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

  
 

Rank

 

Month Ending Date

Close

Change

%

1

 

November 30, 2000

2,597.93

-771.70

-22.90%

2

 

April 28, 2000

3,860.66

-712.17

-15.57%

3

 

February 28, 2001

2,151.83

-620.90

-22.39%

4

 

September 29, 2000

3,672.82

-533.53

-12.68%

5

 

May 31, 2000

3,400.91

-459.75

-11.91%

6

 

August 31, 1998

1,499.25

-373.14

-19.93%

7

 

March 30, 2001

1,840.26

-311.57

-14.48%

8

 

September 28, 2001

1,498.80

-306.63

-16.98%

9

 

October 31, 2000

3,369.63

-303.19

-8.25%

10

 

August 31, 2001

1,805.43

-262.95

-12.71%

11

 

February 26, 1999

2,288.03

-217.86

-8.69%

12

 

February 28, 2002

1,731.49

-202.54

-10.47%

13

 

July 31, 2000

3,766.99

-199.12

-5.02%

14

 

July 30, 2004

1,887.36

-160.43

-7.83%

15

 

April 30, 2002

1,688.23

-157.12

-8.51%

16

 

June 28, 2002

1,463.21

-152.52

-9.44%

17

 

December 31, 2002

1,335.51

-143.27

-9.69%

18

 

September 30, 2002

1,172.06

-142.79

-10.86%

19

 

July 31, 2002

1,328.26

-134.95

-9.22%

20

 

January 31, 2000

3,940.35

-128.96

-3.17%

Orange = most recent entry

Note:
18 of the top 20 Nasdaq down months (points) occurred after 1999.