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Biggest Market Drops in History
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Wednesday, 10 Aug 2011 | 6:31 PM ET
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By: Giovanny Moreano
Quantitative Analyst
Quantitative Analyst
This story was first published on Monday, August 8, 2011. All values have been updated to reflect the close on August 10.
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On Wednesday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average [.DJI
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] posted its ninth-largest point drop in history, only two days after falling 634.76 points.
The S&P 500 [.SPX
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] had its twenty-first worst point drop, while the NASDAQ's 101.47-point decline did not rank within the top 30.
Here is a look at the biggest point losses ever. Keep in mind that the largest one-day percent drop in the Dow's history was 22.6 percent in October 1987.
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