Dow Jones

Dow Jones

The Dow
The Dow Jones
Jones Industrial
Industrial Average
Average isis an
an index
index of
of the
the stock
stock prices
prices for
for 30
30 large
large US
US
public companies. The 30 companies that comprise the Dow change
public companies. The 30 companies that comprise the Dow change over time. over time.
Information about
Information about the
the Dow
Dow cancan be
be found
found atat many
many Web
Web sites,
sites, but
but aa good
good overview
overview
appears at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dow_Jones_Industrial_Average
appears at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dow_Jones_Industrial_Average
Month Closing Value Percentage Change
Jan-50 201.79
Feb-50 203.44 0.82% Closing Value
Mar-50 206.05 1.28% 30,000.00
Apr-50 213.56 3.64%
May-50 223.42 4.62% 25,000.00

Jun-50 209.11 -6.40%

20,000.00
Jul-50 209.40 0.14%
Aug-50 216.87 3.57% 15,000.00
Sep-50 226.36 4.38%
Oct-50 225.01 -0.60% 10,000.00

Nov-50 227.60 1.15%

5,000.00
Dec-50 235.42 3.44%
Jan-51 248.83 5.70% 0.00
Feb-51 252.05 1.29% Jan-50 Jan-58 Jan-66 Jan-74 Jan-82 Jan-90 Jan-98 Jan-06
Mar-51 248.53 -1.40%
Apr-51 259.13 4.27%
May-51 249.65 -3.66% Percentage Change
Jun-51 242.64 -2.81% 20.00%
Jul-51 257.86 6.27% 15.00%
Aug-51 270.25 4.80% 10.00%
Sep-51 271.16 0.34% 5.00%
Oct-51 262.35 -3.25%
0.00%
Nov-51 261.27 -0.41% Jan-50 Jan-58 Jan-66 Jan-74 Jan-82 Jan-90 Jan-98 Jan-06
-5.00%
Dec-51 269.23 3.05%
-10.00%
Jan-52 270.69 0.54%
-15.00%
Feb-52 260.08 -3.92%
-20.00%
Mar-52 269.46 3.61%
Apr-52 257.63 -4.39% -25.00%

May-52 262.94 2.06% -30.00%

Jun-52 274.26 4.31%
Jul-52 279.56 1.93%
Aug-52 275.04 -1.62%
Sep-52 270.61 -1.61%
Oct-52 269.23 -0.51%
Nov-52 283.66 5.36%
Dec-52 291.90 2.90%
Jan-53 289.77 -0.73%
Feb-53 284.27 -1.90%
Mar-53 279.87 -1.55%
Apr-53 274.75 -1.83%
May-53 272.28 -0.90%
Jun-53 268.26 -1.48%
Jul-53 275.38 2.65%
Aug-53 261.22 -5.14%
Sep-53 264.04 1.08%
Oct-53 275.81 4.46%
Nov-53 281.37 2.02%
Dec-53 280.90 -0.17%
Jan-54 292.39 4.09%
Feb-54 294.54 0.74%
Mar-54 303.51 3.05%
Apr-54 319.33 5.21%
May-54 327.49 2.56%
Jun-54 333.53 1.84%
Jul-54 347.92 4.31%
Aug-54 335.80 -3.48%
Sep-54 360.46 7.34%
Oct-54 352.14 -2.31%
Nov-54 386.77 9.83%
Dec-54 404.39 4.56%
Jan-55 408.83 1.10%
Feb-55 411.87 0.74%
Mar-55 409.70 -0.53%
Apr-55 425.65 3.89%
May-55 424.86 -0.19%
Jun-55 451.38 6.24%
Jul-55 465.85 3.21%
