For the third-quarter mark (year-to-date), the Dow Jones Industrial Average is now down 5.74%. In its 113-year history, excluding the current year and 1914 due to a change in the number of components that year, the DJIA has fallen 44 times at the third-quarter mark. Of those 44 years, it ended the full year at a loss 35 times, or 80% of the time, and only improved from the third-quarter mark in 16 of the 35 instances, or 46% of the time. Overall, the full year’s performance has mirrored the direction of the third-quarter mark 100 times, or roughly 88% of the time.
- DJIA, 10913.38
- Down 1500.96 points, or 12.09%, in third quarter.
- First down quarter since the second quarter 2010.
- Largest quarterly points drop since the fourth quarter of 2008.
- Largest quarterly percent drop since the first quarter 2009.
- Worst third quarter since 2002 (points and percent).
- Down 700.15 points, or 6.03% in September
- Down five consecutive months.
- Longest monthly losing streak since the six-month period ended on February 27, 2009.
- Biggest monthly points and percent drop since May 2010.
- This week: DJIA, up 141.90 points, or 1.32%.
- Up two of the last three weeks.
- Today: DJIA, down 240.60 points, or 2.16%.
- Down in two of the last three sessions.
- An intraday high of 11152.39 occurred at the open today.
- An intraday low of 10909.52 occurred at 15:59:58 today, representing a decrease of 244.46 points, or 2.19%.
- One of the 30 component stocks rose, 29 fell.
- Today's best performing stocks in the index: MRK (0.38), WMT (-0.23), JNJ (-1.44), BAC (-1.74), PFE (-2.27).
- Today's worst performing stocks in the index: IBM (-31.33), MMM (-20.74), UTX (-15.59), CVX (-14.15), BA (-14.08).
- Down 3251.15 points, or 22.95% from its record close of 14164.53 on October 9, 2007.
- Up 0.77% from 52 weeks ago.
- Down 14.81% from its 2011 closing high of 12810.54 on April 29.
- Up 1.80% from its 2011 closing low of 10719.94 on August 10.
- Year-to-date: down 5.74%.
Twenty-seven of the 30 companies in the DJIA fell this quarter and there were only three gainers.
- Dow Jones U.S. Total Stock Market Index, 11676.50 (prelim)*
- Down 2166.95 points, or 15.65%, in third quarter.
- Down two consecutive quarters.
- Worst quarter performance (points and percent) since the fourth quarter 2008.
- Largest third quarter points drop in its history.
- Largest third quarter percentage drop since 2002.
- Down 1001.77 points, or 7.90%, in September
- Down five consecutive months.
- Longest monthly losing streak since the five month period ended on March 2008.
- This week: Dow Jones U.S. Total Stock Market Index, down 82.54 points, or 0.70%.
- Down two consecutive weeks and eight of the last 10.
- Today: Dow Jones U.S. Total Stock Market Index, down 304.43 points, or 2.54%, or approximately $357 billion in market capitalization.
- Up two consecutive trading days.
- Down 4068.89 points, or 25.84% (approximately $5.5 trillion in market cap), from its record close of 15745.39 on October 9, 2007.
- Up 71.71% (approximately $5.7 trillion in market cap), from the 12-½ year closing low of 6800.08 hit on March 9, 2009.
- Down 1.59% over the past 52 weeks.
- Down 18.39% from its 2011 closing high of 14308.37 on April 29.
- Up 0.83% from its 2011 closing low of 11580.34 on August 8.
- Year-to-date: down 11.08%, or approximately $1.8 trillion 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 Indexes
