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While the S&P 500 was first introduced in 1923, it wasn't until 1957 when the stock market index was formally recognized, thus some of the following records may not be known by sources. [ 1 ] Largest daily percentage gains [ 2 ]
If the S&P 500 follows this historical pattern, it won't be heading for a decline this year -- but instead, another year of gains. The index started this new period of gains with a 24% increase in ...
US stocks end mostly lower, with S&P 500 and Nasdaq down for a fourth straight day. Tariffs, Nvidia's results and inflation worry investors. Stock market ends mostly down.
US stocks sold off on Friday, marking the worst day of 2025 just two days after the S&P 500 hit a record high. Economic data releases raised concerns about a rebound in inflation. The Dow Jones ...
The S&P 500 peaked for the year at 4,796 on its January 3, 2022 close, before declining 25% to its low for the year in October 2022. [11] [12] In the first 6 months of 2022, the S&P 500 fell 21%, the worst 6-month start to a year since 1970. [13] [14] On September 13, 2022, the S&P 500 declined by 4.32% in its largest single-day drop since June ...
Existing home sales also slumped more than expected last month to 4.08 million units, and the U.S. services purchasing managers index slipped into contraction territory for February, according to ...
March 16, 2020: The S&P 500 index suffered its worst daily decline since 1987's Black Monday, falling 9.5 percent, as a result of anxiety about the coronavirus pandemic. [50] The decline of more than 20% since its peak, only 16 trading days earlier, signaled the start of a bear market closing at 2,480.64.
The largest single-day percentage declines for the S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average both occurred on Oct. 19, 1987 with the S&P 500 falling by 20.5 percent and the Dow falling by 22.6 percent.