Weekly Market Wrap: September 28, 2012
Friday, September 28, 3:34 PM ET

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Hi. I'm Sayoko Murase. Welcome to the 'Weekly Market Wrap' for September 28, 2012.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average, the Nasdaq, and the S&P 500 were all lower for the week

Crude oil futures are lower this week, trading around $92.33 per barrel on Friday afternoon.

Gold futures are flat this week, trading at $1,772.83 an ounce in afternoon trading.

In notable economic news this week, he Mortgage Bankers Association reported this morning that mortgage applications rose 2.8% last week in response to the Federal Reserves continued efforts to push interest rates lower in the US.

In corporate news this week, Tesla Motors (NASDAQ:TSLA) slashed its 2012 revenue forecast to the range of $400 million to $440 million as the rollout of the company's Model S has been slower than anticipated. The company also reduced its third quarter revenue estimates to the range of $44 million to $46 million.

Discover Financial Services (NYSE:DFS) reported third quarter net income declined slightly to $621 million, or $1.21 per share, but easily topped Wall Street estimates of $1.03 per share. In the quarter, Discover saw revenue climb by 10% to $1.96 billion as consumer spending has been better than some had expected.

Walgreen (NYSE:WAG) reported its fiscal fourth quarter results this morning which saw profits come in at $353 million, or 39 cents per share. Excluding one-time charges, the company earned 63 cents per share, easily topping Wall Street estimates. Year-over-year, the company saw revenue decline by 5% to $17.1 billion.

MFA Financial (NYSE:MFA) declared its quarterly dividend of 21 cents per share, a decrease of about 9% from its prior dividend. Based on the current stock price, investors can expect a yield of about 9.8% going forward.

This is the 'Weekly Market Wrap' for Friday September 28, 2012. Please join us on Monday for the 'Week Ahead Market Report."