Aug-55 468.18 0.50%
Sep-55 466.62 -0.33%
Oct-55 454.87 -2.52%
Nov-55 483.26 6.24%
Dec-55 488.40 1.06%
Jan-56 470.74 -3.62%
Feb-56 483.65 2.74%
Mar-56 511.79 5.82%
Apr-56 516.12 0.85%
May-56 478.05 -7.38%
Jun-56 492.78 3.08%
Jul-56 517.81 5.08%
Aug-56 502.04 -3.05%
Sep-56 475.25 -5.34%
Oct-56 479.85 0.97%
Nov-56 472.78 -1.47%
Dec-56 499.47 5.65%
Jan-57 479.16 -4.07%
Feb-57 464.62 -3.03%
Mar-57 474.81 2.19%
Apr-57 494.36 4.12%
May-57 504.93 2.14%
Jun-57 503.29 -0.32%
Jul-57 508.52 1.04%
Aug-57 484.35 -4.75%
Sep-57 456.30 -5.79%
Oct-57 441.04 -3.34%
Nov-57 449.87 2.00%
Dec-57 435.69 -3.15%
Jan-58 450.02 3.29%
Feb-58 439.92 -2.24%
Mar-58 446.76 1.55%
Apr-58 455.86 2.04%
May-58 462.70 1.50%
Jun-58 478.18 3.35%
Jul-58 502.99 5.19%
Aug-58 508.63 1.12%
Sep-58 532.09 4.61%
Oct-58 543.22 2.09%
Nov-58 557.46 2.62%
Dec-58 583.65 4.70%
Jan-59 593.96 1.77%
Feb-59 603.50 1.61%
Mar-59 601.71 -0.30%
Apr-59 623.75 3.66%
May-59 643.79 3.21%
Jun-59 643.60 -0.03%
Jul-59 674.88 4.86%
Aug-59 664.41 -1.55%
Sep-59 631.68 -4.93%
Oct-59 646.60 2.36%
Nov-59 659.18 1.95%
Dec-59 679.36 3.06%
Jan-60 622.62 -8.35%
Feb-60 630.12 1.20%
Mar-60 616.59 -2.15%
Apr-60 601.70 -2.41%
May-60 625.50 3.96%
Jun-60 640.62 2.42%
Jul-60 616.73 -3.73%
Aug-60 625.99 1.50%
Sep-60 580.14 -7.32%
Oct-60 580.36 0.04%
Nov-60 597.22 2.91%
Dec-60 615.89 3.13%
Jan-61 648.20 5.25%
Feb-61 662.08 2.14%
Mar-61 676.63 2.20%
Apr-61 678.71 0.31%
May-61 696.72 2.65%
Jun-61 683.96 -1.83%
Jul-61 705.37 3.13%
Aug-61 719.94 2.07%
Sep-61 701.21 -2.60%
Oct-61 703.92 0.39%
Nov-61 721.60 2.51%
Dec-61 731.14 1.32%
Jan-62 700.00 -4.26%
Feb-62 708.05 1.15%
Mar-62 706.95 -0.16%
Apr-62 665.33 -5.89%
May-62 613.36 -7.81%
Jun-62 561.28 -8.49%
Jul-62 597.93 6.53%
Aug-62 609.18 1.88%
Sep-62 578.98 -4.96%
Oct-62 589.77 1.86%
Nov-62 649.30 10.09%
Dec-62 652.10 0.43%
Jan-63 682.85 4.72%
Feb-63 662.94 -2.92%
Mar-63 682.52 2.95%
Apr-63 717.70 5.15%
May-63 726.96 1.29%
Jun-63 706.88 -2.76%
Jul-63 695.43 -1.62%
Aug-63 729.32 4.87%
Sep-63 732.79 0.48%
Oct-63 755.23 3.06%
Nov-63 750.52 -0.62%
Dec-63 762.95 1.66%
Jan-64 785.34 2.93%
Feb-64 800.14 1.88%
Mar-64 813.29 1.64%
Apr-64 810.77 -0.31%
May-64 820.56 1.21%
Jun-64 831.50 1.33%
Jul-64 841.10 1.15%
Aug-64 838.48 -0.31%
Sep-64 875.37 4.40%
Oct-64 873.08 -0.26%
Nov-64 875.43 0.27%
Dec-64 874.13 -0.15%
Jan-65 902.86 3.29%
Feb-65 903.48 0.07%
Mar-65 889.05 -1.60%
