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The New York Stock Exchange reopened that day following a nearly four-and-a-half-month closure since July 30, 1914, and the Dow in fact rose 4.4% that day (from 71.42 to 74.56). However, the apparent decline was due to a later 1916 revision of the Dow Jones Industrial Average, which retroactively adjusted the values following the closure but ...
As the Dow has gotten steadily higher over the last several decades, larger point drops translate into smaller percentage drops. Here are the biggest one-day point drops in the Dow's history Skip ...
Crash of 1987: On Oct. 19, the Dow plunged 508 points, a 23% drop that is still the largest one-day percentage decline in history. A week later it took an 8% plunge. A week later it took an 8% plunge.
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 two tables below show the largest one-day changes between a given day's close and the close of the previous trading day in terms of points. [ 3 ] Largest daily point gains [ 2 ]
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By market close, the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 634.76 points (-5.55%) to close at 10,809.85, making it the 6th largest drop of the index in history. [5] Black Monday 2011 followed just one trading day behind the 10th largest drop of the Dow Jones Index, a 512.76 (-4.31%) drop on August 4, 2011.
There have been many "worst days ever" for the Dow Jones Industrial Average in more than a century of recorded history. However, one day may stand above the rest in its sheer scale for.