USA Today World Market Indices - THIRTEEN



TAKING STOCK OF THE MARKET

DJIA Dow Jones Industrial Average data [Accessed online March 5, 2005]



Use the graphs supplied below to answer the questions that follow.

|[pic] |Graph 1|[pic] |Graph 2|

|[pic] |Graph 3|[pic] |Graph 4|

|[pic] |Graph 5| |

1. Which graph shows change over one year?

2. Which graph shows change over multiple years?

3. Which graph shows change over one week?

4. Which graph shows change over one month?

5. Which graph shows the least amount of change over time? Why?

6. For graph 5, how might you explain the sharp decline in the data?

USA Today World Market Indices



|Americas |

|USA Markets |

|Index |Country |Last |Chg |%Chg |Date |

|DOW JONES IND. |USA |10,940.55 |+107.52 |+0.99% |3/4/2005 |

|DJ TRANSPORTATION |USA |3,830.97 |+70.38 |+1.87% |3/4/2005 |

|DJ UTILITIES |USA |361.75 |+6.85 |+1.93% |3/4/2005 |

|NASDAQ COMPOSITE |USA |2,070.61 |+12.21 |+0.59% |3/4/2005 |

|NASDAQ 100 |USA |37.48 |+0.21 |+0.56% |3/4/2005 |

|S&P 500 |USA |1,222.12 |+11.65 |+0.96% |3/4/2005 |

|S&P MID-CAP |USA |124.44 |+1.36 |+1.10% |3/4/2005 |

|NYSE COMPOSITE |USA |7,441.18 |+84.06 |+1.14% |3/4/2005 |

|AMEX COMPOSITE |USA |1,532.49 |+12.89 |+0.85% |3/4/2005 |

|WILSHIRE 5000 |USA |12,040.30 |+109.25 |+0.91% |5:39:52 PM |

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|RUSSELL 2000 |USA |644.95 |+6.66 |+1.04% |3/4/2005 |

|Non-USA Markets |

|MERVAL |Argentina |1,581.36 |+4.23 |+0.27% |3/4/2005 |

|BRSP BOVESPA IDX |Brazil |29,197.19 |+528.79 |+1.84% |3/4/2005 |

|TSE 300 |Canada |9,927.20 |+67.67 |+0.69% |3/4/2005 |

|IPSA STOCK MKT SELECT |Chile |1,920.72 |-7.57 |-0.39% |3/4/2005 |

|MXSE IPC |Mexico |13,862.70 |+79.75 |+0.58% |3/4/2005 |

|LIMA GENERAL IDX |Peru |4,115.75 |+34.43 |+0.84% |3/4/2005 |

|GENERAL IDX |Venezuela |30,639.85 |-3.64 |-0.01% |3/4/2005 |

1. In the United States, which market closed at the highest value? How is this different from all the other markets?

2. In the United States, which market showed the greatest increase in change over the course of the day (3/4/05)?

3. Overall, which market closed at the highest value?

4. Of all Non-USA markets, which market made the least gains over the course of the day?

5. Which Non-USA country has the smallest trading market according to this index?

6. Graph the Non-USA market closings.

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