(Repeats to change format) March 9 (Reuters) - When U.S. stock markets plunged to 12 1/2-year lowslast March, many people were expecting more pain. The market crumbled through the autumn of 2008, defying pundits"expectations that a bottom had been reached, and 2009 got off on the same foot.But March 9 has not been breached, with the broad SP 500 .SPX surging asmuch as 70 percent off that low. "Investors have gone from pricing in a doomsday scenario to now lookingahead to a modest global economic recovery," said Michael Sheldon, chief marketstrategist at RDM Financial in Westport, Connecticut. The following is a list of how economic indicators, indexes and otherassets have performed since a year ago. Also listed are the five best and worstperformers of the Dow Jones industrial average .DJI. Where applicable, pricesfrom the close of March 9, 2009 are compared to the close of March 8, 2010.ECONOMIC INDICATOR 2009 2010 Unemployment rate (Feb) 8.2 9.7Nonfarm payrolls (Feb) -726,000 -36,000Unemployment insurance claims4-week moving average 636,750 470,750 (week ending Feb 27)ISM manufacturing index (Feb) 35.7 56.5Consumer confidence (Feb) 25.3 46INDEX/ASSET MARCH 9, 2009 MARCH 8, 2010 PCT CHANGESP 500 676.53 1,138.50 68.3Dow 6,547.05 10,552.52 61.2Nasdaq 1,268.64 2,332.21 83.8MSCI world stock index 172.70 300.63 74.1MSCI emerging market stockindex 485.29 986.06 103.210-year note 2.86 pct 3.71 pct --Euro $1.2610 $1.3630 --Dollar/Yen 98.69 yen 90.30 yen --U.S. dollar index 89.29 80.48 -9.9U.S. crude oil futures $47.07 $81.80 73.8FIVE BEST DOW PERFORMERS* MARCH 9, 2009 MARCH 8, 2010 PCT CHANGEBank of America (BAC.N) $3.75 $16.72 345.9American Express (AXP.N) $10.64 $39.71 273.2JP Morgan Chase Co (JPM.N) $15.90 $42.59 167.9Alcoa (AA.N) $5.39 $13.78 155.7Caterpillar (CAT.N) $23.92 $58.91 146.3* Citigroup, which was removed from the Dow in June, would have been the thirdbest performer if it had stayed in the average. Citigroup is up 239.1 percentat $3.36 from $1.05. General Motors was removed from the Dow at the same timeas it filed for bankruptcy. The companies were replaced by Cisco Systems(CSCO.O) and Travelers (TRV.N).FIVE WORST DOW PERFORMERS MARCH 9, 2009 MARCH 8, 2010 PCT CHANGEExxon Mobil (XOM.N) $64.57 $66.48 3 Verizon Communications (VZ.N) $26.18 $29.63 13.2 Wal-Mart Stores (WMT.N) $47.51 $54.15 14 ATT (T.N) $21.72 $25.28 16.4 McDonald"s (MCD.N) $52.32 $65.12 24.5Sources: Reuters data, The Conference Board, Institute for Supply Managementweb site, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics web site (Reporting by Leah Schnurr; Editing by Kenneth Barry)
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