This day in market history › September 17
September 17 in market history
The market was open on September 17 in 71 years since 1928. The S&P 500 rose 37 times and fell 34. Its biggest rise was +5.80% in 1936, its biggest fall -4.92% in 2001.
The biggest rises
The biggest falls
| 2001 | -4.92% | The first trading day after the September 11 attacks. The market had been closed since September 10. |
| 2008 | -4.71% | |
| 1998 | -2.55% | |
| 1945 | -2.21% | |
| 1937 | -2.15% |
Every year
1928 +0.9% · 1929 -0.8% · 1930 +0.3% · 1931 +1.9% · 1934 -0.2% · 1935 +0.7% · 1936 +5.8% · 1937 -2.1% · 1940 +0.8% · 1941 +1.7% · 1942 -0.1% · 1943 +1.0% · 1945 -2.2% · 1946 -0.8% · 1947 +1.3% · 1948 -0.4% · 1951 -0.3% · 1952 +0.2% · 1953 +0.3% · 1954 +0.8% · 1956 -0.2% · 1957 +0.1% · 1958 0.0% · 1959 -0.5% · 1962 +0.3% · 1963 +0.1% · 1964 +0.7% · 1965 +0.0% · 1968 +0.3% · 1969 -0.2% · 1970 +0.6% · 1971 +0.3% · 1973 -0.3% · 1974 +1.7% · 1975 +0.3% · 1976 +0.9% · 1979 +0.1% · 1980 +1.7% · 1981 -1.4% · 1982 -1.0% · 1984 +0.1% · 1985 -0.8% · 1986 -0.0% · 1987 +0.0% · 1990 +0.3% · 1991 -0.1% · 1992 +0.0% · 1993 -0.1% · 1996 -0.2% · 1997 -0.3% · 1998 -2.5% · 1999 +1.3% · 2001 -4.9% · 2002 -2.0% · 2003 -0.3% · 2004 +0.4% · 2007 -0.5% · 2008 -4.7% · 2009 -0.3% · 2010 +0.1% · 2012 -0.3% · 2013 +0.4% · 2014 +0.1% · 2015 -0.3% · 2018 -0.6% · 2019 +0.3% · 2020 -0.8% · 2021 -0.9% · 2024 +0.0% · 2025 -0.1% · 2026 +1.1%
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