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October 6–10, 2008: From October 6–10, 2008, the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) closed lower in all five sessions. Volume levels were record-breaking. The DJIA fell 1,874.19 points, or 18.2%, in its worst weekly decline ever on both a points and percentage basis. The S&P 500 fell more than 20%. [145]
The Dow's performance remained unchanged from the closing value of the previous decade, adding only 8.26%, from 99.05 at the beginning of 1910, to a level of 107.23 at the end of 1919. [ 45 ] The Dow experienced a long bull run from 1920 to late 1929 when it rose from 73 to 381 points. [ 46 ]
The first four tables show only the largest one-day changes between a given day's close and the close of the previous trading day, [1] [2] not the largest changes during the trading day (i.e. intraday changes).
1930 - Dow Jones becomes incorporated and the comma in the name is dropped. March 12, 1956 - The Dow closes at 500.24, the first close above 500. November 14, 1972 - The Dow closes at 1,003.16 ...
On October 10, within the first five minutes of the trading session on Wall Street, the Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged 697 points, falling below 7900 to its lowest level since March 17, 2003. Later in the afternoon, the Dow made violent swings back and forth across the breakeven line, toppling as much as 600 points and rising 322 points ...
The market's three major indexes were all up today, each hitting its highest closing value in quite some time: Change Ending Value Highest Close Since... Dow Jones Industrial Average (INDEX: ^DJI ...
The Dow Jones Industrial Average (INDEX: ^DJI) started out by tracking the leading U.S. industrial companies of the late 19th century. It has widened its scope beyond traditional heavy industries ...
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.