Key Closing Levels for the DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE 1896 - 2008

• The ten biggest point GAINS in the history of the Dow are highlighted in GREEN.
• The ten biggest point LOSSES in the history of the Dow are highlighted in RED.
• The Dow’s all-time low and high are highlighted in BLACK.
• The millennium marks are highlighted in BLUE.
• Dow component changes are highlighted in ORANGE. Note: Component changes are from the 30 component era.

Date	Closing Level	Description
May 26, 1896	40.94	First official trading session with a close. DJIA consists of 12 companies at the time. Components: American Cotton Oil American Sugar American Tobacco Chicago Gas Distilling & Cattle Feeding General Electric Laclede Gas National Lead North American Tennessee Coal & Iron U.S. Leather U.S. Rubber
August 8, 1896	28.48	Dow hits all-time low
July 24, 1929	343.04	Postum Incorporated becomes General Foods
September 3, 1929	381.17	Dow hits last all-time high for 25 years!
September 14, 1929	367.01	Curtiss-Wright replaced Wright Aeronautical
October 24, 1929	299.47	Black Thursday: Panic selling allows the volume to swell to a record 13 million shares. Dow plunges 11% during the Intraday to 272.32! Comes back during the afternoon.
October 28, 1929	260.64	The first Black Monday: Dow falls 38.33 points, or 12%. Second largest percentage drop in DJIA history
October 29, 1929	230.07	Black Tuesday: Dow falls 30.57, or 11.7%. Third largest percentage drop in DJIA history; 16 million shares are traded; tickers falls behind nearly 2½ hours!
January 29, 1930	262.18	Johns-Manville replaced North American
July 18, 1930	240.57	Borden, Eastman Kodak, Goodyear Tire & Rubber, Leggett & Myers, Standard Oil of California, United Air Transport, and Hudson Motor replaced American Sugar, American Tobacco B, Atlantic Refining, General Railway Signal, Goodrich, Nash Motors and Curtiss-Wright
May 26, 1932	49.99	American Tobacco B, Drug Incorporated, Procter & Gamble Company, Loew’s, Nash Motors, International Shoe, International Business Machines and Coca-Cola Company replaces Liggett & Myers, Mack Trucks, United Air Transport, Paramount Publix, Radio Corporation, Texas Gulf Sulphur, National Cash Register and Hudson Motor
July 8, 1932	41.22	Dow has lost 339 points, or 89%, from 9/3/29 high of 381
August 15, 1933	96.63	Corn Products Refining and United Aircraft replaced Drug Incorporated and International Shoe
August 13, 1934	91.80	National Distillers replaced United Aircraft
November 20, 1935	146.65	Du Pont and National Steel replaced Borden and Coca-Cola Company
January 8, 1937	182.95	Nash Motors changes name to Nash Kelvinator
March 14, 1939	151.10	United Aircraft and American Telephone & Telegraph replaced Nash Kelvinator and International Business Machines
November 23, 1954	382.74	Dow closes at highest level since 9/3/29
March 12, 1956	500.24	Dow closes above 500 for the first time
July 3, 1956	495.74	International Paper Company replaced Loew’s
April 22, 1959	625.15	Texas Company name changed to Texaco Incorporated
June 1, 1959	643.51	Anaconda Copper, Swift & Company, Aluminum Company of America and Owens-Illinois Glass replaced Ameri- can Smelting, Corn Products Refining, National Steel and National Distillers
February 9, 1966	995.15	Dow hits peak for the 1949-66 bull market
July 7, 1970	669.36	Dow hits lowest point of the first downturn of 1967-82 bear market
November 1, 1972	968.54	Standard Oil of New Jersey name changed to Exxon
November 14, 1972	1003.16	Dow closes above 1000 for the first time
January 11, 1973	1051.70	First “cyclical” bull market of the ’70s ends; Dow hits last all-time high until 11/3/82
May 30, 1973	908.87	Swift & Company name changed to Esmark
December 6, 1974	577.60	Last bear market bottom
May 1, 1975	830.96	United Aircraft name changed to United Technologies Corporation
April 21, 1976	1011.02	International Nickel name changed to Inco
September 21, 1976	1014.79	Highest close between Jul. 1973 and Oct. 1982
August 9, 1976	983.46	Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing replaced Anaconda Copper
June 29, 1979	841.98	International Business Machines and Merck replaced Chrysler and Esmark
August 12, 1982	776.92	Beginning of the 1982-2000 bull
August 30, 1982	893.30	American Express Company replaced Manville Corporation (Johns-Manville)
November 3, 1982	1065.49	Dow hits highest close since 1/11/73
January 4, 1984	1269.05	‘New’ AT&T replaced ‘Old’ AT&T
July 2, 1984	1130.08	Standard Oil of California name changed to Chevron
September 19, 1985	1306.79	Allied Chemical (Allied Corp.) name changed to Allied-Signal
October 30, 1985	1375.57	Philip Morris Companies and McDonald’s Corporation replaced General Foods and American Brands Incorporated
February 20, 1986	1672.82	International Harvester name changed to Navistar International Corp.
