| Largest Daily Changes in the S&P 500, 1928-97 | ||||||||
| Rank | Date | SP | Change | % Change | Date | SP | Change | % Change |
| 1 | 10/19/87 | 224.97 | -57.73 | -20.42% | 10/21/87 | 258.38 | 21.55 | 9.10% |
| 2 | 10/13/89 | 333.65 | -21.74 | -6.12% | 12/19/96 | 745.76 | 14.22 | 1.94% |
| 3 | 10/26/87 | 227.67 | -20.55 | -8.28% | 2/12/97 | 802.77 | 13.18 | 1.67% |
| 4 | 3/8/96 | 633.50 | -20.15 | -3.08% | 8/2/96 | 662.49 | 12.47 | 1.92% |
| 5 | 1/8/88 | 243.40 | -17.67 | -6.77% | 10/20/87 | 236.83 | 11.86 | 5.27% |
| 6 | 3/31/97 | 757.12 | -16.76 | -2.17% | 1/17/91 | 327.97 | 11.80 | 3.73% |
| 7 | 3/27/97 | 773.88 | -16.62 | -2.10% | 1/30/97 | 784.17 | 11.67 | 1.51% |
| 8 | 7/15/96 | 629.80 | -16.39 | -2.54% | 10/29/87 | 244.77 | 11.49 | 4.93% |
| 9 | 10/16/87 | 282.70 | -15.38 | -5.16% | 3/18/96 | 652.65 | 11.22 | 1.75% |
| 10 | 7/5/96 | 657.44 | -14.96 | -2.22% | 8/21/91 | 390.59 | 11.16 | 2.94% |
| 11 | 3/13/97 | 789.56 | -14.70 | -1.83% | 3/5/97 | 801.99 | 11.04 | 1.40% |
| 12 | 11/15/91 | 382.62 | -14.53 | -3.66% | 1/3/97 | 748.03 | 11.02 | 1.50% |
| 13 | 12/31/96 | 740.74 | -13.11 | -1.74% | 2/22/96 | 658.86 | 10.76 | 1.66% |
| 14 | 9/11/86 | 235.16 | -11.90 | -4.82% | 11/6/96 | 724.59 | 10.45 | 1.46% |
| 15 | 4/14/88 | 259.75 | -11.80 | -4.35% | 12/9/96 | 749.76 | 10.16 | 1.37% |
| 16 | 4/8/96 | 644.24 | -11.62 | -1.77% | 8/1/96 | 650.02 | 10.07 | 1.57% |
| 17 | 12/12/96 | 729.33 | -11.40 | -1.54% | 8/27/90 | 321.44 | 9.93 | 3.19% |
| 18 | 5/2/96 | 643.38 | -11.20 | -1.71% | 5/31/95 | 533.40 | 9.82 | 1.88% |
| 19 | 2/5/97 | 778.28 | -10.98 | -1.39% | 12/23/91 | 396.82 | 9.78 | 2.53% |
| 20 | 1/10/96 | 598.48 | -10.97 | -1.80% | 7/18/96 | 643.56 | 9.49 | 1.50% |
| 21 | 2/4/94 | 469.81 | -10.90 | -2.27% | 5/13/96 | 661.51 | 9.42 | 1.44% |
| 22 | 2/16/93 | 433.91 | -10.67 | -2.40% | 2/7/97 | 789.56 | 9.41 | 1.21% |
| 23 | 2/27/97 | 795.07 | -10.61 | -1.32% | 9/13/96 | 680.54 | 9.39 | 1.40% |
| 24 | 8/6/90 | 334.43 | -10.43 | -3.02% | 4/5/94 | 448.29 | 9.37 | 2.13% |
| 25 | 7/11/96 | 645.67 | -10.39 | -1.58% | 1/14/97 | 768.86 | 9.35 | 1.23% |
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