Novem– The Dow closes above 28,000 for the first time, at 28,004.89. J– The Dow closes at 27,088.08, the first time it has closed above 27,000. Janu– The Dow closes at 26,115.65, the first time it has closed above 26,000. Janu– The Dow closes at 25,075.13, the first close above 25,000. Novem– The Dow closes above 24,000 for the first time, at 24,272.35. Octo– The Dow closes above 23,000 for the first time, at 23,157.60. Ma– The Dow closes at 21,115.55, the first close over 21,000 in history.Īug– The Dow closes above 22,000 for the first time, at 22,016.24. Janu– The Dow hits the 20,000 milestone for the first time in history. Novem– The Dow closes at 19,023.87, the first close above 19,000. Janu– The Dow drops 5% in its first four days of the year, the worst four-day percentage loss to start a year on record. J– The Dow closes at 17,068.26, the first close above 17,000.ĭecem– The Dow closes at 18,024.17, the first close above 18,000.Īug– The Dow closes with a 619-point gain, the biggest daily point gain since 2008. Novem– The Dow closes above 16,000 for the first time, at 16,009.99. – The Dow closes above 15,000 for the first time. October 6-10, 2008 – Worst weekly point and percentage decline finishing at 8,451.19, or down 1,874.19 points and 18.15% for the week.įebru– The Dow crosses the 13,000 level for the first time since May of 2008.įebru– The Dow closes above 14,000 for the first time since October of 2007. Septem– Worst single-day point drop in history at the time, plunging 777.68 points – the same day the US House rejects the $700 billion financial bailout package. J– The Dow closes at 14,000.41, the first close above 14,000. Octo– The Dow closes at 12,011.73, the first close above 12,000.Īp– The Dow closes at 13,089.89, the first close above 13,000.
Septem– After the first full week of trading post 9/11, the Dow falls more than 1,300 points, or about 14%. Septem– Stock markets reopen after the 9/11 terror attacks. Ma– The Dow closes at 10,006,78, the first close above 10,000. Novem– The Dow closes at 5,023.55, the first close above 5,000. Octo– The Dow closes down 508 points, at the time the biggest one-day drop ever in the Dow’s history.
Novem– The Dow closes at 1,003.16, the first close above 1,000. Ma– The Dow closes at 500.24, the first close above 500. It takes 25 years for the Dow to regain its September 1929 high of 381 points.ġ930 – Dow Jones becomes incorporated and the comma in the name is dropped. Octo– The Stock Market crash of 1929 begins which leads to the Great Depression of the 1930s.
Janu– The Dow closes at 100.25, the first close above 100. – The first index, made up of 12 industrial companies, is published and the Dow opens at 40.94 points. Record high close – May 7, 2021, the Dow closes at 34,777.76 points.īiggest one-day point gain – March 24, 2020, the Dow gains 2,112.98 points.īiggest one-day percentage gain – March 15, 1933, the Dow closes up 15.34%.īiggest one-day point loss – March 16, 2020, the Dow closes down 2,997.1 points.īiggest one-day percentage loss – October 19, 1987, the Dow closes down 22.61%.ġ884 – Charles Dow creates the Dow Averages, the precursor to the DJIA. The Dow began in 1896 with 12 industrial stocks.ĭow Jones & Co was founded by journalists Charles Dow and Edward Jones.