July 8, 1986	1820.73	U.S. Steel name changed to USX Corporation
January 8, 1987	2002.25	Dow closes above 2000 for the first time
March 12, 1987	2267.34	Coca-Cola and Boeing Company replaced Owens-Illinois Glass and Inco
April 29, 1987	2254.26	American Can name changed to Primerica Corporation
August 25, 1987	2722.42	Pre-Black Monday crash peak
October 16, 1987	2246.74	Dow falls 108.35 points. First triple-digit loss in DJIA history.
October 19, 1987	1738.74	Black Monday: Dow plummets 508.00 points, or 23% in a single day! Largest percentage drop and eighth biggest points loss in DJIA history.
October 20, 1987	1841.01	Dow surges 102.27 points. First triple-digit gain in DJIA history.
October 21, 1987	2027.85	Dow rises 186.84, or 10.15%. Biggest post-1987 crash percentage gain; biggest points gain until 9/2/97
January 24, 1989	2256.43	Dow regains 10/16/87 level
August 24, 1989	2734.64	Dow closes at first new all-time high in almost exactly two years
October 13, 1989	2569.26	Friday the 13th Mini-Crash: Dow falls 190.58 points, or over 6%
December 29, 1989	2753.20	Japanese Nikkei Average hits all-time high of 38915.87
July 16 & 17, 1990	2999.75	Dow comes within ¼ of a point of 3000
October 11, 1990	2365.10	Lowest close between Jul. 1990 to Mar. 1991
April 17, 1991	3004.46	Dow closes above 3000 for the first time
May 6, 1991	2941.64	Caterpillar Incorporated, Walt Disney Company and J.P. Morgan & Company replaced Navistar International Corp., USX Corporation and Primerica Corporation
November 15, 1991	2943.20	Dow falls 120.31 points, 3.93%
April 26, 1993	3398.37	Allied-Signal Incorporated name changed to AlliedSignal Incorporated
January 31, 1994	3978.36	Dow hits Black Monday crash recovery peak. Dow also trades above 4000 for the first time (4002.84 is its theoretical Intraday high).
April 20, 1994	3598.71	American Telephone & Telegraph name changed to AT&T Corporation
February 23, 1995	4003.33	Dow closes above 4000 for the first time
November 21, 1995	5023.55	Dow closes above 5000 for the first time
October 14, 1996	6010.00	Dow closes above 6000 for the first time
February 13, 1997	7022.44	Dow closes above 7000 for the first time
March 17, 1997	6955.48	Travelers Group, Hewlett-Packard Company, Johnson & Johnson and Wal-Mart Stores Incorporated replaced Westinghouse Electric, Texaco Incorporated, Bethlehem Steel and Woolworth
July 16, 1997	8038.88	Dow closes above 8000 for the first time
October 27, 1997	7161.15	Dow falls 554.26 points, or 7.18%. Fifth biggest points loss in DJIA history. Trading of all securities is halted twice during the day. Dow has lost 1098 points since reaching its 8/6/97 high of 8259
October 28, 1997	7498.32	Dow regains 337 points. One billion shares are traded on the New York Stock Exchange for the first time ever
April 6, 1998	9033.23	Dow closes above 9000 for the first time
August 31, 1998	7539.07	Russian Debt Crisis/Long Term Capital Management debacle: Dow plunges 512.61, sixth biggest point loss in DJIA history. The Dow has lost 1798 points since reaching 7/17/98 high of 9338
September 8, 1998	8020.78	Dow rockets 380.53 points, or 4.98%. Tenth largest points gain in DJIA history
October 19, 1998	8466.45	Travelers Group name changed to Citigroup Incorporated
January 4, 1999	9184.27	Aluminum Company of America name changed to Alcoa Incorporated
March 16, 1999	9930.47	Dow briefly trades above 10000 for the first time (10001.78 is the Intraday high)
March 29, 1999	10006.78	Dow closes above 10000 for the first time
May 3, 1999	11014.70	Dow closes above 11000 for the first time
