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History of Dow JonesIndustrial Averages |
| DJIA
Historical and Current Calendar Year Performance |
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| Event | Balance | Event Date |
| Historical
Closing Low |
28.48 | 08/08/1896 |
| Historical
Closing High |
44,293.13 | 11/11/2024 |
| Historical Greatest Point Loss Historical Greatest Percent Loss |
2,997.10 22.81 % |
03/16/2020 10/19/1987 |
| Historical Greatest Point Gain Historical Greatest Percent Gain |
2,112.98 15.34 % |
03/24/2020 03/15/1933 |
| Current
Calendar
Year Closing Low |
37,430.19 | 01/03/2024 |
| Current
Calendar
Year Closing High |
44,293.13 | 11/11/2024 |
Calendar year-to-date net change from Jan. 02, 2024 opening to the "most current posted date below" |
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| Opening
Jan 02, 2024 |
Below
Closing |
2024
YTD Point Change |
2024
YTD % Change |
| 37,689.54 |
43,268.94 | + 5,579.40 | + 14.80% |
| DJIA
Performance Past 12 Months |
+ 23.31%
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| Date 2024 |
Event Description |
| 11/19 | Falls 120.66 (-0.28%) to close at 43,268.94 |
| 11/18 | Falls 55.39 (-0.13%) to close at 43,389.60 |
| 11/15 | Falls 305.87 (-0.70%) to close at 43,444.99 |
| 11/14 | Falls 207.33 (-0.47%) to close at 43,750.86 |
| 11/11 |
Gains 304.14 (+0.69%) to close at
44,293.13
First close above 44,000This is the historical DJIA closing high |
| 11/08 |
Gains 259.65 (+0.59%)
to close at 43,988.99 Today the FED reduced the discount
rate 25 basis points
reducing the Prime Rate to 7.75% |
| 11/07 |
Falls 0.59 (0.00%) to close at
43,729.34 |
| 11/06 |
Gains 1,508.05 (+3.57%) to close at
43,729.93 Donald Trump Wins Presidential
Election
|
| 11/05 | Gains 427.28 (+1.02%) to close at 42,221.88 |
| 10/14 |
Gains 201.36 (+0.47%) to close at 43,065.22 First close above 43,000
|
| 09/19 | Gains 522.09 (+1.29%) to close at 42,025.19 First close above 42,000
|
| 09/18 | Falls 103.08 (-0.25%) to close at 41,503.10 Today
the FED reduced the discount rate 50 basis points
reducing the Prime Rate to 8.00% |
| 08/23 | Gains 462.30 (+1.14%) to close at 41,175.08 First close above 41,000
|
| 05/17 |
Gains 134.21 (+0.34%) to close at
40,003.59
First close above 40,000
The DJIA required 103 years
to reach 10,000, another 18 years to reach 20,000
another 2 years 10 months to reach 30,000, another 3 years 6 months to reach 40,000 |
| 02/22 |
Gains 456.87 (+1.18%) to close at 39,069.11 First close above 39,000
|
| 01/22 |
Gains 138.01 (+0.36%) to close at 38,001.81 First close
above 38,000
|
| ^ 2024 |
DJIA opened Jan 02, 2024 at
37,689.54 A gain of 4,689.54 points (+13.70%) from the open on Jan 03, 2023 Gold Price.org closed at $2,065.50, up $241.64 (+13.25%) for 2023 |
| 12/29/23 | Falls 20.56 (-0.05%) to close at 37,689.54 |
| 12/13 | Gains 512.30 (+1.40%) to close at 37,090.24 First close above 37,000
|
| 07/26 |
Gains 82.05 (+0.23%) to close at 35,520.12
Today the FED raised the discount
rate 25 basis points raising the Prime Rate to 8.50% |
| 05/03 | Falls 270.29 (-0.80%) to close at
33,414.24 Today the FED raised the discount
rate 25 basis points raising the Prime Rate to 8.25%
|
| 03/22 | Falls 530.49 (-1.63%) to close at
32,030.11 Today the FED raised the discount
rate 25 basis points raising the Prime Rate to 8.00%
|
| 03/13 | Falls 90.50 (-0.28%) to close at 31,819.14 This
is the current 2023 calendar year to date closing low
|
| 02/01 |
Gains 52.36 (+0.16% to close at
34,092.96
Today the FED raised the discount rate 25 basis points raising the
Prime Rate to 7.75% |
| 01/03/23 | Falls 10.88 (-0.03) to close at 33,136.37 |
| ^ 2023 |
DJIA opened Jan 03, 2023 at 33,147.25,
a loss of 3,191.05 (- 8.78%) from the open on Jan 03, 2022 Gold
Price.org closed at $1,823.86, down $5.94 (-3.25%) for
2022
|
| 12/30/22 | Falls 73.55 (-0.22%) to close at 33,147.25 |
| 12/29 | Gains 345.09 (+1.05%) to close at 33,220.80 |
