This day in market history › March 16
March 16 in market history
The market was open on March 16 in 70 years since 1928. The S&P 500 rose 43 times and fell 27. Its biggest rise was +4.76% in 2000, its biggest fall -11.98% in 2020.
The biggest rises
The biggest falls
| 2020 | -11.98% | The biggest one-day fall since 1987, as the pandemic shut down the economy. |
| 1938 | -4.41% | |
| 1932 | -2.41% | |
| 2001 | -1.96% | |
| 2011 | -1.95% |
Every year
1928 +1.1% · 1931 +2.6% · 1932 -2.4% · 1933 +1.8% · 1934 +0.3% · 1936 +2.3% · 1937 +0.5% · 1938 -4.4% · 1939 -0.2% · 1942 +1.1% · 1943 -0.3% · 1944 +0.1% · 1945 +0.1% · 1948 -1.6% · 1949 -0.4% · 1950 +0.2% · 1951 +1.6% · 1953 +0.2% · 1954 -0.0% · 1955 +0.8% · 1956 +0.3% · 1959 -1.1% · 1960 +0.5% · 1961 +1.0% · 1962 -0.2% · 1964 0.0% · 1965 -0.1% · 1966 +0.6% · 1967 +1.0% · 1970 -1.1% · 1971 +0.5% · 1972 -0.2% · 1973 -0.5% · 1976 +1.1% · 1977 +0.2% · 1978 +0.4% · 1979 +0.8% · 1981 +1.2% · 1982 -0.2% · 1983 -1.0% · 1984 +1.2% · 1987 -0.6% · 1988 +0.9% · 1989 +0.9% · 1990 +1.1% · 1992 +0.1% · 1993 -0.0% · 1994 +0.5% · 1995 +0.7% · 1998 +1.0% · 1999 -0.1% · 2000 +4.8% · 2001 -2.0% · 2004 +0.6% · 2005 -0.8% · 2006 +0.2% · 2007 -0.4% · 2009 -0.4% · 2010 +0.8% · 2011 -1.9% · 2012 +0.1% · 2015 +1.4% · 2016 +0.6% · 2017 -0.2% · 2018 +0.2% · 2020 -12.0% · 2021 -0.2% · 2022 +2.2% · 2023 +1.8% · 2026 +1.0%
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