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Black Monday
Black Monday: June 1, 1987 to June 30, 1988. Over those days the S&P 500 went -5.6%. Its deepest fall inside them was -33.5%, from August 25, 1987 to December 4, 1987.
The S&P 500, start to end-5.6%price only
Deepest fall inside-33.5%August 25, 1987 to December 4, 1987
Trading days276June 1, 1987 to June 30, 1988
Its biggest days
- October 16, 1987 -5.16%
- October 19, 1987 -20.47% · Black Monday: the biggest one-day fall in the S&P 500's history.
- October 20, 1987 +5.33%
- October 21, 1987 +9.10%
- October 26, 1987 -8.28%
- January 8, 1988 -6.77%
Companies that did not come out
- Standard Oil Co · gone 1987
- Sterling Drug · gone 1988
- Burns Intl Services Corp · gone 1987
- 7-eleven Inc · gone 1987
- Firestone · gone 1988
- Lucky Stores · gone 1988
- Burlington Industries Equity · gone 1987
- Walter (jim) Corp · gone 1988
- Dome Mines · gone 1987
- CBS · gone 1987
Play it
Trade Black Monday one day at a time with the prices as they were. Orders fill at the next close, and nothing from the future reaches your screen. Part of Pro. The blind test is the same idea with the dates hidden, free, with no account.
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