List of largest daily changes in the Nasdaq Composite explained

This is a list of the largest daily changes in the Nasdaq Composite from 1971.^[1]

Largest percentage changes

Largest daily percentage gains

Rank	Date	Close	Net Change	% Change
1	2001-01-03	2,616.69	+324.83	+14.17
2	2008-10-13	1,844.25	+194.74	+11.81
3	2000-12-05	2,889.80	+274.05	+10.48
4	2008-10-28	1,649.47	+143.57	+9.53
5	2020-03-13	7,874.88	+673.07	+9.35
6	2001-04-05	1,785.00	+146.20	+8.92
7 (tie)	2001-04-18	2,079.44	+156.22	+8.12
7 (tie)	2020-03-24	7,417.86	+557.18	+8.12
9	2000-05-30	3,459.48	+254.37	+7.94
10	2000-10-13	3,316.77	+242.09	+7.87
11	2000-10-19	3,418.60	+247.04	+7.79
12	2002-05-08	1,696.29	+122.47	+7.78
13	2000-12-22	2,517.02	+176.90	+7.56
14 (tie)	2022-11-10	11,114.15	+760.97	+7.35
14 (tie)	1987-10-21	351.90	+24.10	+7.35
16	2020-04-06	7,913.24	+540.15	+7.33
17	2000-04-18	3,793.57	+254.41	+7.19
18	2009-03-10	1,358.28	+89.64	+7.07
19	2009-03-23	1,555.77	+98.50	+6.76
20	2000-04-25	3,711.23	+228.75	+6.57

Largest daily percentage losses

Rank	Date	Close	Net Change	% Change
1	2020-03-16	6,904.59	−970.28	−12.32
2	1987-10-19	360.20	−46.10	−11.35
3	2000-04-14	3,321.29	−355.49	−9.67
4	2020-03-12	7,201.80	−750.25	−9.43
5	2008-09-29	1,983.73	−199.61	−9.14
6	1987-10-26	298.90	−29.60	−9.01
7	1987-10-20	327.80	−32.40	−9.00
8	2008-12-01	1,398.07	−137.50	−8.95
9	1998-08-31	1,499.25	−140.43	−8.56
10	2008-10-15	1,628.33	−150.68	−8.47
11	2000-04-03	4,223.68	−349.15	−7.64
12	2020-03-09	7,950.68	−624.94	−7.29
13	2001-01-02	2,291.86	−178.66	−7.23
14	2000-12-20	2,332.78	−178.93	−7.12
15	2000-04-12	3,769.63	−286.27	−7.06
16	1997-10-27	1,535.09	−115.83	−7.02
17	2011-08-08	2,357.69	−174.72	−6.90
18	2001-09-17	1,579.55	−115.83	−6.83
19	2008-11-19	1,386.42	−96.85	−6.53
20	2001-03-12	1,923.38	−129.40	−6.30

Largest point changes

Largest daily point gains

Rank	Date	Close	Net Change	% Change
1	2022-11-10	11,114.15	+760.97	+7.35
2	2020-03-13	7,874.88	+673.07	+9.35
3	2020-03-24	7,417.86	+557.18	+8.12
4	2020-04-06	7,913.24	+540.15	+7.33
5	2022-03-16	13,436.55	+487.93	+3.77
6	2022-11-30	11,468.00	+484.22	+4.41
7	2022-07-27	12,032.42	+469.85	+4.06
8	2022-01-31	14,239.88	+469.31	+3.41
9	2021-03-09	13,073.82	+464.66	+3.69
10	2024-08-08	16,660.82	+464.21	+2.87
11	2021-12-07	15,686.92	+461.76	+3.03
12	2024-02-22	16,041.62	+460.75	+2.96
13	2022-03-09	13,255.55	+459.99	+3.59
14	2022-02-24	13,473.59	+436.10	+3.34
15	2022-05-13	11,805.00	+434.04	+3.82
16	2020-11-04	11,590.78	+430.21	+3.85
17	2020-03-17	7,334.78	+430.19	+6.23
18	2022-01-28	13,770.57	+417.79	+3.13
19	2020-03-26	7,797.54	+413.24	+5.60
20	2022-05-04	12,964.86	+401.10	+3.19

