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Ken Himmler

Black Monday October 19th 1987

Posted by: Ken Himmler /  Category: Economy and Stock Market

While I am on a roll I have to go back to another crash. October 19th 1987. The market dropped from 2246 on October 16th 1987 to 1738 on the 19th. This represented a drop of 29%. We dropped only 7% today, not quite a comparison and oh by the way did I say the Dow was at 1738?

Date Open High Low Close Adj Close
10/30/1987 1965.68 2049.07 1965.68 1993.53 1993.53
10/29/1987 1849.3 1971.98 1849.3 1938.33 1938.33
10/28/1987 1846.49 1904.51 1767.74 1846.82 1846.82
10/27/1987 1806.7 1904.68 1806.7 1846.49 1846.49
10/26/1987 1881.8 1881.8 1774.04 1793.93 1793.93
10/23/1987 1950.43 1993.87 1898.54 1950.76 1950.76
10/22/1987 2004.97 2004.97 1837.86 1950.43 1950.43
10/21/1987 1951.76 2081.07 1951.76 2027.85 2027.85
10/20/1987 1738.74 2067.47 1616.21 1841.01 1841.01
10/19/1987 2164.16 2164.16 1677.55 1738.74 1738.74
10/16/1987 2355.09 2396.21 2207.73 2246.73 2246.73
10/15/1987 2412.7 2439.78 2345.63 2355.09 2355.09