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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.
(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.) [48] This is distinguished from an intraday point drop or gain, which is the difference between the opening price and the intraday low or high.
While the S&P 500 was first introduced in 1923, it wasn't until 1957 when the stock market index was formally recognized, thus some of the following records may not be known by sources. [ 1 ] Largest daily percentage gains [ 2 ]
By the end of the year the index closed 70 of the year's 252 trading days at new record closing prices, the second highest to date behind the 77 recorded in 1995. [46] 2021 also marked the first year since 2005 when the S&P 500 beat the other two closely watched U.S. stock indices: the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the Nasdaq Composite. [47]
An intraday percentage drop is defined as the difference between the previous trading session's closing price and the intraday low of the following trading session. The closing percentage change denotes the ultimate percentage change recorded after the corresponding trading session's close.
9 This was the Dow's close at the peak on January 11, 1973, before the 1973–74 stock market crash. 10 This was the Dow's close at the peak of August 25, 1987 before the Black Monday stock market crash. 11 The Dow reached an intraday high above 3,000 for the first time on Friday, July 13, 1990, before falling back below by the close.
Many of the biggest percentage price moves in the Dow occurred early in its history, as the nascent industrial economy matured. In the 1900s, the Dow halted its momentum as it worked its way through two financial crises: the Panic of 1901 and the Panic of 1907. The Dow remained stuck in a range between 53 and 103 until late 1914.
The Standard and Poor's 500, or simply the S&P 500, [5] is a stock market index tracking the stock performance of 500 of the largest companies listed on stock exchanges in the United States. It is one of the most commonly followed equity indices and includes approximately 80% of the total market capitalization of U.S. public companies, with an ...