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History of Dow Jones Industrial Average Courtesy
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History of Dow Jones Industrial Average Courtesy
of MD
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| 1884 July 03 |
Dow Jones publishes its first average of U.S. stocks in the Customer's Afternoon Letter, forerunner of The Wall Street Journal. |
| 1896 May 26 |
Dow Jones publishes its first "Industrial"
average (DJIA) consisting of 12 stocks closing at 40.94.
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| Aug. 08 1896 | Falls .18 to close at 28.48, lowest close in DJIA history |
| 1929 Sept. 03 |
Reaches its closing peak for the bull market of the 1920's, at 381.17. |
| Oct. 28 |
Plummets 38.33 points, cutting 12.8
percent of the DJIA value, closing at 260.64. See
greatest
DJIA Gains and Losses of all time here: DJIA Gains
and Losses
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| 1929 Oct. 29 |
Falls 30.57 to 230.07 cutting 11.7 percent of the DJIA. These 2 days total 24.5 percent. |
| Oct. 30 |
Rises 28.40 to close at 258.47, second largest percentage gain of the DJIA, up 12.34%. |
| 1931 Oct 06 |
Rises 12.86 to close at 99.34, largest percentage gain of the DJIA, up 14.87%. |
| 1932 Jul. 08 |
Falls .59 to close at 41.22. This decline from Sep. 03 1929 totaled 339.95 for a percentage drop of 89.19% |
| 1972 Nov. 14 |
Rises 6.09 to close at 1,003.16, first close above 1,000.00. |
| 1974 Dec. 06 |
Closes at a 12-year low of 577.60, ending the worst bear market since the '30's. |
| 1987 Jan. 08 |
Rises 8.30 to close at 2,002.25, first close above 2,000.00. |
| Oct. 16 | Plunges 108.35 to 2,246.73, falling more than 100 points for the first time. |
| 1987 Oct. 19 |
Plunges a record 507.99 to 1,738.74,
a drop of 22.6 percent that became known as the Black Monday crash. .
. This is
the largest
percentage drop of the DJIA. - See
greatest
DJIA Losses of all time here: DJIA
Gains and Losses
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| 1989 Jan. 24 |
Rises 38.04 to close at 2,256.43, regaining its level of Oct. 16, 1987, for the first time since Black Monday. |
| 1991 April 17 |
Rises 17.58 to close at 3,004.46, first close above 3,000.00. |
| 1995 Feb 23 |
Rises 30.28 to close at 4,003.33, first close above 4,000.00 |
| Nov.21 |
Rises 40.46 to close at 5,023.55, first close above 5,000.00 |
| 1996 Oct. 14 |
Rises 40.62 to close at 6,010.00, first close above 6,000.00. |
| Nov. 06 |
Rises 96.53 to close at 6,177.71, first close above 6,100.00. |
| Nov. 07 |
Rises 28.33 to close at 6,206.04, first close above 6,200.00. |
| Nov. 14 |
Rises 38.76 to close at 6,313.00, first close above 6,300.00. |
| Nov. 20 |
Rises 32.42 to close at 6,430.02, first close above 6,400.00. |
| Nov. 25 |
Rises 76.03 to close at 6,547.79, first close above 6,500.00. |
| 1997 Jan. 07 |
Rises 33.48 to close at 6.600.66, first close above 6,600.00. |
| Jan. 10 | Rises 78.12 to close at 6,703.79, first close above 6,700.00. |
| Jan. 17 |
Rises 67.73 to close at 6,833.10, first close above 6,800.00. |
| Feb. 12 |
Rises 103.52 to close at 6,961.63, first close above 6,900.00 |
| Feb. 13 |
Rises 60.81 to close at 7,022.44, first close above 7,000.00. |
| May 05 |
Rises 143.29 to close at 7,214.49, first close above 7,100.00 and 7,200.00. |
| May 15 |
Rises 47.39 to close at 7,333.55, first close above 7,300.00 |
| Jun 06 |
Rises 130.49 to close at 7,438.78, first close above 7,400.00. |
| Jun. 10 |
Rises 60.77 to close at 7,539.27, first close above 7,500.00. |
| Jun. 12 |
Rises 135.64 to close at 7,711.47, first close above 7,600.00 and 7,700.00. |
| Jul. 03 |
Rises 100.53 to close at 7,895.91, first close above 7,800.00. |
