Dow Jones Industrial Average Historical Data

On this page you'll find everything that you wanted to know about the historical performance of the DJIA.

Data Updated At The Beginning of Each Month

Note: Data goes back to October of 1928 only

Note 2: Click Here To Find The DJIA Closing Price On Any Day From 1929 Until Present

Five Largest One Day Point Gains: 1. 2008-10-13 +936.42 points 2. 2008-10-28 +889.35 points 3. 2008-11-13 +552.59 points 4. 2000-03-16 +499.19 points 5. 2009-03-23 +497.48 points Five Largest One Day Point Losses: 1. 2008-09-29 -777.68 points 2. 2008-10-15 -733.08 points 3. 2001-09-17 -684.81 points 4. 2008-12-01 -679.95 points 5. 2008-10-09 -678.91 points

Five Largest One Day Percentage Gains: 1. 1933-03-15 +15.34% 2. 1931-10-06 +14.87% 3. 1929-10-30 +12.34% 4. 1931-06-22 +11.90% 5. 1932-09-21 +11.36% Five Largest One Day Percentage Losses: 1. 1987-10-19 -22.61% 2. 1929-10-28 -13.47% 3. 1929-10-29 -11.73% 4. 1931-10-05 -10.73% 5. 1929-11-06 -9.92%

Note: Yearly Data Since 1929

Five Best One Year Performances (in points) 1999, +2315.69 points 2003, +2112.29 points 2006, +1745.65 points 2009, +1651.66 points 1997, +1459.98 points Five Best One Year Performances (in %) 1933, +63.74% 1954, +43.96% 1935, +38.53% 1975, +38.32% 1958, +33.96% Five Worst One Year Performances (in points) 2008, -4488.43 points 2002, -1679.94 points 2001, -766.42 points 2000, -709.13 points 1974, -234.62 points Five Worst One Year Performances (in %) 1931, -52.67% 2008, -33.84% 1930, -33.77% 1937, -32.82% 1974, -27.57%

Five Best Single Month Performances (in points) 1999-04, +1002.88 points 2001-04, +856.19 points 2002-10, +805.10 points 2000-03, +793.61 points 2001-11, +776.42 points Five Best Single Month Performances (in %) 1932-08, +35.76% 1933-04, +31.95% 1932-07, +25.79% 1938-06, +24.26% 1933-05, +20.53% Five Worst Single Month Performances (in points) 2008-10, -1525.65 points 1998-08, -1344.22 points 2008-06, -1288.31 points 2001-09, -1102.19 points 2002-09, -1071.57 points Five Worst Single Month Performances (in %) 1931-09, -30.70% 1932-04, -23.68% 1938-03, -23.67% 1987-10, -23.22% 1940-05, -21.70%

Five Best Single Week Performances (in points) Week of 2008-10-27, +946.06 points Week of 2008-11-24, +782.62 points Week of 2000-03-13, +666.41 points Week of 2003-03-17, +662.26 points Week of 2001-09-24, +611.75 points Five Best Single Week Performances (in %) Week of 1931-06-22, +18.21% Week of 1932-08-01, +16.16% Week of 1938-06-20, +14.15% Week of 1932-07-25, +13.00% Week of 1933-03-15, +12.80% Five Worst Single Week Performances (in points) Week of 2008-10-06, -1874.19 points Week of 2001-09-10, -1370.04 points Week of 2001-03-12, -821.21 points Week of 2008-09-29, -817.75 points Week of 2000-04-10, -805.71 points Five Worst Single Week Performances (in %) Week of 2008-10-06, -18.15% Week of 1933-07-17, -15.55% Week of 2001-09-10, -14.26% Week of 1940-05-13, -14.21% Week of 1929-11-04, -13.52%

Average Monthly Performance Since 1929 Return in January has been 1.04% Return in February has been -0.01% Return in March has been 0.37% Return in April has been 1.44% Return in May has been -0.2% Return in June has been 0.51% Return in July has been 1.5% Return in August has been 0.75% Return in September has been -1.3% Return in October has been 0.01% Return in November has been 0.84% Return in December has been 1.46%

Highest Volume Day Ever: 2008-10-10, 11,456,230,400 shares traded ----- Lowest Volume Day Ever: 1940-08-19, 130,000 shares traded ----- Largest One-Day Swing (in points) 2008-10-10, 1215.42 points (difference between High and Low of day)

Landmarks The DJIA first hit 1,000 points on 1966-01-18 The DJIA first hit 2,000 points on 1987-01-07 The DJIA first hit 3,000 points on 1990-07-13 The DJIA first hit 4,000 points on 1994-01-31 The DJIA first hit 5,000 points on 1995-11-16 The DJIA first hit 6,000 points on 1996-10-04 The DJIA first hit 7,000 points on 1997-02-13 The DJIA first hit 8,000 points on 1997-07-08 The DJIA first hit 9,000 points on 1998-04-02 The DJIA first hit 10,000 points on 1999-03-12 The DJIA first hit 11,000 points on 1999-04-28 The DJIA first hit 12,000 points on 2006-10-13 The DJIA first hit 13,000 points on 2007-04-20 The DJIA first hit 14,000 points on 2007-07-16 The DJIA last traded at 12862.23 Graph of DIA (DJIA Tracking Stock)