Index Summary 3-6-09

● The major market indices were lower this week. The Dow Jones Industrial Index (1) fell 6.17 percent. The S&P
500 Stock Index (2) lost 7.03 percent, while the Nasdaq Composite (3) finished 6.10 percent lower.
● Barra Growth (4) outperformed Barra Value (5) as Barra Value finished 8.83 percent lower while Barra Growth
declined 5.55 percent. The Russell 2000 (6) closed the week with a loss of 9.76 percent.
● For the week, the Hang Seng Composite (7) finished lower by 4.66 percent; Taiwan (8) rose by 2.12 percent, and
the Kospi (9) fell 0.75 percent.
● The 10-year Treasury bond yield closed at 2.88 percent, down 17 basis points for the week.