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Mar.17
9:39 AM ET
Monday, 17 Mar 2008
Biggest One Day Drops of S&P 500 Members
Posted By:Ariel Nelson
Topics:Stock Market
JP Morgan's [JPM
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] is a 93% discount from Bear's closing price of $30 on Friday and 99% of its 52 week high. On the open, Bear is down 87%. Prior to today, the biggest one day loss of current S&P members was 75% for Sealed Air Corp [SEE
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Here are the biggest 1 day percentage drops of the S&P 500 constituents.
Biggest 1 Day Drops of S&P 500 Constituents |
| Company | Symbol | Close on 3/14 | Date of Biggest Drop | Percent | Points |
| Sealed Air | SEE | 24.66 | 5/12/1989 | -75.4 | -4.8 |
| Kroger | KR | 24.29 | 10/31/1988 | -68.5 | -5.2 |
| Dynegy | DYN | 8.11 | 7/23/2002 | -63.6 | -2.2 |
| Williams Cos | WMB | 33.7 | 7/22/2002 | -61.0 | -3.2 |
| Citrix Systems | CTXS | 30.8 | 2/27/1997 | -59.5 | -2.6 |
| ETrade | ETFC | 3.63 | 11/12/2007 | -58.7 | -5.0 |
| Qwest | Q | 4.62 | 6/26/2002 | -57.3 | -2.4 |
| MEMC Electronic Mats | WFR | 81.05 | 8/10/2001 | -53.8 | -2.1 |
| EDS | EDS | 16.17 | 9/19/2002 | -52.8 | -19.3 |
| Ambac Fin | ABK | 6.22 | 1/17/2008 | -51.9 | -6.7 |
| Apple | AAPL | 126.61 | 9/29/2000 | -51.9 | -13.9 |
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