| Jul. 11 |
Rises 35.06 to close at 7,921.82, first close above 7,900.00. |
| Jul. 16 |
Rises 63.17 to close at 8,038.88, first close above 8,000.00. |
| Jul. 24 |
Rises 28.57 to close at 8,116.93, first close above 8,100.00 |
| Jul. 30 |
Rises 80.36 to close at 8,254.89, first close above 8,200.00 |
| Oct. 27 |
Falls 554.26 to close at 7,161.15, third
largest dollar loss in history, down 7.18%. Trading
of all
securities is halted twice
during the day, first interruption since the.March 30, 1981 assassination attempt on President Reagan. |
| Oct. 28 |
Rises 337.17 to close at 7,498.32, third largest dollar gain in history, up 4.71% |
| 1998 Feb. 11 |
Rises 18.94 to close at 8,314.55, first close above 8,300.00 |
| Feb. 18 |
Rises 52.56 to close at 8,451.06, first close above 8,400.00. |
| Feb. 27 |
Rises 55.05 to close at 8,545.72, first close above 8,500.00 |
| Mar. 10 |
Rises 75.98 to close at 8,643.123, first close above 8,600.00. |
| Mar. 16 |
Rises 116.33 to close at 8,718.85, first close above 8,700.00. |
| Mar. 19 |
Rises 27.65 to close at 8,803.05, first close above 8,800.00. |
| Mar. 20 |
Rises 103.38 to close at 8,906.43, first close above 8,900.00. |
| Apr. 06 |
Rises 49.82 to close at 9,033.23, first close above 9,000.00. |
| Apr. 14 |
Rises 97.90 to close at 9,110.20, first close above 9,100.00. |
| May 13 |
Rises 50.07 to close at 9,211.84, first close above 9,200.00. |
| July 16 |
Rises 93.72 to close at 9,328.19, first close above 9,300.00. |
| Aug. 31 |
Falls 512.61 to close at 7,539.07 a 1,798.90
(19.26%) drop since July 17, 1998. This is the fourth largest dollar loss in history eliminating all gains since June 10, 1997. |
| Sep.07 |
Rises 380.53 to close at 8,020.78, fifth largest dollar gain in history, up 4.98%. |
| Oct. 16 |
Rises 117.40 to close at 8,416.76, largest weekly dollar gain in history, up 517.24. |
| 1999
Jan. 06 |
Rises 233.78 to close at 9,544.78, first close above 9,400.00 and 9,500.00. |
| Jan. 08 |
Rises 105.56 to close at 9,643.32, first close above 9,600.00. |
| Mar. 05 |
Rises 268.68 to close at 9,736.08, first close above 9,700.00. |
| Mar. 11 |
Rises 124.60 to close at 9,897.44, first close above 9,800.00. |
| Mar. 15 |
Rises 82.42 to close at 9,958.77, first close above 9,900.00 |
| Mar. 29 |
Rises 184.54 to close at 10,006.78, first close above 10,000.00. |
| Apr. 08 |
Rises 112.39 to close at 10,197.70, first close above 10,100.00. |
| Apr. 12 |
Rises 165.67 to close at 10,339.51, first close above 10,200.00 and 10,300.00. |
| Apr. 14 |
Rises 16.65 to close at 10,411.66, first close above 10,400.00. |
| Apr. 21 |
Rises 132.87 to close at 10,581.42, first close above 10,500.00. |
| Apr. 22 |
Rises 145.76 to close at 10,727.18, first close above 10,600.00 and 10,700.00. |
| Apr. 27 |
Rises 113.12 to close at 10,831.71, first close above 10,800.00. |
| May 03 |
Rises 225.65 to close at 11,014.69, first close above 10,900.00 and 11,000.00. |
| May 13 |
Rises 106.82 to close at 11,107.19, first close above 11,100.00. |
| Jul 12, |
Rises 7.28 to close at 11,200.98, first close above 11,200.00. |
| Aug 25 |
Rises 42.74 to close at 11,326.04, first close above 11,300.00. |
| Nov 1 |
The DJIA
dropped four
corporations from
its thirty corporation component, Chevron Corp., Goodyear
Tire
& Rubber Co., Sears, Roebuck & Co. and Union Carbide Corp. Four corporations added were The Home Depot, Inc., Intel Corp., Microsoft Corp. and SBC Communications, Inc. |
| Dec 23 | Rises 202.16 to close at 11,405.76, first close above 11,400.00. |
| 2000 Jan 07 |
Rises 269.30 to close at 11,522.56, first close above 11,500.00. |
| Jan 14 |
Rises 140.55 to close at all time high of 11,722.98, first close above 11,600.00 and 11,700.00. |
| Mar 07 |
