Up/Down Days By Year
1971 to 2004

 
 

Year

Up

Down

Unch

Total

% Up

Average Daily
Gain/Loss

1971*

134

93

1

228

58.77%

0.06%

1972

146

104

1

251

58.17%

0.06%

1973

119

133

0

252

47.22%

-0.14%

1974

112

141

0

253

44.27%

-0.16%

1975

141

112

0

253

55.73%

0.11%

1976

151

100

2

253

59.68%

0.09%

1977

143

108

1

252

56.75%

0.03%

1978

165

86

1

252

65.48%

0.05%

1979

167

85

1

253

66.01%

0.10%

1980

162

90

1

253

64.03%

0.12%

1981

146

107

0

253

57.71%

-0.01%

1982

130

123

0

253

51.38%

0.07%

1983

151

102

0

253

59.68%

0.07%

1984

107

145

1

253

42.29%

-0.04%

1985

148

105

0

253

58.50%

0.11%

1986

158

95

0

253

62.45%

0.03%

1987

147

106

0

253

58.10%

-0.01%

1988

150

103

0

253

59.29%

0.06%

1989

157

95

0

252

62.30%

0.07%

1990

133

120

0

253

52.57%

-0.07%

1991

149

104

0

253

58.89%

0.18%

1992

133

121

0

254

52.36%

0.06%

1993

155

98

0

253

61.26%

0.06%

1994

132

119

1

252

52.38%

-0.01%

1995

148

104

0

252

58.73%

0.14%

1996

151

103

0

254

59.45%

0.09%

1997

145

108

0

253

57.31%

0.08%

1998

145

107

0

252

57.54%

0.15%

1999

146

106

0

252

57.94%

0.26%

2000

122

130

0

252

48.41%

-0.15%

2001

125

123

0

248

50.40%

-0.06%

2002

117

135

0

252

46.43%

-0.13%

2003

133

119

0

252

52.78%

0.17%

2004

137

115

0

252

54.37%

0.04%

Total

4,805

3,745

10

8,560

56.13%

0.04%

*February 8 to December 31

Notes:
From February 1971 to December 2004, the Nasdaq Composite closed up 56.13% of the time (4,805 of 8,560)
From February 1971 to December 2004, the Nasdaq Composite posted an average gain of 0.04% per trading session.
The best year in terms of % up days is 1979 (66.01%), while the worst year is 1984 (42.29%).
The best year in terms of average daily gain/loss is 1999 (0.26%), while the worst year is 1974 (-0.16%).