At a nearly 778 point drop this has to be the single largest plunge

[whistle]

..in value ever for Wall Street would it not?

Dow Jones Industrial Average
10,365.45 -777.68 / -6.98%

Sep 29 4:14pm ET †
Open: 11,139.62
High (day): 11,139.94
Low (day): 10,365.45
YTD%Change: -21.86%
Volume: 382,359,876.00
Prev. Close: 11,143.13

[meow mix]

1. its all fake, according to many.

theres no problem at all. shiney side out, guys.

[kirby]

2. Why do people bother with 'largest point drop' nonsense?

That is a stupid statistic. Percentage is what is important.

On Monday, Oct 19, 1987, the Dow dropped 508 points. That was 22%. If the same 22% drop happened today, the drop would be around 2200 points.

[wtmusic]

3. Not even close.

Today's drop represented 7%.

The drop on Oct 19, 1987 was 22%.

[aquart]

4. Nah.

Big babies making a big fat fuss.

[EmilyAnne]

5. They are saying precisely this right now on CNN.

"Worst single-day point drop loss ever."
Now, its not the biggest PERCENTAGE drop, like someone up thread pointed out.

[aquart]

7. It didn't trigger even a temporary suspension in trading.

What a bunch of crybabies.

[sinkingfeeling]

6. Percentage wise, YTD, it isn't even in the top 10 of all stock market dives.

[cali]

8. no. it's a whopper of a point drop, but only 17th as far as a percentage drop.