Skip navigation

The Week in Stocks

FOR 24 NORTH AMERICAN FOOD RETAILERS TRACKED BY SN, AT THE CLOSE THURSDAY, DEC. 4, 2008 MARKET SUMMARY gainers 6 losers 18 unchanged 0 Ingles +19.72% BJ's Wholesale Club +8.53% Loblaw Cos. +8.06% MOST ACTIVE BY VOLUME Wal-Mart 87,726,324 Target 49,679,688 Kroger 29,866,520 AS PERCENTAGE OF SHARES OUTSTANDING Whole Foods 6.97% Nash Finch 6.61% Target 6.60% A&P -20.08% Ahold -9.88% United Natural Foods

FOR 24 NORTH AMERICAN FOOD RETAILERS TRACKED BY SN, AT THE CLOSE THURSDAY, DEC. 4, 2008

MARKET SUMMARY

gainers 6
losers 18
unchanged 0
Ingles +19.72%
BJ's Wholesale Club +8.53%
Loblaw Cos. +8.06%

MOST ACTIVE

BY VOLUME
Wal-Mart 87,726,324
Target 49,679,688
Kroger 29,866,520
AS PERCENTAGE OF SHARES OUTSTANDING
Whole Foods 6.97%
Nash Finch 6.61%
Target 6.60%
A&P -20.08%
Ahold -9.88%
United Natural Foods -8.05%

Continuously updated stock quotes of 19 retailers and wholesalers at http://supermarketnews.com/profiles/stocks/sn_composite/

The SN Composite Index

The chart shows the most recent eight weeks of movement of the SN Composite Index, compared with the Dow Jones Industrial Average. The SN Index is a statistical indicator of the industry performance based on share price and number of shares outstanding of the listed stocks.
DATA SOURCE: DATA NETWORK, HUNTINGTON, N.Y.

INDICES Last Week This Week Pct. Change
Dow Jones 8726.61 8376.24 -4.01
S&P 500 887.68 845.22 -4.78
SN Composite 1812.94 1768.30 -2.46
Retailers 1643.96 1603.81 -2.44
Wholesalers 509.88 478.17 -6.22