Largest daily point losses

Rank	Date	Close	Net Change	% Change
1	2020-03-16	6,904.59	−970.28	−12.32
2	2020-03-12	7,201.80	−750.25	−9.43
3	2024-07-24	17,342.41	−654.94	−3.64
4	2022-05-05	12,317.69	−647.16	−4.99
5	2022-09-13	11,633.57	−632.84	−5.16
6	2020-03-09	7,950.68	−624.94	−7.29
7	2020-09-03	11,458.10	−598.34	−4.96
8	2024-08-05	16,200.08	−576.08	−3.43
9	2022-05-18	11,418.15	−566.37	−4.73
10	2022-02-03	13,878.82	−538.73	−3.74
11	2022-04-29	12,334.64	−536.89	−4.17
12	2022-06-13	10,809.23	−530.80	−4.68
13	2020-06-11	9,492.73	−527.62	−5.27
14	2022-01-05	15,100.17	−522.54	−3.34
15	2022-05-09	11,623.25	−521.41	−4.29
16	2022-04-26	12,490.74	−514.11	−3.95
17	2024-07-16	17,996.45	−512.89	−2.77
18	2022-08-26	12,141.71	−497.56	−3.94
19	2022-03-07	12,930.06	−482.48	−3.62
20	2021-02-25	13,119.43	−478.54	−3.52

Largest intraday point swings

This table shows the largest intraday point swings since 1985.

Rank	Date	Close	Day High	Day Low	Point Swing	Net Change
1	2022-02-24	13,473.58	13,486.11	12,587.90	898.23	+436.09
2	2022-01-24	13,855.13	13,876.61	13,094.65	781.96	+86.21
3	2020-03-13	7,874.23	7,875.93	7,219.09	656.84	+672.43
4	2020-09-04	11,313.13	11,531.18	10,875.87	655.31	−144.97
5	2000-04-04	4,148.89	4,283.45	3,649.11	634.34	−74.79
6	2022-04-21	13,715.5	14,283	13.667.5	616.00	−276.50
7	2022-01-26	13,542.12	14,002.65	13,392.19	610.46	+2.82
8	2022-10-13	10,649.15	10,697.71	10,088.83	608.88	+232.05
9	2020-03-17	7,334.78	7,406.23	6,828.91	577.32	+430.19
10	2020-03-16	6,904.59	7,422.20	6,882.86	539.34	−970.28
11	2020-09-03	11,458.10	11,894.40	11,361.36	533.04	−598.34
12	2020-03-12	7,201.80	7,712.33	7,194.67	517.66	−750.25
13	2020-03-20	6,879.31	7,354.44	6,854.67	499.77	−271.27
14	2020-03-18	6,989.84	7,182.83	6,686.36	496.47	−344.94
15	2020-03-19	7,150.58	7,341.38	6,858.38	483.00	+160.73
16	2020-03-03	8,684.09	9,070.32	8,602.89	467.43	−268.07
17	2020-07-13	10,390.84	10,824.78	10,368.04	456.74	−226.60
18	2022-05-18	11,418.15	11,826.22	11,381.69	444.53	−566.37
19	2020-09-10	10,919.59	11,299.53	10,875.02	424.51	−221.97
20	2020-03-10	8,344.25	8,347.40	7,930.43	416.97	+393.58

Largest intraday percentage changes

Largest intraday percentage gainsAn intraday percentage gain is defined as the difference between the previous trading session's closing price and the intraday high of the following trading session. The closing percentage change denotes the ultimate percentage change recorded after the corresponding trading session's close.

Rank	Date	Previous session's close	Following session's high	Intraday percentage gain	Closing percentage change
1	2001-01-03	2,291.86	2,618.03	+14.23%	+14.17%
2	2008-10-13	1,649.51	1,844.25	+11.81%	+11.81%
3	2001-04-18	1,923.22	2,129.31	+10.72%	+8.12%
4	2000-12-05	2,615.75	2,889.80	+10.48%	+10.48%
5	2008-10-28	1,505.90	1,649.47	+9.53%	+9.53%
6	2020-03-13	7,201.80	7,875.93	+9.36%	+9.35%
7	2001-04-05	1,638.80	1,785.73	+8.97%	+8.92%
8	2020-03-24	6,860.57	7,418.37	+8.13%	+8.12%
9	2000-05-30	3,205.11	3,460.24	+7.96%	+7.94%
10	2000-10-19	3,171.56	3,423.45	+7.94%	+7.79%
11	2000-10-13	3,074.68	3,316.97	+7.88%	+7.87%
12	2002-05-08	1,573.82	1,696.35	+7.79%	+7.78%
13	2020-04-06	7,373.08	7,938.33	+7.67%	+7.33%
14	2000-12-22	2,340.12	2,517.93	+7.60%	+7.56%
15	1987-10-21	327.80	352.30	+7.47%	+7.35%
16	2020-03-17	6,904.59	7,406.23	+7.27%	+6.23%
17	2000-04-18	3,539.16	3,794.97	+7.23%	+7.19%
18	2009-03-10	1,268.64	1,358.28	+7.07%	+7.07%
19	2001-04-10	1,745.71	1,868.10	+7.01%	+6.09%
20	2008-11-24	1,384.35	1,480.41	+6.94%	+6.33%

Largest intraday percentage dropsAn intraday percentage drop is defined as the difference between the previous trading session's closing price and the intraday low of the following trading session. The closing percentage change denotes the ultimate percentage change recorded after the corresponding trading session's close.

