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The following is a list of the milestone closing levels of the Dow Jones Industrial Average. Legend: 1-point increments are used up to the 20-point level, 2-point increments up to the 50-point level, 5-point increments up to the 100-point level, 10-point increments up to the 500-point level, 20-point increments up to the 1,000-point level,
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.
After nearly six months of extreme volatility during which the Dow experienced its largest one-day point loss, largest daily point gain, and largest intraday range (of more than 1,000 points) at the time, the index closed at a new 12-year low of 6,547.05 on March 9, 2009, [62] its lowest close since April 1997. The Dow had lost 20% of its value ...
On its very first day in existence in 1896, the Dow Jones Industrial Average (INDEX: ^DJI) closed at 41 points. ... Breaking past the 1,000-point barrier signaled a shift in the Dow's long-term ...
The Dow has fallen by around 1,000 points over the last three days alone — and the negative momentum didn’t let up Thursday. The Dow closed 331 points lower, or 0.9%.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average crossed 40,000 on Thursday, the first new milestone in over three years as investors bank on an improving economy and corporate profits. Dow closes above 40,000 ...
The average was created on July 3, 1884 by Charles Dow, co-founder of Dow Jones & Company, as part of the Customer's Afternoon Letter. From its inception (until May 26, 1896), the Dow Jones Transportation Average consisted of eleven transportation-related companies: nine railroads and two non-rail companies (Western Union and Pacific Mail).
The Dow Jones Industrial Average of big U.S. companies closed down 1,033 points or 2.6 percent. The S&P 500 index finished 3 percent down, and the technology-heavy Nasdaq composite lost 3.4 ...