Largest Daily Percent 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%	3/15/33	6.81	0.97	16.61%
2	10/28/29	22.74	-3.20	-12.34%	10/30/29	22.99	2.56	12.53%
3	10/29/29	20.43	-2.31	-10.16%	10/6/31	9.91	1.09	12.36%
4	11/6/29	20.61	-2.27	-9.92%	9/21/32	8.52	0.90	11.81%
5	10/18/37	10.76	-1.10	-9.27%	9/5/39	12.64	1.11	9.63%
6	7/20/33	10.57	-1.03	-8.88%	4/20/33	7.82	0.68	9.52%
7	7/21/33	9.65	-0.92	-8.70%	10/21/87	258.38	21.55	9.10%
8	10/26/87	227.67	-20.55	-8.28%	11/14/29	19.24	1.58	8.95%
9	10/5/32	7.39	-0.66	-8.20%	8/3/32	6.39	0.52	8.86%
10	8/12/32	7.00	-0.61	-8.02%	10/8/31	10.62	0.84	8.59%
11	5/31/32	4.47	-0.38	-7.84%	2/13/32	8.80	0.68	8.37%
12	7/26/34	8.36	-0.71	-7.83%	12/18/31	8.36	0.64	8.29%
13	5/14/40	10.28	-0.83	-7.47%	2/11/32	8.12	0.62	8.27%
14	9/24/31	10.68	-0.84	-7.29%	7/24/33	10.50	0.79	8.14%
15	9/12/32	8.15	-0.63	-7.18%	6/10/32	4.92	0.35	7.66%
16	6/15/33	9.74	-0.73	-6.97%	6/3/31	13.12	0.92	7.54%
17	10/16/33	9.21	-0.67	-6.78%	11/10/32	7.44	0.52	7.51%
18	1/8/88	243.40	-17.67	-6.77%	10/20/37	11.93	0.83	7.48%
19	9/3/46	15.53	-1.12	-6.73%	6/19/33	10.68	0.72	7.23%
20	5/28/62	55.50	-3.97	-6.68%	5/6/32	6.09	0.41	7.22%
21	5/21/40	9.14	-0.65	-6.64%	4/19/33	7.14	0.48	7.21%
22	9/26/55	42.61	-3.02	-6.62%	8/15/32	7.44	0.50	7.20%
23	11/11/29	19.86	-1.32	-6.23%	10/11/32	6.88	0.46	7.17%
24	9/21/33	10.03	-0.66	-6.17%	1/6/32	8.08	0.53	7.02%
25	10/13/89	333.65	-21.74	-6.12%	10/14/32	7.13	0.46	6.90%

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