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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. 12 The Dow first exceeded 4,000 during the trading day on Monday, January 31, 1994, but dropped back before closing that day.
Some sources (including the file Highlights/Lowlights of The Dow on the Dow Jones website) show a loss of −24.39% (from 71.42 to 54.00) on December 12, 1914, placing that day atop the list of largest percentage losses
The average was created on July 3, 1884 by Charles Dow, co-founder of Dow Jones & Company, as part of the Customer's Afternoon Letter. From its inception (until May 26, 1896), the Dow Jones Transportation Average consisted of eleven transportation-related companies: nine railroads and two non-rail companies (Western Union and Pacific Mail).
The Dow Jones Industrial Average is up 6.8% year to date. As of 1:25 p.m. EST today, it's up 1% to 14,004 on the day -- just 160 Dow Closing In on All-Time High
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.
The largest one-day percentage gain in the index happened in the depths of the 1930s bear market on March 15, 1933, when the Dow gained 15.34% to close at 62.10. However, as a whole throughout the Great Depression, the Dow posted some of its worst performances, for a negative return during most of the 1930s for new and old stock market investors.
March 9, 2009: The Dow bottoms out, closing at 6,547.05, down 1.2%. March 10, 2009 : Citi reassures investors that it will not collapse by reporting a profit for the first two months of the year ...
Year Date Close % Change Weekday 2025* ... 1990 1990-08-06 400.04 −4.17 Monday ... Closing milestones of the Nasdaq Composite;