Deep Dive: Dow Jones Industrial Average Rebounds, Powered By Nike And Microsoft

The Dow Jones Industrial Average rebounded by 1.4% on Friday, with all but four of 30 companies rising. The gains were led by Nike.

The S&P 500 Index was up 1.5%, driven by Mattel.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, +1.38%  closed at 24,190.90, producing a decline of 9.1% from its intraday record high of 26,616.71 on Jan. 26. The S&P 500 SPX, +1.49%  closed at 2,619.55 and was down 8.8% from its intraday record high of 2,872.87, also on Jan. 26.

Here’s how the Dow 30 performed on Friday, along with price changes for February, 2018 and 2017:

S&P 500 sectors and Friday winners
Company Ticker Price change - Feb. 9 Price change - Jan. 31 through Feb. 9 Price change - 2018 through Feb. 9 Price change - 2017
Nike Inc. Class B NKE, +4.80% 4.8% -4.0% 4.7% 23.1%
American Express Co. AXP, +3.83% 3.8% -7.7% -7.6% 34.1%
Microsoft Corp. MSFT, +3.73% 3.7% -7.2% 3.1% 37.7%
General Electric Co. GE, +3.39% 3.4% -7.6% -14.4% -44.8%
Intel Corp. INTC, +2.81% 2.8% -8.7% -4.8% 27.3%
Johnson & Johnson JNJ, +2.51% 2.5% -6.3% -7.3% 21.3%
Caterpillar Inc. CAT, +2.21% 2.2% -8.3% -5.3% 69.9%
Visa Inc. Class A V, +2.16% 2.2% -6.4% 2.0% 46.1%
UnitedHealth Group Inc. UNH, +2.08% 2.1% -6.7% 0.2% 37.8%
JPMorgan Chase & Co. JPM, +2.00% 2.0% -4.9% 2.9% 23.9%
Cisco Systems Inc. CSCO, +1.96% 2.0% -4.8% 3.2% 26.7%
DowDuPont Inc. DWDP, +1.86% 1.9% -8.1% -2.4% 24.5%
Walt Disney Co. DIS, +1.72% 1.7% -5.1% -4.1% 3.2%
Verizon Communications Inc. VZ, +1.71% 1.7% -7.7% -5.8% -0.8%
Home Depot Inc. HD, +1.60% 1.6% -8.4% -2.9% 41.4%
Pfizer Inc. PFE, +1.58% 1.6% -7.8% -5.7% 11.5%
Travelers Cos. TRV, +1.53% 1.5% -8.6% 1.1% 10.8%
International Business Machines Corp. IBM, +1.30% 1.3% -8.7% -2.5% -7.6%
Goldman Sachs Group nc. GS, +1.20% 1.2% -6.9% -2.1% 6.4%
McDonald's Corp. MCD, +1.15% 1.2% -6.0% -6.6% 41.4%
Chevron Corp. CVX, +1.07% 1.1% -9.5% -9.3% 6.4%
3M Co. MMM, +1.04% 1.0% -10.1% -4.3% 31.8%
Boeing Co. BA, +0.96% 1.0% -6.1% 12.9% 89.4%
Apple Inc. AAPL, +1.22% 0.8% -6.6% -7.6% 46.1%
Merck & Co. MRK, +0.26% 0.3% -7.4% -2.5% -4.4%
Coca-Cola Co. KO, +0.07% 0.1% -9.4% -6.0% 10.7%
Procter & Gamble Co. PG, -0.37% -0.4% -7.4% -13.0% 9.3%
Exxon Mobil Corp. XOM, +0.64% -0.4% -13.2% -9.4% -7.3%
Walmart Inc. WMT, -0.65% -0.6% -6.8% 0.6% 42.9%
United Technologies Corp. UTX, -1.92% -1.9% -9.4% -2.0% 16.4%
Source: FactSet

Here’s how the 11 sectors of the S&P 500 performed Friday:

S&P 500 sectors Price change - Feb. 9 Price change - from Jan. 31 Price change - 2018 through Feb. 9 Price change - 2017
Information Technology 2.5% -7.3% -0.3% 36.9%
Real Estate 2.4% -6.9% -8.7% 7.2%
Utilities 2.2% -5.0% -7.9% 8.3%
Financials 1.9% -7.0% -1.1% 20.0%
Materials 1.7% -7.2% -3.4% 21.4%
Health Care 1.5% -6.9% -0.8% 20.0%
Telecommunications 1.4% -5.9% -6.5% -6.0%
Industrials 1.1% -7.5% -2.7% 18.5%
Consumer Discretionary 0.7% -6.5% 2.2% 21.2%
Consumer Staples 0.2% -7.2% -5.9% 10.5%
Energy -0.4% -11.3% -7.9% -3.8%
Source: MarketWatch

Information technology — last year’s hottest sector — was strongest on Friday. The best sector this month has been consumer discretionary, with a 2.2% gain, while all other sectors have posted declines. The worst sector of February has been energy, with an 11.3% decline.

Here are the 10 S&P 500 stocks that rose the most Friday:

Company Ticker Price change - Feb. 9 Price change - from Jan. 31 Price change - 2018 through Feb. 9 Price change - 2017
Mattel Inc. MAT, +7.94% 7.9% 9.0% 12.3% -44.2%
Nivida Corp. NVDA, +6.69% 6.7% -5.6% 19.9% 81.3%
Dollar Tree Inc. DLTR, +5.95% 5.9% -6.4% 0.3% 39.0%
DXC Technology Co. DXC, +5.52% 5.5% -2.6% 2.2% 59.7%
Ameren Corp. AEE, +5.38% 5.4% -2.1% -6.1% 12.4%
Applied Materials Inc. AMAT, +5.09% 5.1% -10.3% -5.9% 58.4%
Nike Inc. Class B NKE, +4.80% 4.8% -4.0% 4.7% 23.1%
Fortive Corp. FTV, +4.79% 4.8% -4.7% 0.1% 34.9%
Under Armour Inc. Class A UAA, +4.64% 4.6% -0.8% -4.7% -50.3%
Ulta Beauty Inc. ULTA, +4.52% 4.5% -1.6% -2.3% -12.3%
Source: FactSet

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