Apr-65 922.31 3.74%
May-65 918.04 -0.46%
Jun-65 868.03 -5.45%
Jul-65 881.74 1.58%
Aug-65 893.10 1.29%
Sep-65 930.58 4.20%
Oct-65 960.82 3.25%
Nov-65 946.71 -1.47%
Dec-65 969.26 2.38%
Jan-66 983.51 1.47%
Feb-66 951.89 -3.22%
Mar-66 924.77 -2.85%
Apr-66 933.68 0.96%
May-66 884.07 -5.31%
Jun-66 870.10 -1.58%
Jul-66 847.38 -2.61%
Aug-66 788.41 -6.96%
Sep-66 774.22 -1.80%
Oct-66 807.07 4.24%
Nov-66 791.59 -1.92%
Dec-66 785.69 -0.75%
Jan-67 849.89 8.17%
Feb-67 839.37 -1.24%
Mar-67 865.98 3.17%
Apr-67 897.05 3.59%
May-67 852.56 -4.96%
Jun-67 860.26 0.90%
Jul-67 904.24 5.11%
Aug-67 901.29 -0.33%
Sep-67 926.66 2.81%
Oct-67 879.74 -5.06%
Nov-67 875.81 -0.45%
Dec-67 905.11 3.35%
Jan-68 855.47 -5.48%
Feb-68 840.50 -1.75%
Mar-68 840.67 0.02%
Apr-68 912.22 8.51%
May-68 899.00 -1.45%
Jun-68 897.80 -0.13%
Jul-68 883.00 -1.65%
Aug-68 896.01 1.47%
Sep-68 935.79 4.44%
Oct-68 952.39 1.77%
Nov-68 985.08 3.43%
Dec-68 943.75 -4.20%
Jan-69 946.05 0.24%
Feb-69 905.21 -4.32%
Mar-69 935.48 3.34%
Apr-69 950.18 1.57%
May-69 937.56 -1.33%
Jun-69 873.19 -6.87%
Jul-69 815.47 -6.61%
Aug-69 836.72 2.61%
Sep-69 813.09 -2.82%
Oct-69 855.99 5.28%
Nov-69 812.30 -5.10%
Dec-69 800.36 -1.47%
Jan-70 744.06 -7.03%
Feb-70 777.59 4.51%
Mar-70 785.57 1.03%
Apr-70 736.07 -6.30%
May-70 700.44 -4.84%
Jun-70 683.53 -2.41%
Jul-70 734.12 7.40%
Aug-70 764.58 4.15%
Sep-70 760.68 -0.51%
Oct-70 755.61 -0.67%
Nov-70 794.09 5.09%
Dec-70 838.92 5.65%
Jan-71 868.50 3.53%
Feb-71 878.83 1.19%
Mar-71 904.37 2.91%
Apr-71 941.75 4.13%
May-71 907.81 -3.60%
Jun-71 891.14 -1.84%
Jul-71 858.43 -3.67%
Aug-71 898.07 4.62%
Sep-71 887.19 -1.21%
Oct-71 839.00 -5.43%
Nov-71 831.34 -0.91%
Dec-71 890.20 7.08%
Jan-72 902.17 1.34%
Feb-72 928.13 2.88%
Mar-72 940.70 1.35%
Apr-72 954.17 1.43%
May-72 960.72 0.69%
Jun-72 929.03 -3.30%
Jul-72 924.74 -0.46%
Aug-72 963.73 4.22%
Sep-72 953.27 -1.09%
Oct-72 955.52 0.24%
Nov-72 1,018.21 6.56%
Dec-72 1,020.02 0.18%
Jan-73 999.02 -2.06%
Feb-73 955.07 -4.40%
Mar-73 951.01 -0.43%
Apr-73 921.43 -3.11%
May-73 901.41 -2.17%
Jun-73 891.71 -1.08%
Jul-73 926.40 3.89%
Aug-73 887.57 -4.19%
Sep-73 947.10 6.71%
Oct-73 956.58 1.00%
Nov-73 822.25 -14.04%
Dec-73 850.86 3.48%
Jan-74 855.55 0.55%
Feb-74 860.53 0.58%
Mar-74 846.68 -1.61%
Apr-74 836.75 -1.17%
May-74 802.17 -4.13%
Jun-74 802.41 0.03%
Jul-74 757.43 -5.61%
Aug-74 678.58 -10.41%
Sep-74 607.87 -10.42%
