April 5-9: Dow, NASDAQ, Solar Gain
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The Dow Jones Industrial Average hit11000.98 today before settling to a 10997.35 finish, still the highestin 18 months. NASDAQ gained over 51 points to end the week at 2454.05, a 2% gain. The 20SSI composite crept up five points to 403.69, a 1.2%gain since last Friday.
Energy stocks lead the Dow asChevron and Exxon Mobil gained 2.4 and 2.3% respectively. As marketscontinue positive it appears investors are less fearful of the economyand Greece’s major debut liability.
Solar’s biggest winners werLDK Solar, Satcon and Solarfun. Thirteen of the 20SSI stocks gained forthe week which was the third consecutive positive week for the index.
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Monday Open |
Friday Close |
Up/Down |
% Change |
Close 1/5/09* |
Close 3/6/09** |
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Dow Jones DJIA |
10927.07 |
10997.35 |
+70.28 |
+.6431% |
8952.89 |
6626.95 |
|
NASDAQ |
2402.58 |
2454.05 |
+51.47 |
+2.142 |
1628.03 |
1293.85 |
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Akeena SolarAKNS |
1.06 |
1.02 |
-.04 |
-3.921 |
2.28 |
.61 |
|
AmtelSystems ASYS |
9.79 |
9.31 |
_.48 |
-5.155 |
4.00 |
2.73 |
|
Applied Materials AMAT |
13.35 |
13.47 |
+.12 |
+.8988 |
10.67 |
8.70 |
|
Canadian Solar CSIQ |
24.06 |
24.10 |
+.04 |
+.1663 |
7.00 |
3.0601 |
|
ECD(UniSolar) ENER |
7.68 |
7.29 |
-.39 |
-5.349 |
29.33 |
17.45 |
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Entech Solar ENSL.OB |
.1530 |
.1500 |
-.003 |
-2.000 |
.28 |
.23 |
|
Evergreen Solar ESLR |
1.13 |
1.14 |
+.01 |
+.8849 |
3.60 |
1.03 |
|
First SolarFSLR |
121.30 |
124.09 |
+2.79 |
+2.300 |
157.80 |
108.49 |
|
GT Solar Int. SOLR |
5.21 |
5.39 |
+.18 |
+3.454 |
4.00 |
4.02 |
|
JA Solar JASO |
5.62 |
6.03 |
+.41 |
+7.295 |
5.09 |
1.91 |
|
Kyocera KYO |
100.88 |
100.65 |
-.23 |
-2.285 |
71.87 |
54.21 |
|
LDK Solar LDK |
6.55 |
7.33 |
+.78 |
+11.90 |
14.84 |
4.40 |
|
MEMCElect. WFR |
15.19 |
15.96 |
+.77 |
+5.069 |
15.76 |
13.68 |
|
Renesola SOL |
6.11 |
6.42 |
+.31 |
+5.073 |
5.15 |
2.1201 |
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Satcon SATC |
2.40 |
2.635 |
+.235 |
+9.791 |
1.60 |
1.23 |
|
SolarFun SOLF |
7.73 |
8.47 |
+.74 |
+9.573 |
6.12 |
2.30 |
|
SunPower SPWRA |
19.01 |
18.18 |
-.83 |
-4.565 |
45.13 |
23.39 |
|
SunTech STP |
14.20 |
14.70 |
+.50 |
+3.521 |
13.55 |
5.34 |
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Trina Solar TSL |
24.47 |
24.75 |
+.28 |
+1.144 |
10.09 |
7.23 |
|
Yingli YGE |
12.76 |
12.60 |
-.16 |
-1.269 |
7.25 |
3.888 |
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20SSI Weekly Cumulative: |
Previous 398.65 |
Current 403.69 |
Change +5.04/+1.264% |
AvgStock +1.9% |
1/05/09* 415.41 |
3/06/09** 266.01 |
* The starting date of the 20 Solar Stock Index (20SSI).
** TheConcensus "new" bull market began on Monday, March 9, 2009.
NOTE:All above stocks have market capitalization of $100M+ except AkeenaSolar, Amtel Systems
and Entech Solar. This listing is strictlyinformational and implies neither endorsement or disapproval
of anystock listed. Comments and suggestions are always welcome.