Rank	Date	Previous session's close	Following session's low	Intraday percentage drop	Closing percentage change
1	2000-04-04	4,223.68	3,649.11	−13.60%	−1.77%
2	2020-03-16	7,874.88	6,882.86	−12.60%	−12.32%
3	1987-10-19	406.30	360.20	−11.35%	−11.35%
4	2000-04-14	3,676.78	3,265.98	−11.17%	−9.67%
5	2020-03-12	7,952.05	7,194.67	−9.52%	−9.43%
6	1987-10-20	360.20	326.60	−9.33%	−9.00%
7	2008-09-29	2,183.34	1,983.73	−9.14%	−9.14%
8 (tie)	1987-10-26	328.50	298.90	−9.01%	−9.01%
8 (tie)	2010-05-06	2,402.29	2,185.75	−9.01%	−3.44%
10	2008-12-01	1,535.57	1,398.07	−8.95%	−8.95%
11	2020-03-18	7,334.78	6,686.36	−8.84%	−4.70%
12	2015-08-24	4,706.04	4,292.14	−8.80%	−3.82%
13	2008-10-06	1,947.39	1,777.02	−8.75%	−4.34%
14	1998-08-31	1,639.68	1,498.73	−8.60%	−8.56%
15	2008-10-15	1,779.01	1,628.33	−8.47%	−8.47%
16	2000-04-03	4,572.83	4,193.10	−8.30%	−7.64%
17	2000-04-24	3,643.88	3,345.25	−8.20%	−4.43%
18	2001-01-02	2,470.52	2,273.07	−7.99%	−7.23%
19	2000-12-20	2,511.71	2,312.51	−7.93%	−7.12%
20	2020-03-09	8,575.62	7,943.16	−7.38%	−7.29%

Largest intraday percentage turnovers

Largest intraday percentage drops that closed positiveThese are the largest intraday percentage drops that had been completely reversed and erased at the close of the respective trading session.

Rank	Date	Previous session's close	Following session's low	Intraday percentage drop	Closing percentage change
1	2008-10-10	1,645.12	1,542.45	−6.24%	+0.27%
2	2022-01-24	13,768.92	13,094.65	−4.90%	+0.63%
3	2008-11-13	1,499.21	1,428.54	−4.71%	+6.50%
4	2000-10-26	3,229.57	3,081.36	−4.59%	+1.32%
5	1997-10-28	1,535.09	1,465.84	−4.51%	+4.25%
6	2002-07-15	1,373.50	1,315.30	−4.24%	+0.66%
7	2001-02-23	2,244.96	2,156.29	−3.95%	+0.78%
8	2008-01-23	2,292.27	2,202.54	−3.92%	+1.05%
9 (tie)	2000-05-24	3,164.55	3,042.66	−3.85%	+3.35%
9 (tie)	2008-10-16	1,628.33	1,565.72	−3.85%	+5.49%
11	2001-03-01	2,151.83	2,071.03	−3.76%	+1.47%
12	2000-08-03	3,658.46	3,521.14	−3.75%	+2.77%
13	2000-01-31	3,887.07	3,748.03	−3.58%	+1.37%
14	2020-02-28	8,566.48	8,264.16	−3.53%	+0.01%
15	2008-11-18	1,482.05	1,429.92	−3.52%	+0.08%
16	2022-02-24	13,037.49	12,587.88	−3.45%	+3.34%
17	2002-06-14	1,496.86	1,445.44	−3.44%	+0.53%
18	2002-06-26	1,423.99	1,375.53	−3.40%	+0.38%
19	2000-04-05	4,148.89	4,009.09	−3.37%	+0.49%
20	2018-12-27	6,554.35	6,336.97	−3.32%	+0.38%

Largest intraday percentage gains that closed negativeThese are the largest intraday percentage gains that had been completely reversed and erased at the close of the respective trading session.

