List of Largest Daily Changes in The Dow Jones Industrial Average - Largest Point Changes

Largest Point Changes

The first four tables show only the largest one-day changes between a given day's close and the close of the previous trading day, not the largest changes during the trading day (i.e. intraday changes).

Largest daily point gains
Rank Date Close Net Change % Change
1 &2008-10-13 9,387.61 +936.42 +11.08
2 &2008-10-28 9,065.12 +889.35 +10.88
3 &2008-11-13 8,835.25 +552.59 +6.67
4 &2000-03-16 10,630.60 +499.19 +4.93
5 &2009-03-23 7,775.86 +497.48 +6.84
6 &2008-11-21 8,046.42 +494.13 +6.54
7 &2011-11-30 12,045.68 +490.05 +4.24
8 &2002-07-24 8,191.29 +488.95 +6.35
9 &2008-09-30 10,850.66 +485.21 +4.68
10 &2002-07-29 8,711.88 +447.49 +5.41
11 &2011-08-09 11,239.77 +429.92 +3.98
12 &2011-08-11 11,143.31 +423.37 +3.95
13 &2008-03-18 12,392.66 +420.41 +3.51
14 &2008-03-11 12,156.81 +416.66 +3.55
15 &2008-10-20 9,265.43 +413.21 +4.67
16 &2008-09-18 11,019.69 +410.03 +3.86
17 &2010-05-10 10,785.14 +404.71 +3.90
18 &2001-04-05 9,918.05 +402.63 +4.23
19 &2008-10-16 8,979.26 +401.35 +4.68
20 &2001-04-18 10,615.83 +399.10 +3.91
Largest daily point losses
Rank Date Close Net Change % Change
1 &2008-09-29 10,365.45 −777.68 −6.98
2 &2008-10-15 8,577.91 −733.08 −7.87
3 &2001-09-17 8,920.70 −684.81 −7.13
4 &2008-12-01 8,149.09 −679.95 −7.70
5 &2008-10-09 8,579.19 −678.91 −7.33
6 &2011-08-08 10,809.85 −634.76 −5.55
7 &2000-04-14 10,305.78 −617.77 −5.66
8 &1997-10-27 7,161.14 −554.26 −7.18
9 &2011-08-10 10,719.94 −519.83 −4.62
10 &2008-10-22 8,519.21 −514.45 −5.69
11 &2011-08-04 11,383.68 −512.76 −4.31
12 &1998-08-31 7,539.06 −512.62 −6.37
13 &2008-10-07 9,447.11 −508.39 −5.11
14 &1987-10-19 1,738.74 −508.00 −22.61
15 &2008-09-15 10,917.51 −504.48 −4.42
16 &2008-11-05 9,139.27 −486.01 −5.05
17 &2008-09-17 10,609.66 −449.36 −4.06
18 &2008-11-20 7,552.29 −444.99 −5.56
19 &2008-11-06 8,695.79 −443.48 −4.85
20 &2001-03-12 10,208.25 −436.37 −4.10

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