Review of the Markets

The week of 10/12/09 to 10/16/09 was fairly good for the S&P 500. The value ended at 1087.68 on the sixteenth. This was a rise from 1076 beginning on the twelfth. Also, by far the best day of the week for the S&P 500 was Thursday where it rose above 1096. The Dow Jones did also very, very well this week. The value at the beginning of the week it was at 9885.75 and by the end of the week it rose to 9955.19. For the Dow Jones Thursday was also great. They rose above 10000 for that day. The NASDAQ also had gains this week. It started off at 2139.13 and ended at 2156.80. The NASDAQ had great gains and it also had its most substantial gains on Thursday where it peaked at 2173.29. The stock market in general all had gains this week.