Rank	Date	Previous session's close	Following session's high	Intraday percentage gain	Closing percentage change
1	2000-04-13	3,769.63	3,914.68	+3.85%	−2.46%
2	2008-10-17	1,717.71	1,782.58	+3.78%	−0.37%
3	2015-08-25	4,526.25	4,689.54	+3.61%	−0.44%
4	2008-10-03	1,976.72	2,046.81	+3.55%	−1.48%
5	2020-03-25	7,417.86	7,671.21	+3.42%	−0.45%
6	2000-11-27	2,904.38	2,998.75	+3.25%	−0.82%
7 (tie)	2000-05-25	3,270.61	3,367.71	+2.97%	−2.00%
7 (tie)	2001-03-15	1,972.09	2,030.73	+2.97%	−1.59%
9	2008-10-08	1,754.88	1,806.89	+2.96%	−0.83%
10	2020-04-07	7,913.24	8,146.43	+2.95%	−0.33%
11	2008-10-14	1,844.25	1,896.95	+2.86%	−3.54%
12	2020-03-20	7,150.58	7,354.44	+2.85%	−3.79%
13	2001-11-08	1,837.53	1,888.39	+2.77%	−0.53%
14 (tie)	2000-12-18	2,653.27	2,726.20	+2.75%	−1.08%
14 (tie)	2000-12-19	2,624.52	2,696.61	+2.75%	−4.30%
16	2008-10-09	1,740.33	1,787.41	+2.71%	−5.47%
17 (tie)	1987-10-27	298.90	306.90	+2.68%	−0.87%
17 (tie)	1998-10-06	1,536.69	1,577.87	+2.68%	−1.68%
19	2001-02-13	2,489.66	2,554.65	+2.61%	−2.49%
20	2000-10-12	3,168.49	3,249.11	+2.54%	−2.96%

Largest daily percentage changes per year

Largest daily percentage gains per year

Year	Date	Close	% Change	Weekday
2024*	2024-02-22	16,041.62	+2.96	Thursday
2023	2023-01-06	10,569.29	+2.56	Friday
2022	2022-11-10	11,114.15	+7.35	Thursday
2021	2021-03-09	13,073.82	+3.69	Tuesday
2020	2020-03-13	7,874.88	+9.35	Friday
2019	2019-01-04	6,738.86	+4.26	Friday
2018	2018-12-26	6,554.35	+5.84	Wednesday
2017	2017-10-27	6,701.26	+2.20	Friday
2016	2016-03-01	4,689.60	+2.89	Tuesday
2015	2015-08-26	4,697.54	+4.24	Wednesday
2014	2014-10-21	4,419.48	+2.40	Tuesday
2013	2013-01-02	3,112.26	+3.07	Wednesday
2012	2012-06-29	2,935.05	+3.00	Friday
2011	2011-08-09	2,482.52	+5.29	Tuesday
2010	2010-05-10	2,374.67	+4.81	Monday
2009	2009-03-10	1,358.28	+7.07	Tuesday
2008	2008-10-13	1,844.25	+11.81	Monday
2007	2007-11-13	2,673.65	+3.46	Tuesday
2006	2006-06-29	2,174.38	+2.96	Thursday
2005	2005-04-21	1,962.41	+2.54	Thursday
2004	2004-03-25	1,967.17	+3.02	Thursday
2003	2003-03-13	1,340.77	+4.81	Thursday
2002	2002-05-08	1,696.29	+7.78	Wednesday
2001	2001-01-03	2,616.69	+14.17	Wednesday
2000	2000-12-05	2,889.80	+10.48	Tuesday
1999	1999-06-16	2,517.83	+4.27	Wednesday
1998	1998-09-08	1,660.86	+6.02	Tuesday
1997	1997-10-28	1,600.34	+4.25	Tuesday
1996	1996-07-17	1,086.65	+3.15	Thursday
1995	1995-12-19	1,026.41	+2.38	Tuesday
1994	1994-04-05	750.95	+3.24	Tuesday
1993	1993-05-04	678.16	+1.72	Tuesday
1992	1992-01-22	620.68	+2.61	Wednesday
1991	1991-08-21	517.97	+3.17	Wednesday
1990	1990-08-27	381.27	+3.79	Monday
1989	1989-10-19	470.80	+1.62	Thursday
1988	1988-01-04	338.48	+2.42	Monday
1987	1987-10-21	351.86	+7.34	Wednesday
1986	1986-04-16	387.64	+1.55	Wednesday
1985	1985-05-10	287.46	+1.48	Friday
1984	1984-08-03	246.24	+3.09	Friday
1983	1983-07-20	316.76	+1.80	Wednesday
1982	1982-11-03	222.77	+2.35	Tuesday
1981	1981-09-29	178.51	+1.99	Tuesday
1980	1980-03-28	129.25	+4.16	Friday
1979	1979-11-26	141.95	+1.50	Monday
1978	1978-11-01	114.65	+3.18	Wednesday
1977	1977-11-10	99.98	+1.30	Thursday
1976	1976-01-06	80.27	+1.92	Tuesday
1975	1975-01-27	67.04	+2.54	Monday
1974	1974-10-10	59.13	+2.71	Thursday
1973	1973-05-24	104.27	+2.14	Thursday
1972	1972-12-29	133.73	+1.36	Thursday
1971	1971-08-16	107.86	+2.30	Monday

