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Stocks rallied fiercely Monday afternoon, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average closing 936 points higher. CNN reports that the 936 point gain was the largest ever during a session on a point basis, and the day’s 11.1% increase in the DJIA was the fourth-best day ever on a percentage basis. The Standard & Poor’s 500 […]
Huge losses in the final 30 minutes of trading pushed the Dow Jones Industrial Average down 678 points today to 8,579, under the 9,000 level for the first time since August 2003. MarketWatch reports that today was the third-biggest single-session point decline ever, leaving the DJIA 40% below its peak a year ago. Read the […]
The Dow Jones Industrial Average finished at 10,365, down 777 points, or 7%. The 777 point decline is the worst one-day point loss in its history, topping Sept. 17, 2001, when it plunged 684 points. Reuters has this video summarizing the day on Wall Street: