Dow Jones Industrial Average Drops 297.05 Points

November 01, 2011, 5:23 p.m. EDT 2 Min Read

Blue chips fell 297.05 points to 11657.96, the second day of losses as investors reacted negatively to economic news out of Greece. All but one of the component stocks ended down.

Dow Jones Industrial Average

Down 297.05 points, or 2.48%, to 11657.96
Biggest one-day (points and percentage) drop since September 22, 2011.
Down two consecutive trading days.
Down 573.15 points, or 4.69%, over the two-day period.
Biggest two-day points and percentage drop in a month, since the two-day period ended September 22, 2011.
Lowest close since October 20, 2011.
An intraday high of 11951.76 occurred at the open today.
An intraday low of 11630.03 occurred at 15:54:20 today, representing a decrease of 324.98 points, or 2.72%.
One of the 30 component stocks rose, 29 fell.
Today's best five performing stocks in the index: PFE (0.53), HD (-1.97), AA (-2.72), MRK (-3.25), BAC (-3.25).
Today's worst five performing stocks in the index: IBM (-24.82), CVX (-22.48), CAT (-21.42), UTX (-21.12), BA (-19.83).
Down 2506.57 points, or 17.70% from its record close of 14164.53 on October 9, 2007.
Up 4.19% from 52 weeks ago.
Up 78.06% from its 12-year closing low of 6547.05 on March 9, 2009.
Down 9.00% from its 2011 closing high of 12810.54 on April 29.
Up 9.41% from its 2011 closing low of 10655.30 on October 3.
Year-to-date: up 0.69%.

Dow Jones U.S. Total Stock Market Index (FORMERLY KNOWN AS DOW JONES WILSHIRE 5000)

Dow Jones U.S. Total Stock Market Index, 12631.26 (prelim)*, down 374.37 points, or 2.88%, or approximately $441 billion in market capitalization.
Biggest one-day drop (points and percentage) since October 3, 2011.
Down three consecutive trading days.
Down 704.74 points, or 5.28%, over the three-day period.
Lowest close since October 20, 2011.
Down 3114.13 points, or 19.78% (approximately $4.4 trillion in market cap), from its record close of 15745.39 on October 9, 2007.
Up 85.75% (approximately $6.8 trillion in market cap), from the 12-½ year closing low of 6800.08 on March 9, 2009.
Up 2.04% over the past 52 weeks.
Down 11.72% from its 2011 closing high of 14308.37 on April 29.
Up 11.79% from its 2011 closing low of 11299.07 on October 3.
Year-to-date: down 3.81%, or approximately $662 billion in market cap.

*The index values for the Dow Jones U.S. Total Stock Market Index are in price return and float-adjusted. Full market capitalization will continue to be used in this factoid.

Data courtesy of Dow Jones