Market diary.Stocks were mixed for the week ended Sept. 15, as the Dow Jones Industrial Average Dow Jones Industrial Average The best known U.S. index of stocks. A price-weighted average of 30 actively traded blue-chip stocks, primarily industrials including stocks that trade on the New York Stock Exchange. fell 0.8 percent while the S&P 500 Index gained 0.4 percent and the Nasdaq composite index Nasdaq Composite Index An index that indicates price movements of securities in the over-the-counter market. It includes all domestic common stocks in the Nasdaq System (approximately 5,000 stocks) and is weighted according to the market value of each listed rose 2.5 percent. Local stocks in the LABJ LABJ Los Angeles Business Journal 200 Index gained 0.5 percent, with advances outnumbering declines 125 to 64. Showing strength among local sectors were computers and peripherals, up 7.5 percent, Internet companies, up 3.9 percent, and communications, also up 3.9 percent. Losing ground were real estate, down 2.7 percent, biomedical bi·o·med·i·cal adj. 1. Of or relating to biomedicine. 2. Of, relating to, or involving biological, medical, and physical sciences. and pharmaceutical, down 2.9 percent, and automotives, plastics and metals, down 1.9 percent. Among individual issues, the week's biggest winners included chip maker Diodes Inc., up 28.9 percent to $24.36 a share, Santa Fe Financial Corp., up 20.5 percent to $13.25, and Mossimo Inc., up 18.6 percent to $3.82. Losers included Nara Bancorp, down 8.1 percent to $19.50, Keystone Automotive Industries Inc., down 7.1 percent to $21.64, and North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. Scientific Inc., down 6.7 percent to $6.30. |
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