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July 8th in Market History
Published:
Tuesday, 7 Jul 2009 | 4:16 PM ET
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], S&P [.SPX
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] and Nasdaq [COMP
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] have faired over certain periods of time.Today we are launching a daily update to help you plan your day ahead with a look at "This Day in Market History." Whether you use this data as an additional input into your daily trading prep or simply just love market stats and factoids to share at dinner parties, let us know what you think.
July 8th in Market History:
Dow (Since 1900):
- Avg Gain/Loss: +0.05%
- Up 57.5% of the time with an average gain of 0.62% when up
- Down 42.5% of the time with an average loss of 0.72% when down
- Standard Deviation: .92
- Biggest Gain: +2.1% in 1942
- Biggest Loss: -3.3% in 1901
S&P 500 (Since 1928):
- Avg Gain/Loss: +0.12%
- Up 57.9% of the time with an average gain of 0.69% when up
- Down 38.6% of the time with an average loss of 0.71% when down
- Standard Deviation: .97
- Biggest Gain: +2.7% in 1941
- Biggest Loss: -3.1% in 1974
Nasdaq Composite (Since 1971):
- Avg Gain/Loss: -0.03%
- Up 57.7% of the time with an average gain of 0.82% when up
- Down 42.3% of the time with an average loss of 1.20% when down
- Standard Deviation: 1.40
- Biggest Gain: +2.3% in 2008
- Biggest Loss: -3.5% in 1974
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