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Table 6.3 Top 10 List of Largest Daily Percentage Changes to the Downside in the
Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA)

Rank Date Close Net % Change
Change Downward
in Points
1 10-19-1987/Mon. 1,738.74 –508.00 –22.61%
2 10-28-1929/Mon. 260.64 –38.33 –12.82%
3 10-29-1929/Tues. 230.07 –30.57 –11.73%
4 11-06-1929/Wed. 232.13 –25.55 –9.92%
5 12-18-1899/Mon. 58.27 –5.57 –8.72%
6 08-12-1932/Fri. 63.11 –5.79 –8.40%

7 03-14-1907/Thurs. 76.23 –6.89 –8.29%
8 10-26-1987/Mon. 1,793.93 –156.83 –8.04%
9 10-15-2008/Wed. 8,577.91 –733.08 –7.87%
10 07-21-1933/Fri. 88.71 –7.55 –7.84%
Information on this table is excerpted from the following link:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_largest_daily_changes_in_the_Dow_Jones_Industrial_Average.

Table 6.4 Top 10 List of Largest Daily Percentage Changes to the Upside in the
Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA)
Rank Date Close Net % Change
Change Upward
in Points
1 03-15-1933/Wed. 62.10 +8.26 +15.34%
2 10-06-1931/Tues. 99.34 +12.86 +14.87%
3 10-30-1929/Wed. 258.47 +28.40 +12.34%
4 09-21-1932/Wed. 75.16 +7.67 +11.36%
5 10-13-2008/Mon. 9,387.61 +936.42 +11.08%
6 10-28-2008/Tues. 9,065.12 +889.35 +10.88%
7 10-21-1987/Wed. 2,027.85 +186.84 +10.15%
8 08-03-1932/Wed. 58.22 +5.06 +9.52%
9 02-11-1932/Thurs. 78.60 +6.80 +9.47%
10 11-14-1929/Thurs. 217.28 +18.59 +9.36%
Information on this table is excerpted from the following link:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_largest_daily_changes_in_the_Dow_Jones_Industrial_Average.

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