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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.
Stock market today: Indexes jump to kick off 2025 as market aims to snap 4-day losing streak. Kelly Cloonan. ... Dow Jones Industrial Average: 42,736.90, up 0.45 % (+192.05 points)
The Dow hit a 10th straight day of losses, its worst streak since 1974, as stocks plummeted amid the outlook for fewer rate cuts in 2025.
The Dow rose just 15 points to narrowly break a 10-day losing streak, its worst in 50 years. The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq dipped again, with attention turning to Friday's PCE report.
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]
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.
Stock indexes closed mostly lower Tuesday as the market delivered a downbeat finish on the final day of another milestone-shattering year on Wall Street. The Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped 0 ...
US stocks surged on Friday with the Dow Jones rising 426 points amid risk-on trade momentum. Bitcoin neared $100,000, driving speculative asset interest alongside stock market gains.