Nasdaq Historical Data
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The NASDAQ (The National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations) is home to some of the most recognized tech companies in the world, including Google, Apple and others.
The NASDAQ is an electronic exchange that was originally founded in 1971. There are approximately 3,800 companies currently listed on the NASDAQ.
Data Updated Every Friday Evening
Note: Nasdaq data goes back to February of 1971
Five Largest One Day Point Gains:
1. 2001-01-03 +324.83 points
2. 2000-12-05 +274.05 points
3. 2000-04-18 +254.41 points
4. 2000-05-30 +254.37 points
5. 2000-10-19 +247.04 points
Five Largest One Day Point Losses:
1. 2000-04-14 -355.49 points
2. 2000-04-03 -349.15 points
3. 2000-04-12 -286.27 points
4. 2000-04-10 -258.25 points
5. 2000-01-04 -229.46 points
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Five Largest One Day Percentage Gains:
1. 2001-01-03 +14.17%
2. 2008-10-13 +11.81%
3. 2000-12-05 +10.48%
4. 2008-10-28 +9.53%
5. 2001-04-05 +8.92%
Five Largest One Day Percentage Losses:
1. 1987-10-19 -11.35%
2. 2000-04-14 -9.67%
3. 2008-09-29 -9.14%
4. 1987-10-26 -9.01%
5. 1987-10-20 -9.00%
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Note: Yearly Data Since 1929
Five Best One Year Performances (in points)
1999, +1876.62 points
2003, +667.86 points
1998, +622.34 points
2009, +392.70 points
1995, +300.17 points
Five Best One Year Performances (in %)
1999, +85.59%
1991, +56.86%
2003, +50.01%
1995, +39.92%
1998, +39.63%
Five Worst One Year Performances (in points)
2000, -1598.79 points
2008, -1075.25 points
2002, -614.89 points
2001, -520.12 points
1990, -81.00 points
Five Worst One Year Performances (in %)
2008, -40.54%
2000, -39.29%
1974, -35.11%
2002, -31.53%
1973, -31.06%
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Five Best Single Month Performances (in points)
2000-02, +756.34 points
1999-12, +733.15 points
2000-06, +565.20 points
2000-08, +439.36 points
1999-11, +369.73 points
Five Best Single Month Performances (in %)
1999-12, +21.98%
2000-02, +19.19%
1974-10, +17.17%
1975-01, +16.65%
2000-06, +16.62%
Five Worst Single Month Performances (in points)
2000-11, -771.70 points
2000-04, -712.17 points
2001-02, -620.90 points
2000-09, -533.53 points
2000-05, -459.75 points
Five Worst Single Month Performances (in %)
1987-10, -27.23%
2000-11, -22.90%
2001-02, -22.39%
1998-08, -19.93%
2008-10, -17.73%
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Five Best Single Week Performances (in points)
Week of 2000-05-30, +608.27 points
Week of 2000-01-31, +357.07 points
Week of 2000-02-28, +324.29 points
Week of 2000-04-17, +322.59 points
Week of 2000-12-04, +272.14 points
Five Best Single Week Performances (in %)
Week of 2000-05-30, +18.98%
Week of 2001-04-09, +14.01%
Week of 2008-11-24, +10.92%
Week of 2008-10-27, +10.88%
Week of 2009-03-09, +10.64%
Five Worst Single Week Performances (in points)
Week of 2000-04-10, -1125.16 points
Week of 2000-07-24, -431.45 points
Week of 2000-11-06, -422.59 points
Week of 2000-03-27, -390.20 points
Week of 2000-01-24, -348.33 points
Five Worst Single Week Performances (in %)
Week of 2000-04-10, -25.30%
Week of 1987-10-19, -19.15%
Week of 2001-09-10, -15.67%
Week of 2008-10-06, -15.30%
Week of 2000-11-06, -12.24%
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Average Monthly Performance Since 1971
Return in January has been 2.87%
Return in February has been 0.1%
Return in March has been 0.6%
Return in April has been 1.5%
Return in May has been 1.21%
Return in June has been 0.95%
Return in July has been -0.14%
Return in August has been 0.35%
Return in September has been -1.02%
Return in October has been 0.3%
Return in November has been 1.59%
Return in December has been 1.89%
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Highest Volume Day Ever:
2008-10-10, 4,164,090,000 shares traded
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Lowest Volume Day Ever: (Since late 1984)
1984-12-24, 38,840,000 shares traded
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Largest One-Day Swing (in points)
2000-04-04, 634.34 points (difference between High and Low of day)
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NASDAQ Landmarks
The NASDAQ first hit 1,000 points on 1995-07-17
The NASDAQ first hit 2,000 points on 1998-07-16
The NASDAQ first hit 3,000 points on 1999-11-02
The NASDAQ first hit 4,000 points on 1999-12-23
The NASDAQ first hit 5,000 points on 2000-03-07
The NASDAQ last traded at 2146.04
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