Historically, there has not been too much love on average from Wall Street on Valentine's Day. On average the major indices have been flat on Feb 14.
- Avg Dow percent move of +.05%
- Avg S&P percent move of -.08%
- Avg Nasdaq percent move of +.07%
The Best Valentine's Days:
- Dow:
- Best point gain of 158.9 in 2003
- Best % gain of 2.2% in 1920
- S&P:
- Best point gain of 17.5 in 2003
- Best % gain of 2.1% also in 2003
- NASDAQ:
- Best point gain of 63.7 in 2001
- Best % gain of 2.6% also in 2001
Worst Valentine's Days:
- Dow:
- Worst point loss of 107.9 in 2001 (when the NASDAQ had its best day)
- Worst % loss of 4.3% in 1933
- S&P:
- Worst point loss of 23.9 in 1999
- Worst % loss of 5.1% in 1933
- NASDAQ:
- Worst point loss of 83.7 in 1999
- Worst % loss of 3.5% also in 1999
Last year's biggest Valentine's day gainers in the S&P were:
- Deere & Co (DE) up 9.0%
- CSX Corp. (CSX) up 6.9%
- Affiliated Computer Svcs (ACS) up 5.9%
- Newell Rubbermaid (NWL) up 5.1%
- Ciena Corp (CIEN) up 4.8%
