Friday, August 21, 2009

8/21/09 pm Dow Up 155.91 or 1.67% to Close at 9505.96

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The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Friday at 9505.96 up 155.91 or 1.67% from Thursday's close of 9350.05. Of the 30 Dow Companies: 29 gained and 1 declined with the only loser being WalMart WMT $51.36 -0.35 0.68% 21,093,594 NYSE and the biggest gainer being Catepillar CAT $47.3 +1.80 3.96% 12,324,433 NYSE.

The current divisor for the Dow found at today's page C4 of The Wall St. Jrnl is .132319125 unchanged.

Friday's Dow Jones Industrial Average closing numerator was 1257.82 up 20.63 from Thursday's closing Dow numerator of 1237.24. This is the sum of all 30 closing prices. A short cut to the Dow numerator is to multiply the closing Dow by the Divisor.

Now, if you divide the Dow numerator increase for today of 20.63 by the divisor you get 155.91, the increase in Thursday's Dow close.

The average closing price (the closing numerator divided by 30) of Friday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was 41.93 up 0.69 from Thurday's Dow Jones Industrial Average closing price of 41.34. The median closing price of Friday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was 38.26 up 0.79 from Thursday's Dow Jones median closing price of 37.47.

The highest closing price Friday again was IBM $119.9 +0.95 0.8% 8,305,443 NYSE and the lowest closing price Friday again was Alcoa AA $12.56 +0.13 1.05% 33,767,914 NYSE.

The lowest volume Friday was MMM $72.64 +1.41 1.98% 4,324,625 NYSE and the highest volume again was BAC BofAm $17.46 +0.32 1.87% 235,679,525 NYSE.

If Friday morning before the market opened you had purchased $100 of each of the Dow Jones Industrial Average 30 shares (assuming you could buy fractional shares and assuming no transaction costs) and sold at the close you would have made $2,070
($125,790 - $123,720)

Friday's Closing Dow closing numbers:
Symb/Last/Change/% Change/Vol./Market

T $26 +0.46 1.8% 30,826,228 NYSE
AXP $32.85 +0.33 1.01% 12,273,755 NYSE
AA $12.56 +0.13 1.05% 33,767,914 NYSE
BAC $17.46 +0.32 1.87% 235,679,525 NYSE
BA $45.87 +1.13 2.53% 5,529,798 NYSE
CAT $47.3 +1.80 3.96% 12,324,433 NYSE
CVX $69.73 +1.11 1.62% 15,265,007 NYSE
CSCO $22.19 +0.30 1.37% 56,571,644 NASDAQ-GS
KO $49.91 +0.49 0.99% 8,824,678 NYSE
DD $32.71 +0.77 2.41% 7,758,077 NYSE
DIS $26.79 +0.90 3.48% 13,722,007 NYSE
XOM $69.92 +1.33 1.94% 26,162,685 NYSE
GE $14.21 +0.40 2.9% 90,569,058 NYSE
HPQ $44.78 +0.80 1.82% 18,931,009 NYSE
HD $27.5 +0.82 3.07% 18,658,007 NYSE
INTC $18.8901 +0.1801 0.96% 55,142,847 NASDAQ-GS
IBM $119.9 +0.95 0.8% 8,305,443 NYSE
JPM $43.66 +1.24 2.92% 42,791,613 NYSE
JNJ $61.03 +0.08 0.13% 12,593,665 NYSE
KFT $28.81 +0.46 1.62% 11,596,409 NYSE
MCD $56.27 +0.13 0.23% 7,670,646 NYSE
MRK $32.56 +1.22 3.89% 20,724,544 NYSE
MSFT $24.41 +0.74 3.13% 68,994,377 NASDAQ-GS
PFE $16.64 +0.41 2.53% 64,798,377 NYSE
PG $53.58 +0.56 1.06% 13,272,577 NYSE
MMM $72.64 +1.41 1.98% 4,324,625 NYSE
TRV $48.2 +0.39 0.82% 5,727,424 NYSE
UTX $58.71 +1.45 2.53% 6,822,849 NYSE
VZ $31.37 +0.66 2.15% 14,031,992 NYSE
WMT $51.36 -0.35 0.68% 21,093,594 NYSE