| 09/30 | Falls 500.10 (-1.71%) to close at 28,725.51 The DJIA has fallen 7,612.79
(-20.95%) points since the Jan 03. 2022 opening
|
| 01/04 | Gains 214.59 (+0.59%) to close at 36,799.65 |
| 01/03/22 |
Gains 246.76 (+0.68%)
to close at 36,585.06 |
| ^ 2022 |
DJIA opened Jan 03, 2022 at 36,338.30, gain of 5,731.82 (+18.73%) from the open on Jan 04, 2021. This is the largest point gain year in the DJIA's near 126 year history - Gold Price.org closed at $1,829.80, down $67.90 (-3.71%) for 2021 |
| 12/31/21 |
Falls 59.78 (-0.16%) to close at
36,338.30 |
| 11/02 |
Gains 138.79 (+0.39%)
to close at 36,052.63 First close above 36,000
|
| 07/23 |
Gains 238.20 (+0.68%)
to close at 35,061.55 First close above 35,000
|
| 04/15 |
Gains 305.10 (+0.90%) to close at
34,035.99 First close above 34,000
|
| 03/17 |
Gains 189.42 (+0.58%)
to close at 33,015.37 First close above 33,000
|
| 03/10 |
Gains 464.28 (+1.46%) to close at
32,297.02
First close above 32,000
|
| 01/07 |
Gains 217.73 (+0.71%) to close at
31,047.13 First close above 31,000
|
| 01/04/21 | Falls 382.59 (-1.25%) to close at 30,223.89 |
| ^ 2021 |
DJIA opened Jan 04, 2021 at 30,606.48, up 2,068.04, or 7.25% from the open on Jan 02, 2020 - Gold Price.org closed at $1,897.70 up $328.73 or 24.89% for 2020 |
| 12/31/20 | Gains 196.92 (+0.65%) to close at 30,606.48 |
| 11/24 | Gains 454.97 (+1.60%) to close at 30,046.24 First close above 30,000
The DJIA required 103 years to reach 10,000, another 18 years to reach 20,000 another 2 years 10 months
to reach 30,000
|
| 08/10 | Gains 357.96 (+1.30%) to close at
27,791.44 The DJIA has recovered 9,199.51
points (49.48%)
since the 03/23/2020 18,591.93 closing low |
| 04/08 | Gains 779.71 (+3.44%) to close at
23,433.57 During the past 12 days, the DJIA
has recovered 4,841 points
(26.04%) since the 03/23/2020 closing low |
| 04/06 | Gains 1,627.46 (+7.73%) to close at
22,679.99 As of this date, this is the 3rd
greatest point gain in DJIA history
|
| 03/26 | Gains 1,351.62 (+6.38%) to close at
22,552.17 As of this date, this is the 3rd
greatest point gain in DJIA history
|
| 03/24 | Gains
2,112.98 (+11.37%) to close at 20,704.91 As of this date, this is the
greatest point gain in DJIA history
|
| 03/23 | Falls 582.05 (-3.04%) to close at
18,591.93 This is the closing low since the
arrival of the Wuhan, China Flu
DJIA has fallen 37.09% off the high closing of Feb 12, 2020 |
| 03/16 | Falls
2,997.10 (-12.93%) to close at 20,188.52 As
of this date, this is the greatest point loss in DJIA history
DJIA has fallen 9,362.90 (-31.68%) since the 02/12/2020 closing high |
| 03/13 | Gains 1,985.34 (+9.36%)
to close at 23,185.62 As of this date, this is the
greatest point gain in DJIA history
|
| 03/12 | Falls
2,352.60 (-9.99%) to close at 21,200.62 As of
this date, this is the greatest point loss in DJIA history
|
| 03/11 | Falls 1,464.94 (-5.86%) to close at
23,553.22 As of this date, this is the 3rd
greatest point loss in DJIA history
|
| 03/10 | Gains 1,167.14 (+4.89%) to close at
25,018.16 As of this date, this is the 3rd
greatest point gain in DJIA history
|
| 03/09 | Falls 2,013.45 (-7.78%)
to close at 23,851.02 As of this date, this is the
greatest point loss in DJIA history
|
| 03/05 | Falls 969.58 (-3.58%) to close at
26,121.28 As of this date, this is the 5th
greatest point loss in DJIA history
|
| 03/04 | Gains 1,173.04 (+4.53%) to close at
27,090.45 As of this date, this is the 2nd
greatest point gain in DJIA history
|
| 03/03 | Falls 785.91 (-2.94%) to close at
25,917.41 As of this date, this is the 10th
greatest point loss in DJIA history
|
| 03/02 | Gains 1,293.96 (+5.09%)
to close at 26,703.32 As of this date, this is the
greatest point gain in DJIA history
|
| 02/27 | Falls 1,190.95 (-4.42%) to close at
25,766.64 As of this date, this is the
greatest point loss in DJIA history
|
| 02/25 |
Falls 879.44 (-3.15%) to close at
27,081.36 - Wuhan, China Flu?
