AllThingsD » whipsaw http://allthingsd.com Sun, 27 May 2012 01:54:58 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://allthingsd.com/theme/images/logo-rss.jpg All Things Digital http://allthingsd.com/ 144 22 Nasdaq Manages an Up Day; Bottom-Fishing in Evidence http://allthingsd.com/20081010/nasdaq-manages-an-up-day-bottom-fishing-in-evidence/ http://allthingsd.com/20081010/nasdaq-manages-an-up-day-bottom-fishing-in-evidence/#comments Fri, 10 Oct 2008 23:32:45 +0000 Eric Savitz http://voices.allthingsd.com/?p=4847 While it was another down day for the Dow Jones Industrial Average, the Nasdaq Composite actually broke a string of seven down days and posted a modest gain: The index rose 4.39, or 0.3 percent, to 1,649.51. The index nonetheless finished the horrific week with a loss of nearly 298 points, or 15.3 percent. At one point today, the index touched as low as 1542.45, stretching the loss for the week to just over 400 points, or nearly 21 percent. Astonishing.

One interesting development in today’s whipsaw session was the emergence of what appears to be some selective bottom-fishing. Apple (AAPL) was the most obvious example; the stock rebounded $8.06, or 9.1 percent, to $96.80, aided by some bullish comments from Oppenheimer as well as anticipation of the company’s pending launch of new laptops at an event on Tuesday.

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