Market Monitor

September 27, 1999

Percent

change

Friday since

Stock indexes close Jan. 1

Dow Jones Industrial Average 10279.33 12.0%

30 giant companies/

Standard & Poor's 500 1277.36 4.0

500 large companies

Nasdaq Composite 2740.41 2.5

Mostly tech and small companies

Russell 2000 417.09 -0.01

2,000 small companies

Start of

Interest rates Friday year

30-Year Treasury bond 5.98% 5.04%

30-Year fixed-rate mortgage 7.76 7.03

1-Year adjustable mortgage 6.19 5.50

90-Day Treasury bill 5.16 5.33