|
| 02/24 |
Falls 1,031.61 (-3.69%) to close at
27,960.80 - Wuhan, China Flu?
|
| 01/15 | Gains 90.55 (+0.31%) to close at 29,030.22 - First close above 29,000 |
| 01/02/20 | Gains 330.36 (+1.16) to close at 28,868.80 |
| ^ 2020 |
DJIA opened Jan 02, 2020 at 28,538.44, up 5,311.51, or 22.34% from the open on Jan 02, 2019 - Gold Price.org closed at $1,519.47 up $227.70 or 17.63% for 2019 |
| 12/31/19 | Gains 76.30 (+0.27%) to close at
28,538.44 |
| 12/15 | Gains 222.93 (+0.80%) to close at 28.004.89 - First close above 28,000 |
| 11/12 | No Change Today = 0.00 (-0.00%) to close at 27,691.49 - (Rare Event) |
| 08/14 | Falls 800.49 (-3.05%) to close at
25,479.42 As of this date this is the 4th
largest point loss in DJIA history
|
| 07/11 | Gains 227.88 (+0.85%) to close at 27,088.08 - First close above 27,000 |
| 04/02 |
The DJIA dropped DowDuPont, Inc.
from its thirty corporation component and added Dow, Inc. |
| 01/04/19 | Gains 746.94 (+3.29%) to close at
23,433.16 As of this date this is the 4th
largest point gain in DJIA history
|
| ^ 2019 |
DJIA opened Jan 02, 2019 at 23,327.46, down 1,391.76, or 5.63% from the open on Jan 02, 2018 - Monex Spot Gold opened at $1,282.00 down $20.80 or 1.60% for 2018. |
| 12/31/18 | Gains 265.06 (+1.15%) to close at 23,327.46 |
| 12/26 | Gains 1,086.25 (+4.98%) to close at
22,878.45 As of this date, this is the
largest point gain in the history of the DJIA
|
| 12/24 | Falls 653.17 (-2.91%) to close at
21,792.20 The
DJIA has fallen 5,036.19 (18.77%) since the all time high on
Oct 03, 2018
|
| 06/26 | The DJIA dropped General Electric Company from its thirty
corporation component and added Walgreens Boot Alliance, Inc.