Falls 60.50 to close at 9,796.03 for a YTD low completing a tumble of 16.48% from Jan 14. |
| Mar 16 |
Rises 499.19 to close at 10,630.39, largest dollar gain in history, up 4.93%. |
| Apr 14 |
Falls 617.78 to close at 10,305.77, second largest dollar loss in history, down 5.66%. |
| 2001
May 21 |
Rises 36.18 to close at 11,372.92 recovering 1,983.44 (85%) of the 2,333.50 decline since Jan 14, 2000. |
| Sep 07 |
Falls 234.99 to close at 9,605.85 falling 1,767.07 (15.5%) since May 21, 2001. |
| Sep 11, 2001 | Markets closed because of terrorist
attacks in New York and Washington, D.C. Markets will re-open September 17, 2001 after being closed for 4 trading days. The last time that U.S. stock trading was suspended for more than two sessions occurred in March 1933, when President Franklin Delano Roosevelt called for a nationwide bank holiday to prevent a run on the banks. Click here to see how the DJIA reacted to other crises |
| Sep 17 |
Falls 684.81 to close at 8,920.70, largest dollar loss in history, down 7.13%. |
| Sep 21 |
Falls 140.40 to close at 8,235.81, eliminating all gains since July 30, 1997, over 4 years ago. Since May 21, 2001 the market has declined 3,137.11 for a percentage loss of 27.58. In the one week since the terrorist attack the market has declined 1,369.70 for a percentage loss of 14.26%. |
| 2002
Jul 23 |
Falls 82.24 to close at 7,702.34. The market has declined 4,020.64, or 34%, since January 14, 2000. |
| Jul 24 |
Rises 488.95 to close at 8,191.29, second largest dollar gain in history, up 6.35%. |
| Jul 29 |
Rises 447.49 to close at 8,711.88, third largest dollar gain in history, up 5.41%. |
| Oct
09 |
Falls 215.22 to close at 7,286.27. The market has declined 4,436.71, or 38%, since January 14, 2000. |
| Oct
15 |
Rises 378.28 to
close at
8,255.28 to close once again above 8,000 |
| Oct
21 |
Rises 215.84 to
close at
8,538.24 to close once again above 8,500 |
| 2003 June 04 |
Rises 116.03 to
close at
9,038.98 to close once again above 9,000 |
| Sep
02, |
Rises 107.45 to
close at
9,523.27 to close once again above 9,500. |
| Dec
11 |
Rises 86.30 to
close at
10,008.16, first close above 10,000 since May 27, 2002 |
| 2006 Jan 09 |
Rises 52.59 to
close at
11,011.90, first close above 11,000 since June 7, 2001 |
| Oct
03 |
Rises 56.99 to
close at
11,727.34, to establish new all time closing, previous high set on Jan
14,2000 , 6 years 9 months ago. |
| Oct
04 |
Rises 123.27 to
close at
11,850.61, first close above 11,800 |
| Oct
12 |
Rises 95.57 to close at 11,947.70, first close above 11,900 |
| Oct
18 |
Rises 42.66 to
close at
11,992.68 after falling back from today's high trading of
12,024.50 |
| Oct
19 |
Rises 19.05 to
close at
12,011.73, first close above 12,000 The DJIA has risen 65% during the 4 year period since October 09, 2002 |
| Oct
23 |
Rises 114.54 to
close at
12,116.91, first close above 12,100 |
| Nov
14 |
Rises 86.13 to close at 12,218.01, first close above 12,200 |
| Nov
16 |
Rises 54.11 to close at 12,305.82, first close above 12,300 |
| Dec
14 |
Rises 99.26 to
close at
12,416.76, first close above 12,400 |
| Dec
27 |
Rises 102.94 to close at 12,510.57, first close above 12,500 |
| 2007 Jan 24 |
Rises 87.97 to close at 12,621.77, first close above 12,600 |
| Feb
14 |
Rises 87.01 to close at 12,741.86, first close above 12,700 |
| Feb
27 |
Falls 416.02 to close at 12,216.24 - declines 3.29% - See greatest DJIA Losses of all time here: DJIA Gains and Losses |
| Apr 18 | Rises 30.80 to close at 12,803.84, first close above 12,800 |
| Apr 20 | Rises 153.35 to close at 12,961.98, first close above 12,900 |
| Apr 25 | Rises 135.95 to close at 13,089.89, first close above 13,000 |
| Apr 26 | Rises 15.61 to close at 13,105.50, first close above 13,100 |
