Current Stock Market Performance

Stock performance in late 2008 and 2009 has been erratic, as there have been many ups and downs in the stock market. Charts that graph out this information will be able to tell you the performance over a 52-week period or less.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average consisting of 30 major companies has been graphed out by Yahoo Finance, in order to create a linear graph comparing performance from today to a couple of months ago. In October of 2008, the Dow Jones Industrial Average's index value was roughly around 10800. Over the next couple of months, the stock index value dropped by 4000, reaching its lowest point during March of 2009.

From March to September of this year, the index value has been slowly creeping back up to 10000 at a rate of almost 700 index points every month. Today's performance was fairly good, as the Dow Jones Industrial opened the day at almost 9650 and closed at 9789. The peak point of the day was around 1:30, when the index value went up to as high as 9825.

The NASDAQ had a stock index of approximately 2100 during the month of October 2008, this number went down by almost 800 points reaching its peak bottom of 52-weeks in the month of March 2009. From March 2009 till September 2009, the NASDAQ's stock index has gone back up to 2175. For every month between these two, the index of the NASDAQ has gone up approximately 175 points.

For today's NASDAQ performance chart, the NASDAQ began the day at an index value of 2090 and ended the day at 2130, a gain of 40 points. The NASDAQ reached its peak point of the day at 1:45, when the index value was at 2140. This would be a gain of almost 2% over the day's open with a change of 40 points.

Charts showing the performance of stocks and stock market indexes can be extremely useful in determining the stability of that certain index. By using a line graph, you can also make a good and accurate prediction on where the market is going to go based on past data. Performance charts give you information on the history of a past stock or stock index, allowing you to make important decisions on things.