So here we are, with the Dow off by just 7.19% from that unprecedented closing high on Oct. 9, 2009.
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As the Dow Industrials were making their weekly closing high in early October (line 1) the Transports were much lower.
For the week, industrials were down just 13 points and only 17 points below that new closing high for 2012.
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The Dow Jones Transportation Average, a benchmark of 20 railroad, airline and shipping companies, rose 0.2%, to an all-time closing high.
Chart Analysis : The weekly chart of the Select Sector SPDR Consumer Staples ( XLP) shows the new all-time weekly closing high on Friday.
The DJIA actually climbed above 12, 400 in late-morning trading on Friday, but quickly retreated back below 12, 400 and its 2011 closing high by the close.
That eclipsed the index's record closing high of 1, 569.19 set Thursday.
The all time intra-day high for Transports is 6291.65 set on March 19, 2013 with the all time closing high at 6281.24 on March 14, 2013.
That being said, bulls should take solace in the fact that the VIX continues to trade below 40, half its closing high in October and November.
The Dow is still within striking distance of its all-time closing high, reached in October 2007, after two days of gains more than erased a 216-point stumble Monday.
Over the next few months, a new closing high in the Industrials that is matched by a move above the 2011 high in the Transports would be very positive.
Finally, the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) had a battle of its own to fight, as it attempted to break through its 2011 closing high at 12, 391, made on Feb. 18.
All that will weigh heavily on the bourse, and, current bargains aside, no one expects the blue-chip Hang Seng Index to recover its August record closing high of 16, 673 any time soon.
The Dow Industrials moved sideways last week after trading to a new multi-year year high at 13, 653.24 on September 14 and a new year-to-date closing high at 13, 596.93 on Thursday, September 20.
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As this strength evolved, Dow Industrials have probed above 14, 000 since the beginning of February, but has not yet closed at a new all time closing high above 14, 164.53 set on October 9, 2007.
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Among the major equity averages the Dow Transportation Average set a new all time closing high 6, 020.67 last week, then ended the week between my annual pivot at 5, 925 and my semiannual pivot at 5, 955.
With the Dow Transportation Average ending the week with a new year-to-date closing high at 5, 068.81, a close for the Dow Industrial Average above its November 5 closing high at 11, 444.08 generates another Dow Theory Buy Signal.
What would end this bearish market call is a Dow Theory Buy Signal, which is defined as follows: A Dow Theory Buy Signal will be confirmed if the Dow Transports close above its May 3rd high at 4, 806.1, and the Dow Industrials close above its April 26th closing high at 11, 205.03.
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The last closing monthly high in the gold futures was in April and was supported by a convincing new high in the OBV.
Back plans to consult on closing Llanederyn High and move St Teilo's to the site and create a third Welsh medium secondary school at St Teilo's former site.
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He spoke to the South Wales Argus on a visit to Newport on Tuesday amid concerns about the number of retail premises closing on high streets across the country.
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The same Capsugel deal today, Kravis said, would have a cost of capital near 9%, a reflection of the late-summer weakness in equity markets and window closing in the high-yield market, which moves on a hair trigger in turbulent times.
That window is closing rapidly with other high-profile devices coming into the fold.
Approve plans to consult on closing Llanrumney and Rumney High and to create a new community school on the Eastern Leisure Centre site.
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In the past two trading days alone, the Nikkei rose 3.8% to a fresh four-year, seven-month high, closing at 12833.64 Friday on record trading volume after briefly crossing the 13, 000 mark for the first time since just before Lehman Brothers collapsed.
Apple and Samsung have presented closing arguments in their high-stakes patent case today, with each company spending two hours to convince the nine-person jury in San Jose federal court today to side with them in a trial over the designs and technology in their popular smartphones and tablet computers.
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Among Mr Berlusconi's first acts in government were closing the office of the high commissioner against corruption and passing a law that means he himself will not have to answer to bribery charges.
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