RSS Feed by Calculated Risk on 8/09/2011 04:36:00 PM
Tuesday, August 09, 2011
Dow up 420+, S&P up 4.7%
Yesterday I posted a table of the largest one day declines since 1950 in percentage terms. Below is a table of the largest one day increases. Note that the largest increases happened in 2008 during the bear market.
From MarketWatch: U.S. stocks stage rapid recovery to close up 4%
U.S. stocks rocketed to their best one-day gain since March 2009 ... The Dow Jones Industrial ended up 429.92 points ... The S&P 500 added 53.07 points, or 4.7% ... The Nasdaq added 124.83 points, or 5.3%.Here is a table of the largest one day increases (in percentage terms) for the S&P 500 since January 1950. There were quite a few large up and down days in 2008 ... today is highlighted in red.
| Largest S&P 500 One Day Percentage Increases since 1950 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Percent Increase | Close | Previous Close | Six Months Later | ||
| 1 | 10/13/08 | 11.6% | 1003.35 | 899.22 | -16.1% | |
| 2 | 10/28/08 | 10.8% | 940.51 | 848.92 | -7.1% | |
| 3 | 10/21/87 | 9.1% | 258.38 | 236.83 | -0.9% | |
| 4 | 3/23/09 | 7.1% | 822.92 | 768.54 | 29.8% | |
| 5 | 11/13/08 | 6.9% | 911.29 | 852.3 | -3.1% | |
| 6 | 11/24/08 | 6.5% | 851.81 | 800.03 | 4.8% | |
| 7 | 3/10/09 | 6.4% | 719.6 | 676.53 | 41.2% | |
| 8 | 11/21/08 | 6.3% | 800.03 | 752.44 | 13.8% | |
| 9 | 7/24/02 | 5.7% | 843.43 | 797.7 | 4.1% | |
| 10 | 9/30/08 | 5.4% | 1166.36 | 1106.42 | -31.6% | |
| 11 | 7/29/02 | 5.4% | 898.96 | 852.84 | -5.7% | |
| 12 | 10/20/87 | 5.3% | 236.83 | 224.84 | 8.9% | |
| 13 | 12/16/08 | 5.1% | 913.18 | 868.57 | -0.3% | |
| 14 | 10/28/97 | 5.1% | 921.85 | 876.99 | 18.7% | |
| 15 | 9/8/98 | 5.1% | 1023.46 | 973.89 | 25.1% | |
| 16 | 5/27/70 | 5.0% | 72.77 | 69.29 | 15.0% | |
| 17 | 1/3/01 | 5.0% | 1347.56 | 1283.27 | -8.4% | |
| 18 | 10/29/87 | 4.9% | 244.77 | 233.28 | 7.3% | |
| 19 | 10/20/08 | 4.8% | 985.4 | 940.55 | -13.7% | |
| 20 | 3/16/00 | 4.8% | 1458.47 | 1392.14 | 1.8% | |
| 21 | 8/17/82 | 4.8% | 109.04 | 104.09 | 35.4% | |
| 22 | 8/9/11 | 4.7% | 1172.53 | 1119.46 | --- | |
| 23 | 10/15/02 | 4.7% | 881.27 | 841.44 | 1.1% | |
| 24 | 5/29/62 | 4.6% | 58.08 | 55.5 | 6.3% | |
| 25 | 10/9/74 | 4.6% | 67.82 | 64.84 | 22.1% | |
| 26 | 10/23/57 | 4.5% | 40.73 | 38.98 | 5.1% | |
| 27 | 5/10/10 | 4.4% | 1159.73 | 1110.88 | 5.3% | |
| 28 | 4/5/01 | 4.4% | 1151.44 | 1103.25 | -8.2% | |
| 29 | 1/21/09 | 4.3% | 840.24 | 805.22 | 13.6% | |
| 30 | 9/18/08 | 4.3% | 1206.51 | 1156.39 | -35.0% | |
| 31 | 10/16/08 | 4.3% | 946.43 | 907.84 | -8.1% | |
| 32 | 3/18/08 | 4.2% | 1330.74 | 1276.6 | -10.4% | |
| 33 | 10/7/74 | 4.2% | 64.95 | 62.34 | 23.7% | |
| 34 | 10/15/98 | 4.2% | 1047.49 | 1005.53 | 25.9% | |
| 35 | 11/4/08 | 4.1% | 1005.75 | 966.3 | -8.6% | |
| 36 | 7/12/74 | 4.1% | 83.15 | 79.89 | -14.4% | |
| 37 | 3/12/09 | 4.1% | 750.74 | 721.36 | 37.6% | |
| 38 | 9/19/08 | 4.0% | 1255.08 | 1206.51 | -38.8% | |
| 39 | 2/24/09 | 4.0% | 773.14 | 743.33 | 32.7% | |
| 40 | 8/14/02 | 4.0% | 919.62 | 884.21 | -11.0% | |
| 41 | 10/1/02 | 4.0% | 847.91 | 815.28 | 1.2% | |
