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This is a list of the largest daily changes in the Nasdaq Composite ... +5.84 Wednesday 2017 2017-10-27 6,701.26 +2.20 ... List of stock market crashes and bear markets;
The New York Stock Exchange reopened that day following a nearly four-and-a-half-month closure since July 30, 1914, and the Dow in fact rose 4.4% that day (from 71.42 to 74.56). However, the apparent decline was due to a later 1916 revision of the Dow Jones Industrial Average, which retroactively adjusted the values following the closure but ...
On the one hand, what a month. But on the other, what a week. Last Friday, the S&P 500 (^GSPC) and Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC) closed just off record highs, with the former above its 6,100 mark after ...
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 ]
All the major market averages finished higher for the week, with the S&P 500 gaining 2.5%, the Dow Jones Industrial average ending up 1.8% and the Nasdaq climbing north of 4%.
U.S. stock indexes closed their best week in two months with a flourish on Friday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 334 points, or 0.8%, and the Nasdaq composite rallied 1.5%. All the ...
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. For the decade, the Dow Jones average was down from 248.48 at the beginning of 1930, to a stable level of 150.24 at the end of 1939, a loss of about 40%. [49]
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 ...