Oct-74 665.52 9.48%
Nov-74 618.66 -7.04%
Dec-74 616.24 -0.39%
Jan-75 703.69 14.19%
Feb-75 739.05 5.02%
Mar-75 768.15 3.94%
Apr-75 821.34 6.92%
May-75 832.29 1.33%
Jun-75 878.99 5.61%
Jul-75 831.51 -5.40%
Aug-75 835.34 0.46%
Sep-75 793.88 -4.96%
Oct-75 836.04 5.31%
Nov-75 860.67 2.95%
Dec-75 852.41 -0.96%
Jan-76 975.28 14.41%
Feb-76 972.61 -0.27%
Mar-76 999.45 2.76%
Apr-76 996.85 -0.26%
May-76 975.23 -2.17%
Jun-76 1,002.78 2.82%
Jul-76 984.64 -1.81%
Aug-76 973.74 -1.11%
Sep-76 990.19 1.69%
Oct-76 964.93 -2.55%
Nov-76 947.22 -1.84%
Dec-76 1,004.65 6.06%
Jan-77 954.37 -5.00%
Feb-77 936.42 -1.88%
Mar-77 919.13 -1.85%
Apr-77 926.90 0.85%
May-77 898.66 -3.05%
Jun-77 916.30 1.96%
Jul-77 890.07 -2.86%
Aug-77 861.49 -3.21%
Sep-77 847.11 -1.67%
Oct-77 818.35 -3.40%
Nov-77 829.70 1.39%
Dec-77 831.17 0.18%
Jan-78 769.92 -7.37%
Feb-78 742.12 -3.61%
Mar-78 757.36 2.05%
Apr-78 837.32 10.56%
May-78 840.61 0.39%
Jun-78 818.95 -2.58%
Jul-78 862.27 5.29%
Aug-78 876.82 1.69%
Sep-78 865.82 -1.25%
Oct-78 792.45 -8.47%
Nov-78 799.03 0.83%
Dec-78 805.01 0.75%
Jan-79 839.22 4.25%
Feb-79 808.82 -3.62%
Mar-79 862.18 6.60%
Apr-79 854.90 -0.84%
May-79 822.33 -3.81%
Jun-79 841.98 2.39%
Jul-79 846.42 0.53%
Aug-79 887.63 4.87%
Sep-79 878.58 -1.02%
Oct-79 815.70 -7.16%
Nov-79 822.35 0.82%
Dec-79 838.74 1.99%
Jan-80 875.85 4.42%
Feb-80 863.14 -1.45%
Mar-80 785.75 -8.97%
Apr-80 817.06 3.98%
May-80 850.85 4.14%
Jun-80 867.92 2.01%
Jul-80 935.32 7.77%
Aug-80 932.59 -0.29%
Sep-80 932.42 -0.02%
Oct-80 924.49 -0.85%
Nov-80 993.34 7.45%
Dec-80 963.99 -2.95%
Jan-81 947.27 -1.73%
Feb-81 974.58 2.88%
Mar-81 1,003.87 3.01%
Apr-81 997.75 -0.61%
May-81 991.75 -0.60%
Jun-81 976.88 -1.50%
Jul-81 952.34 -2.51%
Aug-81 881.47 -7.44%
Sep-81 849.98 -3.57%
Oct-81 852.55 0.30%
Nov-81 888.98 4.27%
Dec-81 875.00 -1.57%
Jan-82 871.10 -0.45%
Feb-82 824.39 -5.36%
Mar-82 822.77 -0.20%
Apr-82 848.36 3.11%
May-82 819.54 -3.40%
Jun-82 811.93 -0.93%
Jul-82 808.60 -0.41%
Aug-82 901.31 11.47%
Sep-82 896.25 -0.56%
Oct-82 991.72 10.65%
Nov-82 1,039.28 4.80%
Dec-82 1,046.54 0.70%
Jan-83 1,075.70 2.79%
Feb-83 1,112.16 3.39%
Mar-83 1,130.03 1.61%
Apr-83 1,226.20 8.51%
May-83 1,199.98 -2.14%
Jun-83 1,221.96 1.83%
Jul-83 1,199.22 -1.86%
Aug-83 1,216.16 1.41%
Sep-83 1,233.13 1.40%
Oct-83 1,225.20 -0.64%
Nov-83 1,276.02 4.15%
Dec-83 1,258.64 -1.36%
Jan-84 1,220.58 -3.02%
Feb-84 1,154.63 -5.40%
