Points   Percentage
Largest Nasdaq Down Months: Percentage
February 1971 to February 2005

  
 

Rank

 

Month Ending Date

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Change

%

1

 

October 30, 1987

323.30

-120.99

-27.23%

2

 

November 30, 2000

2,597.93

-771.70

-22.90%

3

 

February 28, 2001

2,151.83

-620.90

-22.39%

4

 

August 31, 1998

1,499.25

-373.14

-19.93%

5

 

March 31, 1980

131.00

-27.03

-17.10%

6

 

September 28, 2001

1,498.80

-306.63

-16.98%

7

 

October 31, 1978

111.12

-21.77

-16.38%

8

 

April 28, 2000

3,860.66

-712.17

-15.57%

9

 

November 30, 1973

93.51

-16.66

-15.12%

10

 

March 30, 2001

1,840.26

-311.57

-14.48%

11

 

August 31, 1990

381.21

-57.03

-13.01%

12

 

August 31, 2001

1,805.43

-262.95

-12.71%

13

 

September 29, 2000

3,672.82

-533.53

-12.68%

14

 

May 31, 2000

3,400.91

-459.75

-11.91%

15

 

August 30, 1974

62.37

-7.62

-10.89%

16

 

September 30, 2002

1,172.06

-142.79

-10.86%

17

 

September 30, 1974

55.67

-6.70

-10.74%

18

 

February 28, 2002

1,731.49

-202.54

-10.47%

19

 

December 31, 2002

1,335.51

-143.27

-9.69%

20

 

October 31, 1979

135.53

-14.45

-9.63%

Orange = most recent entry

Notes:
11 of the top 20 Nasdaq down months (percentage) occurred after 1999.
5 of the top 20 Nasdaq down months (percentage) occurred in the 1970s.