T12.11 Five Largest One-Day Percentage Declines in the Dow-Jones Industrial Average

The Five Worst Days

Date Point Loss % Loss

October 19, 1987 508.00 22.6%

October 28, 1929 38.88 12.8

October 29, 1929 30.57 11.7

November 6, 1929 25.55 9.9

December 18, 1899 5.57 8.7

Source: The Wall Street Journal, Dow-Jones, Inc. All rights reserved.

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