Mar-84 1,164.89 0.89%
Apr-84 1,170.75 0.50%
May-84 1,104.85 -5.63%
Jun-84 1,132.40 2.49%
Jul-84 1,115.28 -1.51%
Aug-84 1,224.38 9.78%
Sep-84 1,206.71 -1.44%
Oct-84 1,207.38 0.06%
Nov-84 1,188.94 -1.53%
Dec-84 1,211.57 1.90%
Jan-85 1,286.77 6.21%
Feb-85 1,284.01 -0.21%
Mar-85 1,266.78 -1.34%
Apr-85 1,258.06 -0.69%
May-85 1,315.41 4.56%
Jun-85 1,335.46 1.52%
Jul-85 1,347.45 0.90%
Aug-85 1,334.01 -1.00%
Sep-85 1,328.63 -0.40%
Oct-85 1,374.31 3.44%
Nov-85 1,472.13 7.12%
Dec-85 1,546.67 5.06%
Jan-86 1,570.99 1.57%
Feb-86 1,709.06 8.79%
Mar-86 1,818.61 6.41%
Apr-86 1,783.98 -1.90%
May-86 1,876.71 5.20%
Jun-86 1,892.72 0.85%
Jul-86 1,775.31 -6.20%
Aug-86 1,898.34 6.93%
Sep-86 1,767.58 -6.89%
Oct-86 1,877.71 6.23%
Nov-86 1,914.23 1.94%
Dec-86 1,895.95 -0.95%
Jan-87 2,158.04 13.82%
Feb-87 2,223.99 3.06%
Mar-87 2,304.69 3.63%
Apr-87 2,286.36 -0.80%
May-87 2,291.57 0.23%
Jun-87 2,418.53 5.54%
Jul-87 2,572.07 6.35%
Aug-87 2,662.95 3.53%
Sep-87 2,596.28 -2.50%
Oct-87 1,993.53 -23.22%
Nov-87 1,833.55 -8.02%
Dec-87 1,938.83 5.74%
Jan-88 1,958.22 1.00%
Feb-88 2,071.62 5.79%
Mar-88 1,988.06 -4.03%
Apr-88 2,032.33 2.23%
May-88 2,031.12 -0.06%
Jun-88 2,141.71 5.44%
Jul-88 2,128.73 -0.61%
Aug-88 2,031.65 -4.56%
Sep-88 2,112.91 4.00%
Oct-88 2,148.65 1.69%
Nov-88 2,114.51 -1.59%
Dec-88 2,168.57 2.56%
Jan-89 2,342.32 8.01%
Feb-89 2,258.39 -3.58%
Mar-89 2,293.62 1.56%
Apr-89 2,418.80 5.46%
May-89 2,480.15 2.54%
Jun-89 2,440.06 -1.62%
Jul-89 2,660.66 9.04%
Aug-89 2,737.27 2.88%
Sep-89 2,692.82 -1.62%
Oct-89 2,645.08 -1.77%
Nov-89 2,706.27 2.31%
Dec-89 2,753.20 1.73%
Jan-90 2,590.54 -5.91%
Feb-90 2,627.25 1.42%
Mar-90 2,707.21 3.04%
Apr-90 2,656.76 -1.86%
May-90 2,876.66 8.28%
Jun-90 2,880.69 0.14%
Jul-90 2,905.20 0.85%
Aug-90 2,614.36 -10.01%
Sep-90 2,452.48 -6.19%
Oct-90 2,442.33 -0.41%
Nov-90 2,559.65 4.80%
Dec-90 2,633.66 2.89%
Jan-91 2,736.39 3.90%
Feb-91 2,882.18 5.33%
Mar-91 2,913.86 1.10%
Apr-91 2,887.87 -0.89%
May-91 3,027.50 4.84%
Jun-91 2,906.75 -3.99%
Jul-91 3,024.82 4.06%
Aug-91 3,043.60 0.62%
Sep-91 3,016.77 -0.88%
Oct-91 3,069.10 1.73%
Nov-91 2,894.68 -5.68%
Dec-91 3,168.83 9.47%
Jan-92 3,223.39 1.72%
Feb-92 3,267.67 1.37%
Mar-92 3,235.47 -0.99%
Apr-92 3,359.12 3.82%
May-92 3,396.88 1.12%
Jun-92 3,318.52 -2.31%
Jul-92 3,393.78 2.27%
Aug-92 3,257.35 -4.02%
Sep-92 3,271.66 0.44%
Oct-92 3,226.28 -1.39%
Nov-92 3,305.16 2.44%
