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Largest intraday point gains that turned negative. These are the largest intraday point gains that closed in negative territory at the end of the trading session. In order to be considered an intraday point gain, the intraday high must be above the previous day closing price, while the opening price is used to calculate intraday highs.
Largest intraday percentage gains. An intraday percentage gain is defined as the difference between the previous trading session's closing price and the intraday high of the following trading session. The closing percentage change denotes the ultimate percentage change recorded after the corresponding trading session's close.
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.
In both scenarios, dollar-cost averaging provides better outcomes: At $60 per share. Dollar-cost averaging delivers a $6,900 gain, compared to a $2,400 gain with the lump sum approach.
The bulk of the Black Friday sales gains came from online sales, which were up 14.6%, compared to just a 0.7% increase in in-store sales, according to Mastercard.
Brent crude, the international benchmark, fell as much as 5% in intraday trading. Here's where US indexes stood at the 4:00 p.m. closing bell on Tuesday: S&P 500 : 5,815.59, down 0.76%
The Baltic Dry Index (BDI) is a shipping freight-cost index issued daily by the London-based Baltic Exchange. The BDI is a composite of the Capesize , Panamax and Supramax timecharter averages. It is reported around the world as a proxy for dry bulk shipping stocks as well as a general shipping market bellwether.
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