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The Dow's losses amount to roughly 3%, or more than 1,500 points, in the past nine trading sessions. The index has fallen from a record close of 45,014 on Dec. 4 to 43,499 as of Tuesday's close.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed up about 0.3%, or more than 100 points higher, while the benchmark S&P 500 hugged the flatline. The tech-heavy Nasdaq composite ( ^IXIC ) lagged, falling ...
Xinhua/Wang Ying/ Getty Images US stocks rose Friday, with the Dow Jones closing at a record high for the second day in a row. The S&P 500 and the Dow achieved a four-month win streak in August ...
5 This was the Dow's close at the peak of the 1920s bull market on Tuesday, September 3, 1929, before the stock market crash. This level would not be seen again until Tuesday, November 23, 1954, more than 25 years later. 6 This was the Dow's close at the peak of March 10, 1937. 7 This was the Dow's close at the peak on February 9, 1966.
Many of the biggest percentage price moves in the Dow occurred early in its history, as the nascent industrial economy matured. In the 1900s, the Dow halted its momentum as it worked its way through two financial crises: the Panic of 1901 and the Panic of 1907. The Dow remained stuck in a range between 53 and 103 until late 1914.
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.
As of Tuesday's market close, the Dow has been down for nine days in a row. (Michael Nagle/Bloomberg/Getty Images) The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed lower by 267 points on Tuesday, or 0.6% ...
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.