Market Monitor

August 23, 1999

Percent Change

Friday since

Stock indexes close Jan. 1

Dow Jones Industrial Average 11100.61 20.9%

30 giant companies

Standard & Poor's 500 1336.61 8.7

500 large companies

Nasdaq Composite 2648.33 20.8

Mostly tech and small companies

Russell 2000 434.38 2.9

2,000 small companies

Start of

Interest rates Friday year

30-Year Treasury bond 6.03% 5.04%

30-Year fixed-rate mortgage 7.93 7.03

1-Year adjustable mortgage 6.18 5.50

90-Day Treasury bill 4.73 5.33

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