Dec-92 3,301.11 -0.12%
Jan-93 3,310.03 0.27%
Feb-93 3,370.81 1.84%
Mar-93 3,435.11 1.91%
Apr-93 3,427.55 -0.22%
May-93 3,527.43 2.91%
Jun-93 3,516.08 -0.32%
Jul-93 3,539.47 0.67%
Aug-93 3,651.25 3.16%
Sep-93 3,555.12 -2.63%
Oct-93 3,680.59 3.53%
Nov-93 3,683.95 0.09%
Dec-93 3,754.09 1.90%
Jan-94 3,978.36 5.97%
Feb-94 3,832.02 -3.68%
Mar-94 3,635.96 -5.12%
Apr-94 3,681.69 1.26%
May-94 3,758.37 2.08%
Jun-94 3,624.96 -3.55%
Jul-94 3,764.50 3.85%
Aug-94 3,913.42 3.96%
Sep-94 3,843.19 -1.79%
Oct-94 3,908.12 1.69%
Nov-94 3,739.23 -4.32%
Dec-94 3,834.44 2.55%
Jan-95 3,843.86 0.25%
Feb-95 4,011.05 4.35%
Mar-95 4,157.69 3.66%
Apr-95 4,321.27 3.93%
May-95 4,465.14 3.33%
Jun-95 4,556.10 2.04%
Jul-95 4,708.47 3.34%
Aug-95 4,610.56 -2.08%
Sep-95 4,789.08 3.87%
Oct-95 4,755.48 -0.70%
Nov-95 5,074.49 6.71%
Dec-95 5,117.12 0.84%
Jan-96 5,395.30 5.44%
Feb-96 5,485.62 1.67%
Mar-96 5,587.14 1.85%
Apr-96 5,569.08 -0.32%
May-96 5,643.18 1.33%
Jun-96 5,654.63 0.20%
Jul-96 5,528.91 -2.22%
Aug-96 5,616.21 1.58%
Sep-96 5,882.17 4.74%
Oct-96 6,029.38 2.50%
Nov-96 6,521.70 8.17%
Dec-96 6,448.27 -1.13%
Jan-97 6,813.09 5.66%
Feb-97 6,877.74 0.95%
Mar-97 6,583.48 -4.28%
Apr-97 7,008.99 6.46%
May-97 7,331.04 4.59%
Jun-97 7,672.79 4.66%
Jul-97 8,222.61 7.17%
Aug-97 7,622.42 -7.30%
Sep-97 7,945.26 4.24%
Oct-97 7,442.08 -6.33%
Nov-97 7,823.13 5.12%
Dec-97 7,908.25 1.09%
Jan-98 7,906.50 -0.02%
Feb-98 8,545.72 8.08%
Mar-98 8,799.81 2.97%
Apr-98 9,063.37 3.00%
May-98 8,899.95 -1.80%
Jun-98 8,952.02 0.59%
Jul-98 8,883.29 -0.77%
Aug-98 7,539.07 -15.13%
Sep-98 7,842.62 4.03%
Oct-98 8,592.10 9.56%
Nov-98 9,116.55 6.10%
Dec-98 9,181.43 0.71%
Jan-99 9,358.83 1.93%
Feb-99 9,306.58 -0.56%
Mar-99 9,786.16 5.15%
Apr-99 10,789.04 10.25%
May-99 10,559.74 -2.13%
Jun-99 10,970.80 3.89%
Jul-99 10,655.15 -2.88%
Aug-99 10,829.28 1.63%
Sep-99 10,336.95 -4.55%
Oct-99 10,729.86 3.80%
Nov-99 10,877.81 1.38%
Dec-99 11,497.12 5.69%
Jan-00 10,940.53 -4.84%
Feb-00 10,128.31 -7.42%
Mar-00 10,921.92 7.84%
Apr-00 10,733.91 -1.72%
May-00 10,522.33 -1.97%
Jun-00 10,447.89 -0.71%
Jul-00 10,521.98 0.71%
Aug-00 11,215.10 6.59%
Sep-00 10,650.92 -5.03%
Oct-00 10,971.14 3.01%
Nov-00 10,414.49 -5.07%
Dec-00 10,787.99 3.59%
Jan-01 10,887.36 0.92%
Feb-01 10,495.28 -3.60%
Mar-01 9,878.78 -5.87%
Apr-01 10,734.97 8.67%
May-01 10,911.94 1.65%
Jun-01 10,502.40 -3.75%
Jul-01 10,522.81 0.19%