November 1, 1999	10648.51	The Home Depot, Intel, Microsoft, and SBC Communications replaced Chevron, Goodyear Tire & Rubber, Sears Roebuck, and Union Carbide
December 1, 1999	10998.39	Exxon name changed to Exxon Mobil Company
December 2, 1999	11039.06	AlliedSignal Incorporated name changed to Honeywell International after merging with Honeywell International
December 31, 1999	11497.12	Dow ends year up 25.2% in 1999, a record-setting fifth year in a row where Dow posts double-digit percentage gain for the year
January 14, 2000	11722.98	Dow hits all-time high; remains all-time high until 10/3/06
February 11, 2000	10425.21	Dow starts undergoing correction - 11% below 2000 high
February 18, 2000	10219.52	Dow continues correction - 11% below start of 2000
February 25, 2000	9862.12	Dow closes below 10000 for the first time since 4/1/99
March 7, 2000	9796.03	Lowest close of 2000
March 10, 2000	9928.82	The NASDAQ Composite hits all-time high of 5048.62
March 16, 2000	10630.60	Dow soars 499.19 points. Largest points gain in DJIA history.
April 4, 2000	11164.84	After being down more than 504 points just before 1:00 P.M., the Dow closes down 57.09. NASDAQ recovers from 574-point drop (13%) to close down 74!
April 14, 2000	10305.77	Closes down 616.78, fourth biggest points loss in DJIA history
October 12, 2000	10034.58	Dow falls 390.23. USS Cole is bombed in Yemen.
December 29, 2000	10787.99	Dow loses 6% of its value in 2000; first losing year since 1990
January 2, 2001	10646.15	J.P. Morgan name changed to J.P. Morgan Chase after merging with Chase
January 5, 2001	10662.01	Dow ends week down despite two rate cuts by FOMC (Federal Open Market Committee)
March 20, 2001	9720.76	Dow closes at lower level than where it was on this day last year. First occurrence since 1982
April 5, 2001	9918.05	Dow soars 402.63, eighth biggest points gain in DJIA history
April 18, 2001	10615.83	Dow rises 399.10, ninth biggest points gain in DJIA history
June 7, 2001	11090.74	Last close above 11000 until 1/9/06
September 10, 2001	9605.51	Closing level prior to 9/11 terrorist attacks
September 11-14, 2001	9605.51	New York Stock Exchange closed
September 17, 2001	8920.70	Dow plunges 684.81 points. Second biggest points loss in DJIA history. First-ever two-billion share day
September 21, 2001	8235.81	Dow loses 1369.70 points, or 14% of its value in one week! Biggest one-week percentage loss since May 1940.
September 24, 2001	8603.86	Dow recovers, rising 368.05
September 28, 2001	8847.56	Dow ends week up 7.4%; biggest one-week percentage gain since the week of 8/3/84 (7.8%). Dow down 16% for the quarter.
October 26, 2001	9545.17	Dow regains all but 60 of the points lost between Sept. 17-21
November 9, 2001	9608.00	Regains all of Sept. 17-21 losses
December 5, 2001	10114.29	Closes back above 10000 for the first time since Sept. 5, highest close since Aug. 28
December 31, 2001	10021.57	Dow down 7% in 2001, second losing year in a row. First time Dow has had two losing years in a row since 1973-74.
February 1, 2002	9907.26	Japanese Nikkei closes below Dow. Nikkei closes at 9791
April 8, 2002	10249.08	Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing name changed to 3M Company
March 19, 2002	10635.25	Post-9/11 peak
May 24, 2002	10104.26	Dow’s last close above 10000 until 12/11/03
July 5, 2002	9379.50	Dow surges 324 points in half-day of trading
July 15, 2002	8639.19	Dow is down 439 points at around 1:00 P.M. Closes down 45.34.
July 19, 2002	8019.26	Dow falls 390.23. Dow closes below 9/21/01 low
July 23, 2002	7702.34	Closes at lowest level since 10/4/98!
