Largest Nasdaq Corrections: Percentage
February 8, 1971 to February 4, 2005

  
  

Rank

High
Date

High
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Low
Date

Low
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Correction

Days
To Low

New High
Date

New High
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Days To
New High

1

03/10/00

5,048.62

10/09/02

1,114.11

-77.93%

943

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2

01/11/73

136.84

10/03/74

54.87

-59.90%

630

09/07/78

137.09

2,065

3

08/26/87

455.26

10/28/87

291.88

-35.89%

63

08/03/89

456.93

708

4

10/09/89

485.73

10/16/90

325.44

-33.00%

372

04/01/91

491.20

539

5

06/24/83

328.91

07/25/84

225.30

-31.50%

397

01/07/86

329.74

928

6

07/20/98

2,014.25

10/08/98

1,419.12

-29.55%

80

11/27/98

2,016.44

130

7

05/29/81

223.47

08/13/82

159.14

-28.79%

441

11/04/82

225.01

524

8

02/08/80

165.25

03/27/80

124.09

-24.91%

48

07/14/80

166.52

157

9

09/13/78

139.25

11/14/78

110.88

-20.37%

62

07/26/79

139.52

316

10

06/05/96

1,249.15

07/24/96

1,042.37

-16.55%

49

10/07/96

1,250.87

124

11

07/03/86

411.16

09/16/86

343.67

-16.41%

75

02/13/87

412.48

225

12

02/12/92

644.92

06/26/92

547.84

-15.05%

135

11/24/92

645.94

286

13

10/09/97

1,745.85

12/24/97

1,499.53

-14.11%

76

02/23/98

1,751.76

137

14

03/18/94

803.93

06/24/94

693.79

-13.70%

98

03/14/95

808.24

361

15

01/22/97

1,388.06

04/02/97

1,201.00

-13.48%

70

05/23/97

1,389.72

121

16

10/05/79

152.29

10/23/79

132.61

-12.92%

18

01/10/80

153.12

97

17

04/29/71

112.46

11/23/71

100.31

-10.80%

208

12/29/71

112.57

244

18

04/22/98

1,917.61

06/15/98

1,715.75

-10.53%

54

07/08/98

1,935.39

77

19

02/01/99

2,510.09

02/17/99

2,248.91

-10.41%

16

04/05/99

2,560.06

63

20

04/26/99

2,652.05

05/25/99

2,380.90

-10.22%

29

06/30/99

2,686.12

65

Notes:
The previous four 30-percent corrections lasted an average 1,060 days.
The current correction is 1,792 days old (as of February 4, 2005).