Largest daily percentage losses per year

Year	Date	Close	% Change	Weekday
2024*	2024-07-24	17,342.41	−3.64	Wednesday
2023	2023-02-21	11,492.30	−2.50	Monday
2022	2022-09-13	11,633.57	−5.16	Tuesday
2021	2021-02-25	13,119.43	−3.52	Thursday
2020	2020-03-16	6,904.59	−12.32	Monday
2019	2019-08-05	7,726.04	−3.47	Monday
2018	2018-10-24	7,108.40	−4.43	Wednesday
2017	2017-05-17	6,011.24	−2.57	Wednesday
2016	2016-06-24	4,707.98	−4.12	Friday
2015	2015-08-24	4,526.25	−3.82	Monday
2014	2014-04-10	4,054.11	−3.10	Thursday
2013	2013-04-15	3,216.49	−2.38	Monday
2012	2012-06-01	2,747.48	−2.82	Friday
2011	2011-08-08	2,357.69	−6.90	Monday
2010	2010-05-20	2,204.01	−4.11	Thursday
2009	2009-01-20	1,440.86	−5.78	Tuesday
2008	2008-09-29	1,983.73	−9.14	Monday
2007	2007-02-27	2,407.86	−3.86	Tuesday
2006	2006-01-20	2,247.70	−2.35	Friday
2005	2005-01-04	2,107.86	−2.06	Tuesday
2004	2004-02-04	2,014.14	−2.52	Wednesday
2003	2003-03-24	1,369.78	−3.66	Monday
2002	2002-07-23	1,229.05	−4.18	Tuesday
2001	2001-01-02	2,291.86	−7.23	Tuesday
2000	2000-04-14	3,321.29	-9.67	Friday
1999	1999-04-19	2,345.61	−5.57	Monday
1998	1998-08-31	1,499.25	−8.56	Monday
1997	1997-10-27	1,535.09	−7.02	Monday
1996	1996-07-15	1,060.19	−3.92	Monday
1995	1995-07-19	952.83	−3.61	Wednesday
1994	1994-02-04	777.28	−2.57	Friday
1993	1993-02-16	665.39	−3.64	Tuesday
1992	1992-04-20	577.20	−2.47	Monday
1991	1991-11-15	531.29	−4.24	Friday
1990	1990-08-06	400.04	−4.17	Monday
1989	1989-10-13	467.29	−3.09	Friday
1988	1988-01-08	338.47	−3.20	Friday
1987	1987-10-19	360.20	−11.35	Monday
1986	1986-09-11	353.34	−3.67	Thursday
1985	1985-09-17	281.07	−1.51	Tuesday
1984	1984-02-06	258.64	−2.03	Monday
1983	1983-01-24	236.73	−2.97	Monday
1982	1982-12-15	225.69	−2.44	Wednesday
1981	1981-01-07	197.35	−3.29	Wednesday
1980	1980-03-27	124.09	−6.15	Thursday
1979	1979-10-10	139.31	−4.06	Wednesday
1978	1978-10-20	123.82	−2.67	Friday
1977	1977-10-12	99.83	−1.38	Wednesday
1976	1976-03-15	89.72	−1.40	Monday
1975	1975-12-03	75.67	−2.15	Wednesday
1974	1974-11-18	62.09	−3.60	Monday
1973	1973-11-26	94.13	−3.26	Monday
1972	1972-05-09	125.78	−2.21	Tuesday
1971	1971-06-21	106.50	−1.54	Monday

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External links

http://online.wsj.com/mdc/public/page/2_3047-nasdaq_alltime.html
https://finance.yahoo.com/q/hp?s=%5EIXIC+Historical+Prices

Notes and References

https://finance.yahoo.com/q/hp?s=%5EIXIC NASDAQ Composite Historical Prices