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Here To See The Current DJIA 30
(Removal of GE marks the last of the survivors of the original "Dow Dozen" formed on May 26, 1896) |
| 02/08 | Crashes
1,032.89 (-4.15) to close at 23,860.46 |
| 02/05 | Crashes 1,175.21
(-4.16%) to close at 24,345.75 |
| 01/17 | Gains 322.79 to close at 26,115.65 - First close above 26,000 |
| 01/04/18 | Gains 152.45 to close at 25,075.13 - First close above 25,000 |
| ^ 2018 |
DJIA opened Jan 02, 2018 at 24,719.22, up 4,966.62, or 25.08% from the open on Jan 04, 2017 - This is the largest calendar year point gain in DJIA history. Monex Spot Gold opened at $1,302.80, up $152.80 or 13.29% for 2017. |
| 12/29/17 | Falls 118.29 to close at 24,719.22 |
| 11/30 | Gains 331.67 to close at 24,272.35 - First close above 24,000 |
| 10/18 | Gains 160.16 to close at 23,157.60 - First close above 23,000 |
| 08/02 | Gains 52.32 to close at 22,016.24 - First close above 22,000 |
| 03/01 | Gains 303.31 to close at 21,115.55 - First close above 21,000 |
| 01/25 | Gains 155.80
to
close at 20,068.51 - First close above 20,000 It
took the DJIA 103 years to reach 10,000
and another 18 years to reach 20,000 |
| 01/20/17 | Gains 94.85 to close at 19,827.25 |
| ^ 2017 |
DJIA opened Jan 03, 2017 at 19,762.60, up 2,337.57, or 13.42% from the open on Jan 04, 2016 - Monex Spot Gold opened at $1,151.00, up $88.75 or 8.36% for 2016 |
| 12/07/16 | Gains 297.84 to close at
19,549.62
First close above 19,300, 19,400
and 19,500
Wall Street is beginning to look like Pamplona |
| 11/22 | Gains 67.18 to close at 19,023.87 - First close above 19,000 |
| 11/08 | Gains 73.14 to close at 18,332.43 - Donald Trump is elected |
| 04/18 | Gains 106.70 to close at 18,004.16
First close above 18,000 since 07/20/2015
closing of 18,100.41
|
| 01/08/17 | Falls 167.65 to close at 16,346.45 Not a good week for the DJIA - Fell
-1,078.58 points
|
| ^ 2016 |
DJIA Opened Jan 04, 2016 at 17,425.03, down 398.04,
or 2.23% from the open on Jan 02, 2015 - Monex
Spot Gold opened at 1,062.25
This is the DJIA first calendar year loss since
2008
|
| 12/31/15 |
Falls 178.84 to close at 17,425.03 |
| 12/16 | Gains 224.18 to close at 17,749.05 FED raised interest rate 0.25,
first rate change in 7 years
|
| 08/26 | Gains 619.07 to close at 16,285.51. |
| 08/25 | Falls AGAIN 204.91 to close at 15,666.44. Since the 05/19/15 all time closing high, the DJIA has fallen 2,645.95 points or 14.45% |
| 03/19/15 | The DJIA dropped AT&T Corp. from its thirty corporation component and added Apple, Inc. |
| ^ 2015 | DJIA Opened Jan 02, 2015 at 17,823.07, up 1,246.41, or 7.52% from the open on Jan 02, 2014 |
| 12/23/14 | Gains 64.23 to close at 18,024.17, First close above 18,000 |
| 07/03 | Gains 92.02 to close at
17,068.26, First close above 17,000
The DJIA has risen
496.09 points, or 3%, since January 2, 2014.
Since the 03/09/09 low closing of 6,547.05 the DJIA has risen 10,521.21 points or 161% |
| 04/24/14 | No Change Today = 0.00 to close at 16,503.49 - (Rare Event) |
| ^ 2014 | DJIA Opened Jan 02, 2014 at 16,572.17, up 3,467.87, or 26.46% from the open on Jan 02, 2013 |
| ^ 2013 12/31/13 |
Gains 72.37 to close at
16,576.66
Since January 2,
2013, the DJIA has risen 3,472.56 points or 26.50%
Since the 03/09/09 low closing of 6,547.05 the DJIA has risen 10,029.61 points or 153.19% |
| 12/18 | Gains 292.71 to close at
16,167.97, first close above 16,100
Today the FED announced curtailing
stimulus funding
by $10B per month beginning in January |
| 11/21 | Gains 109.17 to close at 16,009.99, First close above 16,000 |
| 11/15 | Gains 85.48 to close at
15,961.70, first close above 15,900
The DJIA has risen 9,404.65 or 144%
since 03/03/09 closing of 6,547.05 |
| Mar 05 | Gains 125.95 to close at
14,253.77, first close above 14,200
The DJIA has risen 7,706.73 or
118% since 03/09/09
The Bulls are running |
| Feb 01/13 | Gains 149.21 to close at 14,009.79, first close above 14,000 since Oct 09, 2007, over 5 years ago |
| ^ 2013 | DJIA Opened Jan 02, 2013 at 13,104.30, up 7.2% from the 12,221.19 open on Jan 03, 2012 |
| Sep 24 | The DJIA dropped Kraft Foods, Inc. from its thirty corporation component and added UnitedHealth Group, Inc. |
| Feb 28 | Gains 23.61 to close at 13,005.12, first close above 13,000 since Apr 25, 2007, nearly 5 years ago |
| ^ 2012 | DJIA Opened Jan 03, 2012 at 12,221.19, up 5.6% from the 11,577.43 open on Jan 03, 2011 |
| Feb 01 | Gains 148.23 to close at 12,040.16, First close above 12,000 since Jun
19, 2008
|
| ^ 2011 | DJIA Opened Jan 01, 2011 at 11,577.43,
Up 11% from the 10,430.69 open on Jan 04, 2010 |
| May 06 | Falls 347.80 to close at 10,520.37, during day trading at one point the DJIA fell 998.50 to 9,869.62 |
| Apr 04 | Gains 8.62 to close at 11,005.97 First close above 11,000 since Sep
26, 2008
|
| ^ 2010 |
DJIA Opened Jan 01, 2010 at
10,430.69,
Up 18.9% from the 8,772.25 open on Jan 01, 2009 |
| Oct 14 | Gains 144.80 to close at 10,005.86, highest close this year and first close above 10,000 since Oct 03, 2008 |
| Jul 23 | Gains 188.03 to close at 9,069.29, highest close this year and the highest close since Nov 05, 2008 |
| Jun 08 |
The DJIA dropped two corporations
from its thirty corporation component, Citigroup, Inc. and General
Motors Corp.
