -33.63% for the month

Top 5 Nasdaq 100 Components

• ADSK up +13.15% for the month
• JOYG up +12.89% for the month
• GOOG up +11.14% for the month
• AAPL up +10.56% for the month
• CERN up +9.35% for the month

Bottom 5 Nasdaq 100 Components

• GENZ down -9.34% for the month
• CMCSA down -10.49% for the month
• NVDA down -10.98% for the month
• WYNN down -12.15% for the month
• VRTX down -13.19% for the month

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