October is a nerve-wracking month for stocks, and Wednesday did not help matters any.
Stocks had their worst start to the fourth quarter since 2011, and made their sixth first-day-of-October decline in the last 10 years.
| Click to edit | S&P 500 | Dow | NASDAQ |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | -0.89 | -1.12 | -1.21 |
| 2013 | 0.8 | 0.41 | 1.23 |
| 2012 | 0.27 | 0.58 | -0.09 |
| 2011 | -2.85 | -2.36 | -3.29 |
| 2010 | 0.44 | 0.39 | 0.09 |
| 2009 | -2.58 | -2.09 | -3.06 |
| 2008 | -0.45 | -0.18 | -1.07 |
| 2007 | 1.33 | 1.38 | 1.46 |
| 2006 | -0.34 | -0.07 | -0.92 |
| 2005 | -0.17 | -0.31 | 0.17 |
—Data by CNBC's Giovanny Moreano