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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.
11 The Dow reached an intraday high above 3,000 for the first time on Friday, July 13, 1990, before falling back below by the close. The average closed at 2,999.75 on Monday, July 16, 1990, and closed unchanged the following day; [17] however, it would take until April 17 of the next year for the Dow to finally close above 3,000.
Description: History of DJIA: From May, 1896 - Dec, 1900: monthly closings; Source: From Jan 4, 1901 - Dec 30, 2011: daily closings; Source: From Jan 3, 2012 ...
October 19, 1987 - The Dow closes down 508 points, at the time the biggest one-day drop ever in the Dow’s history. November 21, 1995 - The Dow closes at 5,023.55, the first close above 5,000.
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, [61] its lowest close since April 1997. The Dow had lost 20% of its value ...
This article remembers key events that have shaped Wall Street history. September, not April, has historically been the cruelest month for the Dow Jones Industrial Average (INDEX: ^DJI) . No month ...
The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed lower by 267 points on Tuesday, or 0.6%, down for its ninth-straight day. ... the blue chips are up by 16% so far this year. Not only that, but the Dow is ...
Description: Same as en:Image:DJIA historical graph.svg, except logarithmic rather than linear.Log 10 applied to all values.. From May, 1896 - Dec, 1900: monthly closings; Source: