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 Every Friday Evening

Note: Data goes back to October of 1928 only

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 1997, +1459.98 points 1996, +1331.15 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 1.1% Return in February has been -0.04% Return in March has been 0.31% Return in April has been 1.44% Return in May has been -0.11% Return in June has been 0.56% Return in July has been 1.44% Return in August has been 0.79% Return in September has been -1.46% Return in October has been -0.03% Return in November has been 0.79% Return in December has been 1.42%

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 10318.16 Graph of DIA (DJIA Tracking Stock)