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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,
This is distinguished from a point swing, which is defined as the difference between the intraday high and the intraday low. Such records that turned positive are also recorded in a separate list. The opening price is used to calculate the point drop. The previous day close is used to calculate the net change.
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.
The largest single-day percentage declines for the S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average both occurred on Oct. 19, 1987 with the S&P 500 falling by 20.5 percent and the Dow falling by 22.6 percent.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average finished in five digits for the first time in its history on March 29, 1999, finally clearing a hurdle that had proven too high in recent The Dow's Last Great ...
The Dow Jones Industrial Average (INDEX: ^DJI) finally rose above 1,000 points on Oct. 11, 1982 to close at 1012.79. The index had danced around The Dow Breaks 2 Bears in 1 Day
The Dow soared from 2,753 to 8,000 between January 1990 to July 1997. [43] In October 1997, the events surrounding the 1997 Asian financial crisis plunged the Dow into a 554-point loss to a close of 7,161.15; a retrenchment of 7.18% in what became known as the October 27, 1997 mini-crash.
The Dow Jones industrial average passed a major milestone Monday, topping the 16,000 level for the first time. It's the second big round number to fall this year. The Dow topped 15,000 back in May.