NEW YORK, May 7, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Dow Jones Indexes, a leading global index provider, today announced the Dow Jones Industrial Average ("The Dow") is nearing an 80-year record for the longest streak of gains with three declining days in between. The previous record was set in 1927 when The Dow posted gains in 24 of 27 trading sessions starting on July 1.
If The Dow ends today's trading session in positive territory, it will match the 1927 record of posting 24 gains in 27 trading sessions. If The Dow ends Tuesday's trading session in positive territory, it will set a new record for the longest streak with a three-day decline.
Of the past 26 trading sessions, The Dow had 10 all-time high closing values.
Below are additional stats for the Dow Jones Industrial Average:
As of Friday, May 4, 2007
-- The Dow set 19 record closes year to date, and 41 record closes
since the beginning of October 2006
-- The Dow is up 82.05% since October 9, 2002
-- The Dow is up 6.43% year to date.
-- The five stocks that contributed the most points to The Dow's
point gain of 915.87 in the last 26 trading sessions are Honeywell
International Inc.(HON), International Business Machines (IBM),
3M Co. (MMM), Merck & Co. Inc. (MRK) and American Express Co.
(AXP). See table below for complete information.
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Name Adjusted Close % Point
Close 5/4/07 Change Impact
3/29/07 on DJIA
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Honeywell International Inc. 45.94 56.12 22.16 82.72
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International Business Machines Corp 94.57 102.96 8.87 68.22
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3M Co. 76.09 84.21 10.67 65.95
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Merck & Co. Inc. 43.95 51.92 18.13 64.74
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American Express Co. 56.46 63.39 12.27 56.32
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Caterpillar Inc. 66.19 73.10 10.44 56.06
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Coca-Cola Co. 48.11 53.21 10.60 41.46
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McDonald's Corp. 44.87 49.92 11.25 41.02
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Exxon Mobil Corp. 76.24 80.55 5.65 35.12
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Johnson & Johnson 60.34 64.48 6.86 33.65
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JPMorgan Chase & Co. 48.50 52.63 8.52 33.58
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Altria Group Inc. 65.40 69.36 6.06 33.48
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Boeing Co. 89.76 93.61 4.29 31.39
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Hewlett-Packard Co. 40.00 43.79 9.48 30.78
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American International Group Inc. 67.20 70.85 5.43 29.66
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Verizon Communications Inc. 37.57 40.66 8.22 25.07
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United Technologies Corp. 64.99 68.00 4.63 24.46
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Intel Corp. 19.09 21.90 14.72 22.83
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Microsoft Corp. 27.75 30.56 10.13 22.82
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Citigroup Inc. 51.40 54.09 5.23 21.87
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Home Depot Inc. 36.82 38.90 5.65 16.91
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Alcoa Inc. 33.68 35.66 5.88 16.07
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E.I. DuPont de Nemours & Co. 49.38 51.24 3.77 15.11
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Pfizer Inc. 25.41 27.08 6.57 13.59
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General Electric Co. 35.55 37.15 4.50 13.02
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc. 46.72 48.27 3.32 12.57
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Walt Disney Co. 34.39 35.85 4.25 11.86
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AT&T Inc. 39.17 39.48 0.79 2.49
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General Motors Corp. 30.89 30.88 -0.03 -0.05
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Procter & Gamble Co. 63.26 62.41 -1.34 -6.90
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The Week Ahead: May 7-11, 2007 Events
May 9 - Federal Open Market Committee meeting
May 10 - U.S. Import and Export Price Index, April report, U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics
All week - Company earnings reports
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