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11 The Dow reached an intraday high above 3,000 for the first time on Friday, July 13, 1990, before falling back below by the close. The average closed at 2,999.75 on Monday, July 16, 1990, and closed unchanged the following day; [ 17 ] however, it would take until April 17 of the next year for the Dow to finally close above 3,000.
The first four tables show only the largest one-day changes between a given day's close and the close of the previous trading day, [1] [2] not the largest changes during the trading day (i.e. intraday changes).
Description: History of DJIA: From May, 1896 - Dec, 1900: monthly closings; Source: From Jan 4, 1901 - Dec 30, 2011: daily closings; Source: From Jan 3, 2012 ...
The Dow Jones Industrial Average (INDEX: ^DJI) finally rose above 1,000 points on Oct. 11, 1982 to close at 1012.79. The index had danced around The Dow Breaks 2 Bears in 1 Day
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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.
Description: Same as en:Image:DJIA historical graph.svg, except logarithmic rather than linear.Log 10 applied to all values.. From May, 1896 - Dec, 1900: monthly closings; Source:
Interesting to note that the amount of time it took the Dow to go from its first close above 11,000, to its first close above 12,000 - which was about 7 1/2 years - was the longest time it took the Dow to make one of these 1000pt jumps since the Dow made the first 1000pt jump - from 1000 to 2000, which took from 1972-1987 (15 years).