<p> 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</p><p>Use the graphs supplied below to answer the questions that follow. G G r r a a p p h h</p><p>1 2 G G r r a a p p h h</p><p>3 4 G r a p h</p><p>5</p><p>1. Which graph shows change over one year?</p><p>2. Which graph shows change over multiple years?</p><p>3. Which graph shows change over one week?</p><p>4. Which graph shows change over one month?</p><p>5. Which graph shows the least amount of change over time? Why?</p><p>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 </p><p>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</p><p>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</p><p>1. In the United States, which market closed at the highest value? How is this different from all the other markets?</p><p>2. In the United States, which market showed the greatest increase in change over the course of the day (3/4/05)?</p><p>3. Overall, which market closed at the highest value?</p><p>4. Of all Non-USA markets, which market made the least gains over the course of the day?</p><p>5. Which Non-USA country has the smallest trading market according to this index?</p><p>6. Graph the Non-USA market closings. </p>