9/21/09 pm Monday Dow Closes 9778.86 down 41.34 or 0.42

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The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Monday at 9820.2 down 41.34 or 0.42% from Friday's close of 9820.2. Of the 30 Dow Companies: 9 gained and 21 declined with the biggest loser being American Express AXP $33.76 -1.01 2.9% 10,036,543 NYSE and the biggest gainer being WalMart WMT $50.91 +0.80 1.6% 15,175,149 NYSE.

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

Monday's Dow Jones Industrial Average closing numerator was 1293.93 down 5.47 from Friday's closing Dow numerator of 1299.4. 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 decrease for today of 5.47 by the divisor you get 41.34, the decrease in Monday's Dow close.

The average closing price (the closing numerator divided by 30) of Monday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was 43.13 down 0.18 from Friday's Dow Jones Industrial Average closing price of 43.31. The median closing price of Monday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was 39.17 down 0.69 from Friday's Dow Jones median closing price of 39.86.

The highest closing price Monday again was IBM $121.57 -0.54 0.44% 4,476,073 NYSE and the lowest closing price Monday again was Alcoa AA $13.94 -0.12 0.85% 21,806,564 NYSE.

The lowest volume Monday again was 3M MMM $74.54 -0.08 0.11% 2,536,138 NYSE and the highest volume again was Bank of Am BAC $17.25 -0.38 2.16% 125,498,040 NYSE.

If Monday 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 lost $540.
($129,930 - $129,390)

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

T $26.87 -0.18 0.67% 23,212,952 NYSE
AA $13.94 -0.12 0.85% 21,806,564 NYSE
AXP $33.76 -1.01 2.9% 10,036,543 NYSE
BAC $17.25 -0.38 2.16% 125,498,040 NYSE
BA $52.86 -0.16 0.3% 3,045,930 NYSE
CAT $52.46 -0.96 1.8% 10,087,087 NYSE
CVX $72.05 -0.59 0.81% 8,284,897 NYSE
CSCO $23.63 +0.23 0.98% 50,921,556 NASDAQ-GS
KO $53 -0.76 1.41% 12,299,830 NYSE
DIS $28 -0.44 1.55% 10,772,182 NYSE
DD $33.78 +0.04 0.12% 5,911,297 NYSE
XOM $69.57 -0.42 0.6% 17,798,997 NYSE
GE $16.76 +0.26 1.58% 108,247,887 NYSE
HPQ $46.35 +0.20 0.43% 11,462,506 NYSE
HD $28.14 -0.09 0.32% 8,887,188 NYSE
INTC $19.54 -0.02 0.1% 35,877,351 NASDAQ-GS
IBM $121.57 -0.54 0.44% 4,476,073 NYSE
JPM $44.55 -0.40 0.89% 23,259,466 NYSE
JNJ $60.67 -0.11 0.18% 7,181,999 NYSE
KFT $26.75 +0.02 0.07% 10,609,421 NYSE
MCD $56.14 -0.86 1.51% 9,785,414 NYSE
MRK $31.82 -0.06 0.19% 13,524,047 NYSE
MSFT $25.3 +0.04 0.16% 28,700,520 NASDAQ-GS
PFE $16.64 +0.13 0.79% 35,681,120 NYSE
PG $57.1 -0.22 0.38% 11,585,784 NYSE
MMM $74.54 -0.08 0.11% 2,536,138 NYSE
TRV $47.79 +0.42 0.89% 4,881,507 NYSE
UTX $62.67 -0.15 0.24% 3,669,643 NYSE
VZ $29.49 -0.10 0.34% 20,097,891 NYSE
WMT $50.91 +0.80 1.6% 15,175,149 NYSE

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