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The largest point drop in history occurred on March 16, 2020, when concerns over the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic engulfed the market, dropping the Dow Jones Industrial Average 2,997 points. The largest point gain (+2,113) occurred on March 24, 2020.
However, as a whole throughout the Great Depression, the Dow posted some of its worst performances, for a negative return during most of the 1930s for new and old stock market investors. For the decade, the Dow Jones average was down from 248.48 at the beginning of 1930, to a stable level of 150.24 at the end of 1939, a loss of about 40%. [49]
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose almost 200 points, while the benchmark S&P 500 and the Nasdaq Composite also edged up. Bond yields dipped, with the 10-year Treasury yield moving down two ...
The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 498.02 to 42,840.26, and the Nasdaq composite climbed 199.83 to 19,572.60. In the bond market, Treasury yields eased. The yield on the 10-year Treasury fell ...
This article is a summary of the closing milestones of the Dow Jones Industrial Average, a United States stock market index. Since first closing at 62.76 on February 16, 1885, [ 1 ] the Dow Jones Industrial Average has increased, despite several periods of decline.
The Dow Jones leads the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite in today's trading. What's driving its outperformance? 3M (NYSE: MMM) is up nearly 5% after reporting earnings that surpassed expectations.
Stock indexes closed mostly lower Tuesday as the market delivered a downbeat finish on the final day of another milestone-shattering year on Wall Street. The Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped 0 ...
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.