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The decline of 20% by mid-2008 was in tandem with other stock markets across the globe. On September 29, 2008, the DJIA had a record-breaking drop of 777.68 with a close at 10,365.45. The DJIA hit a market low of 6,469.95 on March 6, 2009, having lost over 54% of its value since the October 9, 2007 high.
October 14, 2008: Having been suspended for three successive trading days (October 9, 10 and 13), the Icelandic stock market reopened on October 14, with the main index, the OMX Iceland 15, closing at 678.4, which was about 77% lower than the 3,004.6 at the close on October 8, after the value of the three big banks, which had formed 73.2% of ...
The stock market rebounded thereafter and ended the year flat. [25] [26] [27] 2015–16 Chinese stock market crash: 12 Jun 2015 China: The Chinese stock market crashed in June and continued falling in July and August. In January 2016, the market also experienced a steep sell-off which set off a global rout.
Stock markets plunged as the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers and the seizure and sale of Washington Mutual's banking. Alamy Five years ago this month, the U.S. financial system began a downward ...
Based on this seasonality chart of the U.S. midterm elections for the past 72 years, the stock market could be already entering into the bottoming process.
The year 2008, as of September 17, had seen 81 public corporations file for bankruptcy in the United States, already higher than the 78 for all of 2007. The largest corporate bankruptcy in U.S. history also made 2008 a record year in terms of assets, with Lehman's size—$691 billion (~$960 billion in 2023) in assets—alone surpassing all past ...
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On September 19, 2008, when news of the bailout proposal emerged, the U.S. stock market rose by 3%. Foreign stock markets also surged, and foreign currencies corrected slightly, after having dropped earlier in the month. The value of the U.S. dollar dropped compared to other world currencies after the plan was announced.