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The Dow Jones Industrial Average recorded a new closing record on Friday.
The Dow Jones was up 0.3% Friday and 2.3% for the week to close at 27,743.50 points.
The S & P 500 index
SPX, -0.04%
was little changed Friday and up 3.4% for the week. The Nasdaq Composite Index
COMP -0.51%
fell 0.5% on Friday, but only showed a slight drop for the week.
Analysts have continued to digest the flow of mostly positive economic data. The massive cuts to federal income taxes that President Trump enacted in December were largely rewarded by the excellent year-over-year comparisons of profits and sales by US companies. But according to an analysis by the Leuthold Group, tax cuts are just the "icing on the cake" of an already strong economic expansion.
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Here's how the Dow 30's behaved for the week and for 2018:
| Company | Teleprinter | Price Change – September 14 to September 21 | Price change – 2018 to 21 September | Price change – 2017 |
| Caterpillar inc. |
CAT, + 0.24% |
7.9% | -0.8% | 69.9% |
| 3M Co. |
MMM, + 0.49% |
4.1% | -8.1% | 31.8% |
| Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc |
WBA, + 0.15% |
3.9% | 0.5% | -12.3% |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co. |
JPM, -0.66% |
3.8% | 10.2% | 23.9% |
| Boeing Co. |
BA, + 1.30% |
3.5% | 26.2% | 89.4% |
| Travelers Cos. |
TRV, + 0.22% |
3.4% | -0.9% | 10.8% |
| Chevron Corp. |
CLC + 1.43% |
3.2% | -3.2% | 6.4% |
| United Technologies Corp. |
UTX, + 0.16% |
3.1% | 11.4% | 16.4% |
| McDonald's Corp. |
MCD + 2.80% |
2.8% | -4.0% | 41.4% |
| Exxon Mobil Corp. |
XOM, + 0.41% |
2.7% | 1.8% | -7.3% |
| Goldman Sachs Group Inc. |
GS -0.87% |
2.7% | -7.6% | 6.4% |
| Procter & Gamble Co. |
PG, + 0.54% |
2.6% | -6.6% | 9.3% |
| Pfizer Inc. |
PFE, + 0.71% |
2.6% | 21.6% | 11.5% |
| Nike Inc. Class B |
NKE + 0.21% |
2.5% | 36.8% | 23.1% |
| Intel Corp. |
INTC, -1.14% |
2.5% | 1.1% | 27.3% |
| Cisco Systems Inc. |
CSCO, + 1.74% |
2.4% | 26.8% | 26.7% |
| Johnson & Johnson |
JNJ, + 0.63% |
2.4% | 2.3% | 21.3% |
| International Business Machines Corp. |
IBM, + 0.13% |
2.0% | -1.3% | -7.6% |
| DowDuPont Inc. |
DWDP, -0.49% |
1.6% | -2.1% | 24.5% |
| Merck & Co. |
MRK, + 0.45% |
1.6% | 26.4% | -4.4% |
| Home Depot Inc. |
HD + 0.63% |
1.6% | 12.1% | 41.4% |
| Visa Inc. Class A |
V + 0.54% |
1.5% | 31.6% | 46.1% |
| Walmart Inc. |
WMT, + 0.16% |
1.4% | -2.9% | 42.9% |
| Coca-Cola Co. |
KO -0.13% |
1.3% | 1.5% | 10.7% |
| American Express Co. |
AXP, -0.19% |
1.2% | 11.7% | 34.1% |
| Walt Disney Co. |
DIS -1.09% |
1.0% | 2.7% | 3.2% |
| Microsoft Corp. |
MSFT, + 0.61% |
0.8% | 33.6% | 37.7% |
| UnitedHealth Group Inc. |
A H, + 0.11% |
0.5% | 21.0% | 37.8% |
| Verizon Communications Inc. |
VZ + 0.87% |
-0.2% | 2.8% | -0.8% |
| Apple Inc. |
AAPL, -1.08% |
-2.8% | 28.6% | 46.1% |
| Source: FactSet | ||||
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