The two corporations added were The Travelers Companies. Inc. and Cisco Systems, Inc. |
| Jun 01 | Gains 221.11 to close at 8,721.44,
Up 33% since this year's low on Mar
09
|
| Mar 23 | Gains 497.48 to close at 7,775.48 |
| 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 |
| ^ 2009 |
DJIA Opened Jan 02, 2009 at
8,772.25,
down 33.9% from the 13,261.82 open on Jan 02, 2008 |
| ^
2008 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 |
| Nov 21 | Gains 494.13 to close at 8,046.42 |
| 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
|
| 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 |
| Nov 13 | Gains 552.59 to close at 8,835.25, up 6.67% |
| Nov 12 | Falls 411.30 to close at 8,282.66, down 4.76% |
| 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 05 | Falls 486.01 to close at 9,139.37, down 5.05%, following presidential election of Barack Obama |
| Oct 28 | Gains 889.35 to close at 9,069.12, up 10.88%, second largest point gain and fifth largest % gain in history |
| 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 15 | Falls 733.08 to close at 8,577.91 |
| Oct 13 | Gains 936.42 to close at 9,389.61,
up 11.08%, Largest point gain and fourth
largest % gain in history
|
| 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
|
| Sep 29 | Falls 777.68 to close at
10,365.45 |
| Sep 19 | Gains 368.75 to close at 11,388.44 on news of government bail out plan |
| Sep 18 | Gains 410.3 to close at 11,016.69 on news of world wide central banks injecting billions and billions into the credit markets |
| ^ 2008 |
DJIA Opened Jan 02, 2008 at 13,261.82
Up 6.4% from the 12,459.54 open on Jan 03, 2007 |
| ^ 2007 Oct 09 |
Gains 120.80 to close at 14,164.53, first close above 14,100
The DJIA has risen 6,878.26, or
94%,
since the low point of Oct 9, 2002, 5 years ago |
| Jul 19 | Gains 82.19 to close at 14,000.41, First close above 14,000 |
| Jul 13 | Gains 45.52 to close at 13,907.25, first close above 13,900 |
| Jul 12 | Gains 283.86 to close at 13,861.73, first close above 13,700 and 13,800 |
| Apr 25 | Gains 135.95 to close at 13,089.89, First close above 13,000 |
| 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 |
| ^ 2007 | DJIA Opened Jan 03, 2007 at 12,459.54, up 16.3% from the 10,718.30 open on Jan 03, 2006 |
| 2006 Dec 27 |
Gains 102.94 to close at 12,510.57, first close above 12,500 |
| Oct 19 | Gains 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 03 | Gains 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. |
| Jan 09 | Gains 52.59 to close at 11,011.90, first close above 11,000 since June 7, 2001 |
| Oct 09 | Falls 215.22 to close at 7,286.27. The market has declined 4,436.71 points, or 38%, since January 14, 2000 |
| Jul 29 | Gains 447.49 to close at 8,711.88, third largest point gain in history, up 5.41% |
| Jul 24 | Gains 488.95 to close at 8,191.29, second largest point gain in history, up 6.35% |
| Jul 23 | Falls 82.24 to close at 7,702.34. The market has declined 4,020.64, or 34%, since January 14, 2000 |
| 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% |
| Sep 17 | Falls 684.81 to close at 8,920.70, largest point loss in history, down 7.13% |
| 2001 Sep 11 |
Markets
closed
because of terrorist attacks in
Markets will re-open September 17, 2001 after being closed for four
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.
