Top 50 movements down and up in Dow Jones Industrial Average from 1985 through today:
| % change on close, down | % change on close, up | ||
| 19/10/1987 | -22.61% | 13/10/2008 | 11.08% |
| 16/03/2020 | -12.93% | 28/10/2008 | 10.88% |
| 12/03/2020 | -9.99% | 21/10/1987 | 10.15% |
| 26/10/1987 | -8.04% | 13/03/2020 | 9.36% |
| 15/10/2008 | -7.87% | 23/03/2009 | 6.84% |
| 09/03/2020 | -7.79% | 13/11/2008 | 6.67% |
| 01/12/2008 | -7.70% | 21/11/2008 | 6.54% |
| 09/10/2008 | -7.33% | 24/07/2002 | 6.35% |
| 27/10/1997 | -7.18% | 20/10/1987 | 5.88% |
| 17/09/2001 | -7.13% | 10/03/2009 | 5.80% |
| 29/09/2008 | -6.98% | 29/07/2002 | 5.41% |
| 13/10/1989 | -6.91% | 17/03/2020 | 5.20% |
| 08/01/1988 | -6.85% | 02/03/2020 | 5.09% |
| 31/08/1998 | -6.37% | 26/12/2018 | 4.98% |
| 18/03/2020 | -6.30% | 08/09/1998 | 4.98% |
| 11/03/2020 | -5.86% | 29/10/1987 | 4.96% |
| 22/10/2008 | -5.69% | 24/11/2008 | 4.93% |
| 14/04/2000 | -5.66% | 16/03/2000 | 4.93% |
| 20/11/2008 | -5.56% | 10/03/2020 | 4.89% |
| 08/08/2011 | -5.55% | 15/10/2002 | 4.80% |
| 07/10/2008 | -5.11% | 28/10/1997 | 4.71% |
| 19/11/2008 | -5.07% | 30/09/2008 | 4.68% |
| 05/11/2008 | -5.05% | 16/10/2008 | 4.68% |
| 06/11/2008 | -4.85% | 20/10/2008 | 4.67% |
| 14/04/1988 | -4.82% | 01/10/2002 | 4.57% |
| 12/11/2008 | -4.73% | 17/01/1991 | 4.57% |
| 19/07/2002 | -4.64% | 04/03/2020 | 4.53% |
| 10/08/2011 | -4.62% | 24/09/2001 | 4.47% |
| 10/02/2009 | -4.62% | 30/11/2011 | 4.24% |
| 11/09/1986 | -4.61% | 05/04/2001 | 4.23% |
| 05/02/2018 | -4.60% | 11/10/2002 | 4.20% |
| 16/10/1987 | -4.60% | 16/12/2008 | 4.20% |
| 27/02/2020 | -4.42% | 15/10/1998 | 4.15% |
| 15/09/2008 | -4.42% | 09/08/2011 | 3.98% |
| 20/09/2001 | -4.37% | 26/08/2015 | 3.95% |
| 04/08/2011 | -4.31% | 11/08/2011 | 3.95% |
| 02/03/2009 | -4.24% | 04/01/1988 | 3.94% |
| 27/08/1998 | -4.19% | 18/04/2001 | 3.91% |
| 08/02/2018 | -4.15% | 10/05/2010 | 3.90% |
| 03/09/2002 | -4.10% | 18/09/2008 | 3.86% |
| 12/03/2001 | -4.10% | 01/09/1998 | 3.82% |
| 05/03/2009 | -4.09% | 31/05/1988 | 3.82% |
| 17/09/2008 | -4.06% | 17/03/2003 | 3.59% |
| 30/11/1987 | -4.03% | 05/07/2002 | 3.58% |
| 20/01/2009 | -4.01% | 13/03/2003 | 3.57% |
| 15/11/1991 | -3.93% | 11/03/2008 | 3.55% |
| 03/12/1987 | -3.92% | 14/12/1987 | 3.53% |
| 14/11/2008 | -3.82% | 18/03/2008 | 3.51% |
| 22/10/1987 | -3.82% | 21/01/2009 | 3.51% |
| 14/10/1987 | -3.81% | 08/12/2008 | 3.46% |
