As the Dow plunged as much as 1,000 points before recouping some ground amid Europe debt crisis, FoxNews.com takes a look at some of the biggest closing point drops in the Dow Jones Industrial Average history.
The following raw data shows what the Dow closed at for that date, the point loss and the percentage loss.
DATE WHAT IT CLOSED AT POINT LOSS PERCENTAGE LOSS
9/29/2008 10365.45 -777.68 -6.98
10/15/2008 8577.91 -733.08 -7.87
9/17/2001 8920.70 -684.81 -7.13
12/1/2008 8149.09 -679.95 -7.70
10/9/2008 8579.19 -678.91 -7.33
4/14/200 10305.77 -617.78 -5.66
10/27/1997 7161.14 -554.27 -7.18
10/22/2008 8519.21 -514.45 -5.69
8/31/1998 7539.06 -512.62 -6.37
10/7/2008 9447.11 -508.39 -5.11
10/19/1987 1738.74 -508.00 -22.61
9/15/2008 10917.51 -504.48 -4.42
11/5/2008 9139.27 -486.01 -5.05
9/17/2008 10609.66 -449.36 -4.06
11/20/2008 7552.29 -444.99 -5.56
11/6/2008 8695.79 -443.48 -4.85
3/12/2001 10208.25 -436.37 -4.10
11/19/2008 7997.28 -427.47 -5.07
2/27/2007 12216.24 -416.02 -3.29
11/12/2008 8282.66 -411.30 -4.73
Info from Dow Jones.
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