Market Monitor

October 25, 1999

Percent

change

since

Friday

Stock indexes close Jan. 1

Dow Jones Industrial Average 10470.25 14.0%

30 giant companies

Standard & Poor's 500 1301.65 5.9

500 large companies

Nasdaq Composite 2816.52 28.5

Mostly tech and small companies

Russell 2000 418.69 -0.8

2,000 small companies

Start of

Interest rates Friday year

30-Year Treasury bond 6.35% 5.04%

30-Year fixed-rate mortgage 7.93 7.03

1-Year adjustable mortgage 6.30 5.50

90-Day Treasury bill 5.11 5.33

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