Aug-01 9,949.75 -5.45%
Sep-01 8,847.56 -11.08%
Oct-01 9,075.14 2.57%
Nov-01 9,851.56 8.56%
Dec-01 10,021.57 1.73%
Jan-02 9,920.00 -1.01%
Feb-02 10,106.13 1.88%
Mar-02 10,403.94 2.95%
Apr-02 9,946.22 -4.40%
May-02 9,925.25 -0.21%
Jun-02 9,243.26 -6.87%
Jul-02 8,736.59 -5.48%
Aug-02 8,663.50 -0.84%
Sep-02 7,591.93 -12.37%
Oct-02 8,397.03 10.60%
Nov-02 8,896.09 5.94%
Dec-02 8,341.63 -6.23%
Jan-03 8,053.81 -3.45%
Feb-03 7,891.08 -2.02%
Mar-03 7,992.13 1.28%
Apr-03 8,480.09 6.11%
May-03 8,850.26 4.37%
Jun-03 8,985.44 1.53%
Jul-03 9,233.80 2.76%
Aug-03 9,415.82 1.97%
Sep-03 9,275.06 -1.49%
Oct-03 9,801.12 5.67%
Nov-03 9,782.46 -0.19%
Dec-03 10,453.92 6.86%
Jan-04 10,488.07 0.33%
Feb-04 10,583.92 0.91%
Mar-04 10,357.70 -2.14%
Apr-04 10,225.57 -1.28%
May-04 10,188.45 -0.36%
Jun-04 10,435.48 2.42%
Jul-04 10,139.71 -2.83%
Aug-04 10,173.92 0.34%
Sep-04 10,080.27 -0.92%
Oct-04 10,027.47 -0.52%
Nov-04 10,428.02 3.99%
Dec-04 10,783.01 3.40%
Jan-05 10,489.94 -2.72%
Feb-05 10,766.23 2.63%
Mar-05 10,503.76 -2.44%
Apr-05 10,192.51 -2.96%
May-05 10,467.48 2.70%
Jun-05 10,274.97 -1.84%
Jul-05 10,640.91 3.56%
Aug-05 10,481.60 -1.50%
Sep-05 10,568.70 0.83%
Oct-05 10,440.07 -1.22%
Nov-05 10,805.87 3.50%
Dec-05 10,717.50 -0.82%
Jan-06 10,864.86 1.37%
Feb-06 10,993.41 1.18%
Mar-06 11,109.32 1.05%
Apr-06 11,367.14 2.32%
May-06 11,168.31 -1.75%
Jun-06 11,150.22 -0.16%
Jul-06 11,185.68 0.32%
Aug-06 11,381.15 1.75%
Sep-06 11,679.07 2.62%
Oct-06 12,080.73 3.44%
Nov-06 12,221.93 1.17%
Dec-06 12,463.15 1.97%
Jan-07 12,621.69 1.27%
Feb-07 12,268.63 -2.80%
Mar-07 12,354.35 0.70%
Apr-07 13,062.91 5.74%
May-07 13,627.64 4.32%
Jun-07 13,408.62 -1.61%
Jul-07 13,211.99 -1.47%
Aug-07 13,357.74 1.10%
Sep-07 13,895.63 4.03%
Oct-07 13,930.01 0.25%
Nov-07 13,371.72 -4.01%
Dec-07 13,264.82 -0.80%
Jan-08 12,650.36 -4.63%
Feb-08 12,266.39 -3.04%
Mar-08 12,262.89 -0.03%
Apr-08 12,820.13 4.54%
May-08 12,638.32 -1.42%
Jun-08 11,350.01 -10.19%
Jul-08 11,378.02 0.25%
Aug-08 11,543.55 1.45%
Sep-08 10,850.66 -6.00%
Oct-08 9,325.01 -14.06%
Nov-08 8,829.04 -5.32%
Dec-08 8,776.39 -0.60%
Jan-09 8,000.86 -8.84%
Feb-09 7,062.93 -11.72%
Mar-09 7,608.92 7.73%
Apr-09 8,168.12 7.35%
May-09 8,500.33 4.07%
Jun-09 8,447.00 -0.63%
Jul-09 9,171.61 8.58%
Aug-09 9,496.28 3.54%
Sep-09 9,712.28 2.27%
Oct-09 9,712.73 0.00%
Nov-09 10,344.84 6.51%
Dec-09 10,428.05 0.80%
Jan-10 10,067.33 -3.46%
