Market Monitor

April 12, 1999

percent

change

friday since

Stock indexes close Jan. 1

Dow Jones Industrial Average 10173.84 10.8%

30 giant companies

Standard & Poor's 500 1348.35 9.7

500 large companies

Nasdaq Composite 2593.05 18.3

Mostly tech and small companies

Russell 2000 405.86 -3.8

2,000 small companies

Start of

Interest rates Friday year

30-Year Treasury bond 5.46% 5.59%

30-Year fixed-rate mortgage 6.92 6.98

1-Year adjustable mortgage 5.59 5.65

90-Day Treasury bill 4.37 4.40