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List of largest daily changes in the Dow Jones Industrial Average

List of largest daily changes in the Dow Jones Industrial Average

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This is a list of the largest daily changes in the Dow Jones Industrial Average from 1896. Compare to the list of largest daily changes in the S&P 500 Index.

Dow Jones Industrial Average 1970–2022

Largest percentage changes

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).

Some sources (including the file Highlights/Lowlights of The Dow on the Dow Jones website) show a loss of −24.39% (from 71.42 to 54.00) on December 12, 1914, placing that day atop the list of largest percentage losses. 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 not those before, and it represents the only discontinuity in the index's history rather than an actual loss.[3][4]

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Largest point changes

The Dow Jones Industrial Average was first published in 1896, but since the firms listed at that time were in existence before then, the index can be calculated going back to May 2, 1881.[6] A loss of just over 24 percent on May 5, 1893, from 39.90 to 30.02 signaled the apex of the stock effects of the Panic of 1893; the 2007–2008 crash was a 61.8 percent retracement thereof that began on October 11, 2007, and lasted until the closing low on March 9, 2009.[7]

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. As of August 4, 2020, all of the top seven and eight of the top ten largest point drops and point gains have been amid the 2020 stock market crash, which has been marked by extreme point swings.[8]

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Largest intraday point swings

A point swing is the difference between the intraday high and the intraday low. (The intraday high may not be the same as the opening price; for instance, in the 2010 flash crash, the market reached an intraday high, higher than the opening price.)[49]

This is distinguished from an intraday point drop or gain, which is the difference between the opening price and the intraday low or high.

This table shows the largest intraday point swings since 1987.[50] As the "Net Change" column shows, 11 of these 20 largest intraday swings occurred during days on which the Dow declined, and 9 occurred during days on which it advanced. None of the top 20 occurred before the year 2018.

During the 2020 stock market crash, fourteen of the top seventeen positions occurred in the month of March 2020.

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Largest intraday point changes

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Largest intraday point changes with turnovers

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See also


References

  1. "Historical Index Data All-Time Largest One Day Gains and Losses". wsj.com. Archived from the original on February 19, 2017. Retrieved March 14, 2017.
  2. Highlights/Lowlights of The Dow Archived September 20, 2008, at the Wayback Machine (Excel spreadsheet)
  3. "Setting the Record Straight on the Dow Drop". The New York Times. October 26, 1987. Archived from the original on February 4, 2009. Retrieved February 17, 2017.
  4. Bialik, Carl (October 1, 2008). "The Day Stocks Rose but the Dow Plunged". The Wall Street Journal. Archived from the original on April 8, 2014. Retrieved August 4, 2017.
  5. "DJIA 125 - Bests & Worsts". www.spglobal.com. Retrieved May 13, 2022.
  6. CSV data file from http://finance.yahoo.com Archived July 26, 2019, at the Wayback Machine
  7. DJIA_C.xls from same data
  8. Imbert, Yun Li,Jesse Pound,Fred (March 24, 2020). "Stock market live updates: Dow soars 2,100 points, biggest jump in 80 years, stimulus close". CNBC. Retrieved March 24, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  9. Watts, William; Wiltermuth, Joy (March 13, 2020). "U.S. stocks score biggest one-day gain since 2008 after Trump declares state of emergency over coronavirus". MarketWatch. Retrieved March 13, 2020.
  10. Imbert, Fred; Stevens, Pippa; Huang, Eustance (March 26, 2020). "Dow rallies more than 1,300 points, capping its biggest 3-day surge since 1931". CNBC. Retrieved March 27, 2020.
  11. Imbert, Fred; Huang, Eustance (March 2, 2020). "Dow roars back from coronavirus sell-off with biggest gain since 2009, surges 5.1%". CNBC. Retrieved March 2, 2020.
  12. Harring, Sarah Min,Alex. "Dow pops 1,200 points, S&P 500 jumps 5% in biggest rally in two years after light inflation report". CNBC. Retrieved November 10, 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  13. Wiltermuth, Joy; Oh, Sunny (March 4, 2020). "Dow soars 1,100 points to session high as Wall Street warms to surprise Fed rate cuts, Biden campaign momentum". marketwatch.com. Retrieved March 4, 2020.
  14. "Dow rebounds 1,167 points after worst day since the financial crisis". USA Today. March 10, 2020. Retrieved March 10, 2020.
  15. Watts, William; Kollmeyer, Barbara (December 26, 2018). "Dow soars over 1,000 points as stocks bounce back from Christmas Eve meltdown". marketwatch.com. Archived from the original on December 27, 2018. Retrieved December 27, 2018.
  16. "Dow Logs Biggest One-Day Point Gain Ever". CNBC. October 13, 2008. Retrieved March 13, 2020.
  17. Subin, Jesse Pound,Samantha (May 3, 2022). "Dow rallies 900 points as investors bet the Fed can slow inflation without causing a recession". CNBC. Retrieved May 5, 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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  19. "Stocks Jump 11% Amid Bargain-Hunting Spree". CNBC. October 28, 2008. Retrieved March 10, 2020.
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  21. DeCambre, Mark; Watts, William (June 5, 2020). "Dow closes 800 points higher after jobs report shows surprise jump in payrolls, fall in unemployment rate". MarketWatch. Retrieved March 2, 2021.
  22. "How major US stock indexes fared Friday 10/28/2022". washingtonpost.com. October 28, 2022. Retrieved October 28, 2022.
  23. Valetkevitch, Caroline (October 13, 2022). "Wall Street ends up 2% after sharp reversal; technicals help". reuters.com. Retrieved October 21, 2022.
  24. Imbert, Fred (March 16, 2020). "Dow drops nearly 3,000 points, as coronavirus collapse continues; worst day since '87". CNBC. Archived from the original on March 16, 2020. Retrieved March 16, 2020.
  25. Korosec, Kirsten; Shieber, Jonathan; Wilhelm, Alex (March 12, 2020). "Stocks dive on Dow's worst day since 1987, tech crashes and Bitcoin is no haven". techcrunch.com. Archived from the original on March 16, 2020.
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  30. Pound, Jesse; Macheel, Tanaya (May 4, 2022). "Dow tumbles 1,000 points for the worst day since 2020, Nasdaq drops 5%". CNBC. Archived from the original on May 5, 2022. Retrieved May 5, 2022.
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  32. Imbert, Fred; Huang, Eustance (February 23, 2020). "Dow plunges 1,000 points on coronavirus fears, 3.5% drop is worst in two years". cnbc.com.
  33. Macheel, Sarah Min,Tanaya (August 26, 2022). "Powell comments fuel 1,000-point market rout Friday as stocks slide for a second week". CNBC.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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  38. "Historical Index Data Largest Intraday Point Swings, Since 1987". wsj.com. Archived from the original on February 19, 2017. Retrieved March 14, 2017.

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