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1915–1919: Bull market. After hitting a seven-year low in late 1914, the Dow rises 125% over the next five years, reaching a new high of 119.62 on November 3, 1919. [4] 1919–1921: Bear market. The Dow loses 46.6% of its value in just over 21 months, before reaching a low of 63.90 on August 24, 1921. [5] 1921–1929: Bull market.
The largest point drop in history occurred on March 16, 2020, when concerns over the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic engulfed the market, dropping the Dow Jones Industrial Average 2,997 points. The largest point gain (+2,113) occurred on March 24, 2020.
The Wall Street Crash of 1929 and the ensuing Great Depression over the next several years saw the Dow continue to fall until July 8, 1932, when it closed at 41.22, [48] roughly two-thirds of its mid-1880s starting point and almost 90% below its peak.
It takes 25 years for the Dow to regain its September 1929 high of 381 points. 1930 - Dow Jones becomes incorporated and the comma in the name is dropped. March 12, 1956 - The Dow closes at 500.24 ...
With two-thirds of the year over, it's a good time to look at the performance of the Dow Jones Industrial Average and a few of its big winners and losers for the year. As for the Dow itself, the ...
2024 was an excellent year for the major stock market indexes. But the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI) had just a 12.9% return, compared to 23.3% for the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC ...
The Dow Jones Industrial Average, an American stock index composed of 30 large companies, has changed its components 59 times since its inception, on May 26, 1896. [1] As this is a historical listing, the names here are the full legal name of the corporation on that date, with abbreviations and punctuation according to the corporation's own usage.
Rising over 13% in 2024, the Dow Jones Industrial Average lagged the S&P 500, which soared 23%. While Boeing dragged the index down last year, Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) took up the slack and was the ...