Market Edges Higher

May 6, 2008


Today’s increase in the NASDAQ was .78 percent; the S&P500 gained
.77 percent, while the DJIA moved up .40 percent.

Looking at the past, since January 2000, of the 426 Tuesday trading dates, these indices closed higher slightly more than half the time. On Tuesdays, the NASDAQ scored gains 52 percent of the time. The same rate as the positive closes of the DJIA. The record of the S&P500 is not much different, with 51 percent of its Tuesdays closing higher.

DJIA              .40 percent

NASDAQ       .78 percent

S&P500         .77 percent

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