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Largest intraday point losses that turned positive. These are the largest intraday point losses that closed in positive territory at the end of the trading session. In order to be considered an intraday point loss, the intraday low must be below the previous day closing price, while the opening price is used to calculate intraday lows.
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 September 11 attacks caused global stock markets to drop sharply. The attacks themselves caused approximately $40 billion in insurance losses, making it one of the largest insured events ever. Stock market downturn of 2002: 9 Oct 2002: Downturn in stock prices during 2002 in stock exchanges across the United States, Canada, Asia, and Europe.
The 1987 stock market crash, or Black Monday, is known for being the largest single-day percentage decline in U.S. stock market history. On Oct. 19, the Dow fell 22.6 percent, a shocking drop of ...
Global semiconductor and associated stocks fell on Wednesday, following a steep plunge in Nvidia’s share price in the U.S. overnight. In the U.S., chipmaker Nvidia plunged more than 9% in ...
Jobless claims from last week fell by more than expected to 216,000, a 12,000 drop from the week prior. Economists had expected claims to come in at 230,000. Here's where US indexes stood shortly ...
A stock market anomaly, the major market indexes dropped by over 9% (including a roughly 7% decline in a roughly 15-minute span at approximately 2:45 p.m., on May 6, 2010) [78] [79] before a partial rebound. [9] Temporarily, $1 trillion in market value disappeared. [80] While stock markets do crash, immediate rebounds are unprecedented.
As the Dow has gotten steadily higher over the last several decades, larger point drops translate into smaller percentage drops.