| May 02 | Rises 75.74 to close at 13,211.88, first close above 13,200 |
| May 07 | Rises 48.35 to close at 13,312.97, first close above 13,300 |
| May 16 | Rises 103.69 to close at 13,487.53, first close above 13,400 |
| May 18 | Rises 79.81 to close at 13,556.53, First close above 13,500 |
| May 30 | Rises 111.74 to Close at 13,633.08, first close above 13,600 |
| Jul 12 | Rises 283.86 to close at 13,861.73, first close above 13,700 and 13,800 |
| Jul 13 | Rises 45.52 to close at 13,907.25, first close above 13,900 |
| Jul 19 | Rises 82.19 to close at 14,000.41, first close above 14,000 |
| Oct 09 | Rises
120.80 to close at 14,164.53, first close above
14,100 - All time closing high The DJIA has risen
6,878.26, or 94%, since the low point of Oct 9, 2002, 5 years ago
|
| 2008 Sep 15 |
Falls 504.48 to close at 10,917.51 on news of the collapse of Lehman Brothers and Merrill Lynch |
| Sep 17 | Falls 684.81 to close at 8,920.70 on fears of AIG rescue failure |
| Sep 18 | Rises 410.3 to close at 11,016.69 on news of world wide central banks injecting billions and billions into the credit markets |
| Sep 19 | Rises 368.75 to close at 11,388.44 on news of government bail out plan |
| Sep 29 | Falls 777.68 to close at 10,365.45, down 6.98%, largest point loss in history |
| Sep 30 | Rises 485.21 to close at 10,850.66, up 4.68% |
| Oct 09 | Falls 678.91
to close at 8,579.19, down 7.33% The DJIA has fallen 5,585.34, or
39% in one year
|
| Oct 13 | Rises 936.42 to close at 9,389.61, up 11.08%, largest point gain in history, fourth largest % gain in history |
| Oct 15 | Falls 733.08 to close at 8,577.91, down 7.87%, second largest point loss in history |
| Oct 16 | Rises 401.35 to close at 8,879.26, up 4.02% |
| Oct 20 | Rises 413.21 to close at 9,265.43, up 4.67% |
| Oct 22 | Falls 514.45 to close at 8,519.21, down 5.69% |
| Oct 25 | Falls 312.3 to close at 8,378.95, the DJIA has fallen 5,785.58, or 41% since Oct 9, 2007 |
| Oct 28 | Rises 889.35 to close at 9,069.12, up 10.88%, second largest point gain and fifth largest % gain in history |
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CRASH - BURN - BAM - GURGLE,
GURGLE, GURGLE
Holy Wall Street, Batman, talk about an October surprise! |
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| Nov 05 | Falls 486.01 to close at 9,139.37, down 5.05%, following presidential election of Barack Obama |
| Nov 06 | Falls 443.48 to close at 8,695.79, down 4.85%, the DJIA has fallen 929.49, or 9.66% in two days |
| Nov 12 | Falls 411.30 to close at 8,282.66, down 4.76% |
| Nov 13 | Rises 552.59 to close at 8,835.25, up 6.67% |
| Nov 19 | Falls 427.47 to close at 7,997.28, down 5.07%, lowest close since March 14, 2003 The DJIA has fallen 5,267.54, or 40% since Jan 1, 2008
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| Nov 20 | Falls 444.99 to close at 7,552.59, down 5.56%, lowest close since June 23, 1997 The DJIA has fallen 5,712.23 or 43% since Jan 1, 2008
Does this bear market have a bottom? |
| Nov 21 | Rises 494.13 to close at 8,046.42, up 6.54%, fifth largest point gain in history |
| Dec 01 | Falls 679.95 to close at 8,149.09, down 7.70%, fourth largest point loss and twelfth largest percent loss in history |
| 2009 | DJIA opened Jan 01 at 8,772.75, Opened Nov 04 2008 Election Day at 9,323.89, Opened Inauguration Day at 8,279.63 |
| Mar 09 | Falls
79.89 to close at 6,547.05, down 53.78% from the all time high on Oct
9, 2007, down 25.37% from the 2009 open OW! OW! OW!
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| Mar 23 | Rises 497.48 to close at 7,775.48, up 6.84%, fifth largest point gain in history |
| Jun 01 | Rises 221.11 to close at 8,721.44, up 33% since this year's low on Mar 09 |