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Stock Market Free Fall Monday

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CyanSnowHawk3/02/2009 2:09:18 pm PST

re: #437 TheMatrix31

What’s the largest one day drop ever?

From Wikipedia the 20 largest percentage daily drops in the DOW

Date, Points, Percent
1987-10-19, -508.00, -22.61
1929-10-28, -38.33, -12.82
1929-10-29, -30.57, -11.73
1929-11-06, -25.55, -9.92
1899-12-18, -5.57, -8.72
1932-08-12, -5.79, -8.40
1907-03-14, -6.89, -8.29
1987-10-26, -156.83, -8.04
2008-10-15, -733.08, -7.87
1933-07-21, -7.55, -7.84
1937-10-18, -10.57, -7.75
2008-12-01, -679.95, -7.70
2008-10-09, -678.91, -7.33
1917-02-01, -6.91, -7.24
1997-10-27, -554.26, -7.18
1932-10-05, -5.09, -7.15
2001-09-17, -684.81, -7.13
1931-09-24, -8.20, -7.07
1933-07-20, -7.32, -7.07
2008-09-29, -777.68, -6.98