August 21, 2009 (FinancialWire) — Since May 19th, through sixty six days of trading, the month of August has accounted for the vast majority of  highest adjusted closing levels for the S&P 500 (SPX) (SNP: ^GSPC), Dow Jones Industrials (INDU) (DJI: ^DJI), NYSE Composite (NYE) (NYSE: ^NYA) and Nasdaq Composite (COMPQ) (NASDAQ: ^IXIC). As of yesterday, looking back through May 19th, the top thirteen highest-finishing days for the S&P, Dow and NYSE were all in August, and the top nine highest-finishing days for the NASDAQ were all in August. The S&P closed at 1,007.37 yesterday, its 3rd highest close as of May 19th, and only 0.53% off its August 13th best finish of 1,012.73 during that same time-frame. The Dow closed at 9,350.05 yesterday, its 4th highest close as of May 19th, and only 0.51% off its August 13th best finish of 9,398.19 during that same time-frame. The NYSE closed at 6,553.40 yesterday, its 6th highest close as of May 19th, and only 0.77% off its August 13th best finish of 6,604.10 during that same time-frame. The Nasdaq closed at 1,989.22 yesterday, its 8th highest close as of May 19th, and only 1.10% off its August 4th best finish of 2,011.31 during that same time-frame.

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