Feb-10 10,325.26 2.56%
Mar-10 10,856.63 5.15%
Apr-10 11,008.61 1.40%
May-10 10,136.63 -7.92%
Jun-10 9,774.02 -3.58%
Jul-10 10,465.94 7.08%
Aug-10 10,014.72 -4.31%
Sep-10 10,788.05 7.72%
Oct-10 11,118.40 3.06%
Nov-10 11,006.02 -1.01%
Dec-10 11,577.51 5.19%
Jan-11 11,891.93 2.72%
Feb-11 12,226.34 2.81%
Mar-11 12,319.73 0.76%
Apr-11 12,810.54 3.98%
May-11 12,569.79 -1.88%
Jun-11 12,414.34 -1.24%
Jul-11 12,143.24 -2.18%
Aug-11 11,613.53 -4.36%
Sep-11 10,913.38 -6.03%
Oct-11 11,955.01 9.54%
Nov-11 12,045.68 0.76%
Dec-11 12,217.56 1.43%
Jan-12 12,632.91 3.40%
Feb-12 12,952.07 2.53%
Mar-12 13,212.04 2.01%
Apr-12 13,213.63 0.01%
May-12 12,393.45 -6.21%
Jun-12 12,880.09 3.93%
Jul-12 13,008.68 1.00%
Aug-12 13,090.84 0.63%
Sep-12 13,437.13 2.65%
Oct-12 13,096.46 -2.54%
Nov-12 13,025.58 -0.54%
Dec-12 13,104.14 0.60%
Jan-13 13,860.58 5.77%
Feb-13 14,054.49 1.40%
Mar-13 14,578.54 3.73%
Apr-13 14,839.80 1.79%
May-13 15,115.57 1.86%
Jun-13 14,909.60 -1.36%
Jul-13 15,499.54 3.96%
Aug-13 14,810.31 -4.45%
Sep-13 15,129.67 2.16%
Oct-13 15,545.75 2.75%
Nov-13 16,086.41 3.48%
Dec-13 16,576.66 3.05%
Jan-14 15,698.85 -5.30%
Feb-14 16,321.71 3.97%
Mar-14 16,457.66 0.83%
Apr-14 16,580.84 0.75%
May-14 16,717.17 0.82%
Jun-14 16,826.60 0.65%
Jul-14 16,563.30 -1.56%
Aug-14 17,098.45 3.23%
Sep-14 17,042.90 -0.32%
Oct-14 17,390.52 2.04%
Nov-14 17,828.24 2.52%
Dec-14 17,823.07 -0.03%
Jan-15 17,164.95 -3.69%
Feb-15 18,132.70 5.64%
Mar-15 17,776.12 -1.97%
Apr-15 17,840.52 0.36%
May-15 18,010.68 0.95%
Jun-15 17,619.51 -2.17%
Jul-15 17,689.86 0.40%
Aug-15 16,528.03 -6.57%
Sep-15 16,284.70 -1.47%
Oct-15 17,663.54 8.47%
Nov-15 17,719.92 0.32%
Dec-15 17,425.03 -1.66%
Jan-16 16,466.30 -5.50%
Feb-16 16,516.50 0.30%
Mar-16 17,685.09 7.08%
Apr-16 17,773.64 0.50%
May-16 17,787.20 0.08%
Jun-16 17,929.99 0.80%
Jul-16 18,432.24 2.80%
Aug-16 18,400.88 -0.17%
Sep-16 18,308.15 -0.50%
Oct-16 18,142.42 -0.91%
Nov-16 19,123.58 5.41%
Dec-16 19,762.60 3.34%
Jan-17 19,864.09 0.51%
Feb-17 20,812.24 4.77%
Mar-17 20,663.22 -0.72%
Apr-17 20,940.51 1.34%
May-17 21,008.65 0.33%
Jun-17 21,349.63 1.62%
Jul-17 21,891.12 2.54%
Aug-17 21,948.10 0.26%
Sep-17 22,405.09 2.08%
Oct-17 23,377.24 4.34%
Nov-17 24,272.35 3.83%
Dec-17 24,719.22 1.84%
Jan-18 26,149.39 5.79%
Feb-18 25,029.20 -4.28%
Mar-18 24,103.11 -3.70%
Apr-18 24,360.14 1.07%
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