USA Today World Market Indices

TAKING STOCK OF THE MARKET DJIA Dow Jones Industrial Average data [Accessed online March 5, 2005] http://custom.marketwatch.com/custom/usatoday-com/html-quote.asp?symb=djia

Use the graphs supplied below to answer the questions that follow. G G r r a a p p h h

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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 http://markets.usatoday.com/custom/usatoday-com/html-worldindices.asp

Americas USA Markets Index Country Last Chg %Chg Date DOW JONES IND. USA 10,940.55 +107.52 +0.99% 3/4/2005 DJ USA 3/4/2005 TRANSPORTATION 3,830.97 +70.38 +1.87% 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 5:39:52 PM WILSHIRE 5000 USA 12,040.30 +109.25 +0.91% 3/5/2005 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 Chile 3/4/2005 SELECT 1,920.72 -7.57 -0.39% 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.