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May 16, 2024
- The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) hit its record high on May 16, 2024, reaching 40,051.05 points during intraday trading. The Dow's all-time high at market close stands at 39,908.00, reached on May 15, 2024.
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May 17, 2024 · Jim Sergent. USA TODAY. The Dow Jones industrial average finished above 40,000 for the first time on Friday afternoon, doubling where the index hit shortly after Donald Trump became the 45th...
May 17, 2024 · The Dow rose 134 points, or 0.3%, to close at a record high of 40,003.59. This is the Dow’s fifth consecutive winning week. The S&P 500 gained 0.1% and the Nasdaq Composite closed 0.1%...
From its first close of 62.76 on February 16, 1885, the Dow rises steadily for five years, until reaching a peak of 78.38 on June 4, 1890. This record would stand for nearly 15 years, until the Dow closed at 79.27 on March 24, 1905.
Feb 22, 2024 · The Dow rose 1.2% to 39069, a record high. If it seems like it just finished at 38000, that's right—it happened on Jan. 22 . That marks 22 trading days between 1,000-point milestones.
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- Dow Jones Activity from 1929 to 2009
The Dow started 2022 with a flourish, breaking closing records in the first two trading days of the year. The most recent record closing occurred on Jan. 4, when the index closed at 36,799.65, blowing past the all-time high closing of 36,585.06 it had just a day before. But this robust start was not indicative of extreme volatility the index would ...
The Dow in rise in early 2022 was a continuation of a record finish to 2021. The index closed on a high on Dec. 29, 2021 when it ended the last trading day of the year at 36,488.63. Its previous close record had occurred a little over a month prior on Nov. 8, 2021, when the Dow closed at 36,432.22. The Dow smashed its record of closing highs severa...
The Dow ended the year at a record high of 30,606.48. On Nov. 24, 2020, it broke 30,000 and closed at 30,046.24. Its record before that was achieved on Nov. 16, 2020, when it finished the day at 29,950.44. It also started 2020 on a high note. The Dow set a record high of 28,868.80 on Jan. 2, 2020. It set another record a week later. It then set a m...
Record Highs Set in 2019
In 2019, the Dow hit two milestones and set 22 record closes. On July 3, the Dow hit a new high when the Trump administration announced it would resume trade negotiations with China, averting additional tariffs(taxes on imports). The Dow responded with new highs throughout the latter part of 2019, even though trade negotiations had broken down until November. It hit a milestone on July 11, closing above 27,000, and then another on Nov. 15, closing above 28,000 (in the chart below, milestones...
Record Highs Set in 2018
The Dow hit two 1,000-point milestones in 2018. It hit two of them in the first few weeks in January, closing above 25,000 on Jan. 4. The index breached 26,000 on Jan. 17, then continued on to set 15 closing records in the rest of 2018. The records set in the fall were the first ones since the Dow reached 26,616.71 on Jan. 26, 2018. After hitting the Jan. 26 peak, the Dow went into free fall, dropping 4% the next week. On Feb. 8, it entered a market correctionwhen it fell 1,032.89 points to 2...
Record Highs Set in 2017
The index set 70 closing records in 2017. For the first time, the Dow reached five 1,000-point milestones in one year. On Jan. 25, 2017, the index closed at 20,068.51. This high occurred only 42 trading sessions after closing above 19,000. That is the second-fastest rise in U.S. history (currently, the record is 24 sessions to go from 10,000 to 21,000 in 1999). On March 1, 2017, it closed above 21,000 which followed a 12-day run. This was the longest such streak since the record 13-day stretc...
The Dow's activity broke new records in terms of downward movement in 2009. While it wasn't as dramatic as the Great Depression, the drop happened much more quickly. After recovering from its Great Depression level, the Dow continued to be affected by several recessionary periods and crises leading up to the 2009 downturn.
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May 16, 2024 · Dow Jones hit record high 40,000 amid promising inflation report before retreating slightly. Markets. Dow Jones Industrial Average briefly hit 40,000 amid renewed hopes for U.S....
May 17, 2024 · The Dow crossed its latest 10,000 point threshold briefly on Thursday and closed above 40,000 Friday — at 40,003.59 to be exact. It took about three and a half years to make the leap from 30,000 points, which it first crossed in November 2020.
