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A loss of just over 24 percent on May 5, 1893, from 39.90 to 30.02 signaled the apex of the stock effects of the Panic of 1893; the 2007–2008 crash was a 61.8 percent retracement thereof that began on October 11, 2007, and lasted until the closing low on March 9, 2009. [7]
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 ]
Largest intraday percentage drops. An intraday percentage drop is defined as the difference between the previous trading session's closing price and the intraday low of the following trading session. The closing percentage change denotes the ultimate percentage change recorded after the corresponding trading session's close.
The largest single-day point decline for the Dow occurred on March 16, 2020 when the index fell 2,997 points, or 12.9 percent. The largest single-day point decline for the S&P 500 also occurred on ...
In the oil market, crude prices plunged more than 6%, representing the biggest one-day decline since September 2022 after Israel's attack against Iran over the weekend avoided oil facilities.
US stocks were mostly lower on Monday, pulling back from last week's record highs. Investors are turning their attention to third-quarter earnings season, with 21% of S&P 500 companies set to ...
Infamous stock market crash that represented the greatest one-day percentage decline in U.S. stock market history, culminating in a bear market after a more than 20% plunge in the S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average. Among the primary causes of the chaos were program trading and illiquidity, both of which fueled the vicious decline for the ...
The Nasdaq composite, which is heavily weighted with technology stocks, fell 0.6%. The loss snapped a seven-day winning streak for the benchmark index. Stock market today: Losses for Big Tech pull ...