Market diary.

Soaring oil prices and rising interest rates were the dominant themes in a week that saw Chevron Corp. complete its takeover of El Segundo-based Unocal Corp. and Whirlpool Corp. up its bid for Maytag Corp. For the week ended Aug. 10, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 1 percent to 10,594.40; the Nasdaq Composite Index fell 2.7 percent to 2157.81 and the S&P 500 dropped 1.3 percent to 1229.13. The LABJ 200 Index of local stocks fared worse, falling 2.8 percent to 126.44, with 61 stocks advancing, 127 declining and 12 remaining unchanged. Despite the down week, 14 stocks hit new highs and just two hit new lows. The index was dragged down by the real estate sector, which fell 6.8 percent, and construction/engineering dropped 5.7 percent. Automotive/plastics/metals was on of the few bright spots, rising 0.8 percent, while Internet stocks nudged up 0.2 percent. On the upside, Homestore Inc. rose 55.6 percent, to $4.03, after reporting positive earnings and beating analyst expectations. Fuel-cell maker Enova Systems Inc. rose 17.6 percent after raising $18 million in a listing on London's AIM exchange. But shares of digital video surveillance company Global e-Point Inc. fell 26.2 percent to $5.22 as merger talks with X-ray screener Astrophysics Inc. stalled, and WPT Enterprises Inc. fell 16.6 percent to $16.98 on continuing disillusionment with gaming stocks.