New York and Washington, D.C. |
| Sep 07 | Falls 234.99 to close at 9,605.85 falling 1,767.07 (15.5%) since May 21, 2001 |
| May 21 | Gains 36.18 to close at 11,372.92 recovering 1,983.44 (85%) of the 2,333.50 decline since Jan 14, 2000 |
| Apr 14 | Falls 617.78 to close at 10,305.77, second largest point loss in history, down 5.66% |
| Mar 16 | Gains 499.19 to close at 10,630.39, largest point gain in history, up 4.93% |
| Mar 07 | Falls 60.50 to close at 9,796.03 for a YTD low completing a tumble of 16.48% from Jan 14 |
| ^ 2000 | DJIA opened Jan 03, 2000 at 11,501.85, up 2,317.84, or 25.24% from the open on Jan 04, 1999 - Gold trading opened at $288.50, up $1.50 or 0.49% for 1999 |
| 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. |
| May 03 | Gains 225.65 to close at 11,014.69, First close above 11,000.00 |
| Mar 29 | Gains 184.54 to close at 10,006.78, First close above 10,000.00 |
| 1999 | DJIA opened Jan 04, 1999 at 9,184.01, up 1,273.81, or 16.10% from the open on Jan 02, 1998 - Gold trading opened at $287.10 down $0.80 or 0.28% for 1998 |
| 1998 Oct 16 |
Gains 117.40 to close at 8,416.76, largest weekly point gain in history, up 517.24 |
| 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 point loss in history eliminating all gains since June 10, 1997 |
| Apr 06 | Gains 49.82 to close at 9,033.23, First close above 9,000.00 |
| 1997 Oct 28 |
Gains 337.17 to close at 7,498.32, third largest point gain in history, up 4.71% |
| Oct 27 | Falls 554.26 to close at 7,161.15, third largest point 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
|
| Jul 16 | Gains 63.17 to close at 8,038.88, First close above 8,000.00 |
| Feb 13 | Gains 60.81 to close at 7,022.44, First close above
7,000.00 |
| Oct 14 | Gains 40.62 to close at 6,010.00, First close above 6,000.00 |
| 1995 Nov 21 |
Gains 40.46 to close at 5,023.55, First close above 5,000.00 |
| Feb 23 | Gains 30.28 to close at 4,003.33, First close above 4,000.00 |
| 1991 April 17 |
Gains 17.58 to close at 3,004.46, First close above 3,000.00 |
| 1989 Jan 24 |
Gains 38.04 to close at 2,256.43, regaining its level of Oct. 16, 1987, for the first time since Black Monday |
| 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 |
| Oct 16 | Plunges 108.35 to 2,246.73, falling more than 100 points for the first time. |
| Jan 08 | Gains 8.30 to close at 2,002.25, First close above 2,000.00 |
| 1974 Dec 06 |
Closes at a 12-year low of 577.60, ending the worst bear market since the '30's |
| 1972 Nov 14 |
Gains 6.09 to close at 1,003.16, First close above 1,000.00 |
| 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% |
| 1931 Oct 06 |
Gains 12.86 to close at 99.34, largest percentage gain of the DJIA, up 14.87%. |
| Oct 30 | Gains 28.40 to close at 258.47, second largest percentage gain of the DJIA, up 12.34%. |
| 1929 Oct 29 |
Falls 30.57 to 230.07 cutting 11.7 percent of the DJIA.
These 2 days total 24.5 percent. This is known as Black
Tuesday. |
| 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
|
| 1929 Sep 03 |
Reaches its closing peak for the bull market of the 1920's, at 381.17 |
| 1896
Aug 08 |
Falls 0.18 to close at 28.48, lowest close in DJIA history |
| 1896
May 26 |
Dow Jones publishes its
first "Industrial" average (DJIA) consisting of 12 stocks closing at
40.94
|
| 1884 July 03 |
Charles Dow, forerunner of Dow Jones, publishes his first "average" of U.S. stocks in the Customer's Afternoon Letter, forerunner of The Wall Street Journal |
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