July 24, 2002	8191.29	Dow rises 488.95, second largest points gain in DJIA history. 6.3% rise biggest since 10/21/87.
July 29, 2002	8711.88	Dow rises 447.49, fourth largest points gain in DJIA history.
August 22, 2002	9053.64	Dow closes above 9000 for the first time since July 9.
September 11, 2002	8581.17	New York Stock Exchange opens 2½ hours late, at 12:00 P.M. for first anniversary of 9/11 terrorist attacks
September 24, 2002	7683.13	New 2002 low
October 9, 2002	7286.27	21st century low (so far). Dow’s lowest close since 10/27/97!
October 21, 2002	8538.24	Closes back above 8500
December 31, 2002	8341.63	Dow is down 16% in 2002, THIRD losing year in a row! First string of three straight losing years since 1939-41. 16% loss is biggest since 1977.
January 24, 2003	8131.01	Dow in negative territory for the year
January 27, 2003	7989.56	Philip Morris Companies name changed to Altria Group, Incorporated
January 27, 2003	7989.56	Dow closes back below 8000
March 11, 2003	7524.06	Lowest close of 2003
April 28, 2003	8471.61	Japanese Nikkei reaches bear market bottom; closes at 20-year low (7607)
June 4, 2003	9038.98	First close above 9000 since 8/22/02
September 2, 2003	9523.27	First close above 9500 since 6/19/02
December 11, 2003	10008.16	First close above 10000 since 5/24/02
December 31, 2003	10453.92	Dow rises 23% in 2003; first WINNING year since 1999!
February 11, 2004	10737.70	War rally peak; 2004 peak closing level until 12/20/04
April 8, 2004	10442.03	American International Group Incorporated, Pfizer Incorporated and Verizon Communications Incorporated replaced AT&T Corporation, Eastman Kodak Company and International Paper Company
May 10, 2004	9990.02	First close below 10000 of the year
October 25, 2004	9749.99	2004 low
October 29, 2004	10027.47	Dow down 0.52% in October. First losing October since 1997. Dow is up 270 points for the week!
November 11, 2004	10469.84	Dow closes back in positive territory on the year for the first time since June 23
November 19, 2004	10456.91	Dow falls 115 points because US dollar is weak against major currencies around the world
November 30, 2004	10428.02	Dow rises 3.99% in November, best month of the year! But falls back into negative territory Year-to-Date
December 16, 2004	10705.64	Only fourth close above 10700 in 2004
December 28, 2004	10854.54	Dow hits 2004 high
December 31, 2004	10783.01	2004 becomes second winning year in a row. Dow rises 3.15%.
January 7, 2005	10603.96	Dow begins 2005 down 1.62%. Worst start to the year since 1991.
January 21, 2005	10392.99	Dow is handed third straight losing week. First time Dow has started year with three straight losing weeks since 1982.
January 31, 2005	10489.94	Dow ends January down 2.5%. First “down” January since 2003; first post-election year “down” January since 1981.
March 4, 2005	10940.55	Dow ends with 2005 high and highest close since June 2001.
April 20, 2005	10012.36	Dow hits brand new 2005 low
April 21, 2005	10218.60	Dow stages a stunning comeback. Gains 206.24 points, biggest gain since April 2, 2003.
June 27, 2005	10290.78	Crude oil closes above $60/barrel for the first time.
July 7, 2005	10302.29	Crude oil trades above $62/barrel in London before suicide bombers set off four bombs in London; crude plummets $5 immediately afterwards
July 14, 2005	10628.88	Dow stages massive recovery after terrorist attacks in London.
July 28, 2005	10705.55	Dow closes at a 4-month high
August 2, 2005	10683.74	NASDAQ closes at 2218.15; a new 4-year high; S&P 500 finishes at 1245.04 the next day
August 12, 2005	10600.30	Crude oil trades above $67/barrel; closes at $66.80, a new all-time high
August 29, 2005	10463.05	Hurricane Katrina slams into New Orleans devastating the city
August 30, 2005	10481.60	Dow gains despite crude surging past $70/barrel. Crude reaches then-historic Intraday high of $70.85
September 30, 2005	10568.70	Dow logs first “up” September since 1998
November 21, 2005	10820.28	Following the completion of its merger with AT&T, SBC Communications Inc. changed its name to AT&T Incorporated
December 30, 2005	10717.50	Dow logs first losing year ending in “5” since 1895; first losing year since 2002
January 3, 2006	10847.41	Dow gains 130 points; first triple-digit gain on first trading session of the year since 2003
January 6, 2006	10959.31	Dow gains 2.24% in first week; best start to the year since 1999
January 9, 2006	11011.90	Dow closes above 11000 for the first time since 6/7/01; NASDAQ and S&P 500 hits near 5-year high
January 20, 2006	10667.39	Dow hits 2006 low
March 10, 2006	11076.02	Dow begins four-month streak over 11000; the longest such streak
April 17, 2006	11073.78	Crude oil closes above $70/barrel for the first time
June 7, 2006	10930.90	Dow closes below 11000 for the first time since 3/9/06
June 13, 2006	10706.14	Dow down for the year for the first time since Jan. 25.
