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

  
 

Rank

 

Month Ending Date

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Change

%

1

 

December 31, 1999

4,069.31

733.15

21.98%

2

 

February 29, 2000

4,696.69

756.34

19.19%

3

 

October 31, 1974

65.23

9.56

17.17%

4

 

January 31, 1975

69.78

9.96

16.65%

5

 

June 30, 2000

3,966.11

565.20

16.62%

6

 

April 30, 2001

2,116.24

275.98

15.00%

7

 

January 29, 1999

2,505.89

313.20

14.28%

8

 

November 30, 2001

1,930.58

240.38

14.22%

9

 

October 31, 2002

1,329.75

157.69

13.45%

10

 

October 29, 1982

212.63

24.98

13.31%

11

 

September 30, 1998

1,693.84

194.59

12.98%

12

 

October 31, 2001

1,690.20

191.40

12.77%

13

 

January 31, 1985

278.70

31.35

12.67%

14

 

December 31, 1998

2,192.69

243.15

12.47%

15

 

November 30, 1999

3,336.16

369.73

12.46%

16

 

January 30, 1987

392.06

43.23

12.39%

17

 

January 31, 2001

2,772.73

302.21

12.23%

18

 

January 30, 1976

87.05

9.43

12.15%

19

 

December 31, 1991

586.34

62.44

11.92%

20

 

August 31, 2000

4,206.35

439.36

11.66%

Orange = most recent entry

Notes:
13 of the top 20 Nasdaq up months (percentage) occurred after 1996.
6 of the top 20 Nasdaq up months (percentage) were Januarys.