July 14, 2006	10739.35	Crude oil reaches all-time Intraday high of $78.40/barrel; closes at all-time high of $77.03
October 3, 2006	11727.34	Dow sets first all-time high since 1/14/00
October 19, 2006	12011.73	Dow closes above 12000 for the first time
December 31, 2006	12463.15	Dow rises 16% for the year; strongest year since 2003
February 27, 2007	12216.24	Dow sags 416.02. Biggest point loss in 5 years.
April 25, 2007	13089.89	Dow closes above 13000 for the first time
July 19, 2007	14000.41	Dow closes above 14000 for the first time
July 24, 2007	13716.95	Housing market bubble bust worries start
August 16, 2007	12845.78	Subprime loan worries hit a peak in most volatile day for market since 7/15/02. Volume surges to record.
August 17, 2007	13079.08	Federal Reserve cuts discount rate by 50 basis points to quell housing market bust worries
September 7, 2007	13113.38	Economy posts a 4,000 job loss; later revised higher. US Dollar Index falls below 80.
September 13, 2007	13424.88	Crude oil closes above $80/barrel for the first time.
September 18, 2007	13739.39	Dow surges 335.97 points after Fed cuts Fed Funds rate by 50 basis points; first rate cut since June 2003. First 300+- point gain since 10/15/02.
October 9, 2007	14164.53	Dow hits all-time high
October 19, 2007	13522.02	Dow drops 366.94 on 20th anniversary of Black Monday.
October 29, 2007	13870.26	Crude oil closes above $90/barrel for the first time.
December 31, 2007	13264.82	Dow gains second straight year, up 6.4% for 2007
February 19, 2008	12337.22	Bank of America Incorporated and Chevron replaces Altria Group and Honeywell International
March 10, 2008	11740.15	Dow closes at lowest level since October 3, 2006
March 11, 2008	12156.81	Dow rallies 416.66, sixth largest points gain in DJIA history
March 18, 2008	12392.66	Dow vaults 420.41, fifth biggest points gain in DJIA history
April 1, 2008	12654.36	Dow surges 391.47, tenth biggest points gain in DJIA history
July 11, 2008	11100.54	Crude oil reaches all-time high of $147.50/barrel.
September 15, 2008	10917.51	Dow falls 504.48, ninth biggest points loss in DJIA history after Lehman Bros. Files bankruptcy
September 17, 2008	10609.66	Dow slides 449.36, tenth biggest points loss in DJIA history
September 18, 2008	11019.69	Dow adds 410.03, seventh biggest points gain in DJIA history; 10 billion shares are traded at the NYSE for the first time
September 22, 2008	11015.69	Kraft Foods replaces American International Group Incorporated
September 29, 2008	10365.45	Dow plummets 777.68, biggest points loss in DJIA history
September 30, 2008	10850.66	Dow climbs 485.21, third biggest points gain in DJIA history
October 6, 2008	9955.50	Dow falls below 10000 for the first time since 10/26/04
October 7, 2008	9447.11	Dow slides 508.39, seventh biggest points loss in DJIA history
October 9, 2008	8579.19	Dow plunges 678.91, third biggest points loss in DJIA history; Dow falls below 9000 for the first time since 6/30/03
October 10, 2008	8451.19	Dow falls 1874.19 points, or 18.15%, this week. The biggest single-week points and percentage drop ever. The Dow trades in a 1,000 point range in a single day for the first time.

Component changes: http://djindexes.com/mdsidx/downloads/DJIA_Hist_Comp.pdf

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Last Updated: October 13, 2008 at 2:04 P.M. ET

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