The value of the DJIA index amounted to ********* at the end of March 2025, up from ********* at the end of March 2020. Global panic about the coronavirus epidemic caused the drop in March 2020, which was the worst drop since the collapse of Lehman Brothers in 2008. Dow Jones Industrial Average index – additional information The Dow Jones Industrial Average index is a price-weighted average of 30 of the largest American publicly traded companies on New York Stock Exchange and NASDAQ, and includes companies like Goldman Sachs, IBM and Walt Disney. This index is considered to be a barometer of the state of the American economy. DJIA index was created in 1986 by Charles Dow. Along with the NASDAQ 100 and S&P 500 indices, it is amongst the most well-known and used stock indexes in the world. The year that the 2018 financial crisis unfolded was one of the worst years of the Dow. It was also in 2008 that some of the largest ever recorded losses of the Dow Jones Index based on single-day points were registered. On September 29, 2008, for instance, the Dow had a loss of ****** points, one of the largest single-day losses of all times. The best years in the history of the index still are 1915, when the index value increased by ***** percent in one year, and 1933, year when the index registered a growth of ***** percent.

The main stock market index of United States, the US500, rose to 6211 points on July 1, 2025, gaining 0.10% from the previous session. Over the past month, the index has climbed 4.64% and is up 12.75% compared to the same time last year, according to trading on a contract for difference (CFD) that tracks this benchmark index from United States. United States Stock Market Index - values, historical data, forecasts and news - updated on July of 2025.

The S&P 500 index dropped significantly between January 3 and September 9, 2022. As of January 3, the index stood at ******** points, and it dropped approximately 15 percent by September 2022. In February 2024, the daily value of the S&P 500 increased over ***** points and reached ******** as of October 16 of the same year.

In 2024, ** percent of adults in the United States invested in the stock market. This figure has remained steady over the last few years, and is still below the levels before the Great Recession, when it peaked in 2007 at ** percent. What is the stock market? The stock market can be defined as a group of stock exchanges, where investors can buy shares in a publicly traded company. In more recent years, it is estimated an increasing number of Americans are using neobrokers, making stock trading more accessible to investors. Other investments A significant number of people think stocks and bonds are the safest investments, while others point to real estate, gold, bonds, or a savings account. Since witnessing the significant one-day losses in the stock market during the Financial Crisis, many investors were turning towards these alternatives in hopes for more stability, particularly for investments with longer maturities. This could explain the decrease in this statistic since 2007. Nevertheless, some speculators enjoy chasing the short-run fluctuations, and others see value in choosing particular stocks.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) index dropped around ***** points in the four weeks from February 12 to March 11, 2020, but has since recovered and peaked at ********* points as of November 24, 2024. In February 2020 - just prior to the global coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the DJIA index stood at a little over ****** points. U.S. markets suffer as virus spreads The COVID-19 pandemic triggered a turbulent period for stock markets – the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite also recorded dramatic drops. At the start of February, some analysts remained optimistic that the outbreak would ease. However, the increased spread of the virus started to hit investor confidence, prompting a record plunge in the stock markets. The Dow dropped by more than ***** points in the week from February 21 to February 28, which was a fall of **** percent – its worst percentage loss in a week since October 2008. Stock markets offer valuable economic insights The Dow Jones Industrial Average is a stock market index that monitors the share prices of the 30 largest companies in the United States. By studying the performance of the listed companies, analysts can gauge the strength of the domestic economy. If investors are confident in a company’s future, they will buy its stocks. The uncertainty of the coronavirus sparked fears of an economic crisis, and many traders decided that investment during the pandemic was too risky.

Indonesia Capital Market: Stock Trading: Average Daily Trading Volume: Growth data was reported at 13.350 % in Feb 2025. This records an increase from the previous number of -10.150 % for Jan 2025. Indonesia Capital Market: Stock Trading: Average Daily Trading Volume: Growth data is updated monthly, averaging 4.532 % from Dec 2017 (Median) to Feb 2025, with 87 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 216.159 % in Jan 2021 and a record low of -57.303 % in Feb 2020. Indonesia Capital Market: Stock Trading: Average Daily Trading Volume: Growth data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Bank Indonesia. The data is categorized under Indonesia Premium Database’s Monetary – Table ID.KAI020: Financial System Statistics: Capital Market Sector.

Indonesia Capital Market: Stock Trading: Average Daily Trading: Growth data was reported at 21.894 % in Feb 2025. This records an increase from the previous number of -16.869 % for Jan 2025. Indonesia Capital Market: Stock Trading: Average Daily Trading: Growth data is updated monthly, averaging 2.564 % from Feb 2011 (Median) to Feb 2025, with 153 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 230.564 % in Nov 2016 and a record low of -47.121 % in Nov 2017. Indonesia Capital Market: Stock Trading: Average Daily Trading: Growth data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Bank Indonesia. The data is categorized under Indonesia Premium Database’s Monetary – Table ID.KAI020: Financial System Statistics: Capital Market Sector.

Estonia Share Trading: Nasdaq Tallinn Stock Exchange: Value: per Business Day data was reported at 1.670 EUR mn in Jun 2018. This records an increase from the previous number of 1.000 EUR mn for May 2018. Estonia Share Trading: Nasdaq Tallinn Stock Exchange: Value: per Business Day data is updated monthly, averaging 0.800 EUR mn from Jun 2004 (Median) to Jun 2018, with 169 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 207.000 EUR mn in Nov 2004 and a record low of 0.310 EUR mn in Jul 2012. Estonia Share Trading: Nasdaq Tallinn Stock Exchange: Value: per Business Day data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Nasdaq Tallinn. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Estonia – Table EE.Z003: Nasdaq Tallinn Stock Exchange: Trading Statistics.

Between March 2020 and August 2024, four of the biggest one-day losses on the Nasdaq Composite Index occurred in the first half of 2020. The worst day was March 16, 2020, when the index fell by 12.32 percent. The 25 worst days in terms of losses were spread across 2020 and 2022. This index includes the Big Five tech giants - Apple, Amazon, Alphabet (Google), Meta, and Microsoft - as well as many other technology-focused companies.

This table contains 25 series, with data for years 1956 - present (not all combinations necessarily have data for all years). This table contains data described by the following dimensions (Not all combinations are available): Geography (1 items: Canada ...), Toronto Stock Exchange Statistics (25 items: Standard and Poor's/Toronto Stock Exchange Composite Index; high; Standard and Poor's/Toronto Stock Exchange Composite Index; close; Toronto Stock Exchange; oil and gas; closing quotations; Standard and Poor's/Toronto Stock Exchange Composite Index; low ...).

Daily Closing Prices of the Central Market (Taiwan Stock Exchange)

Estonia Share Trading: Nasdaq Tallinn Stock Exchange: Number of Trades: per Business Day data was reported at 205.640 Unit in Nov 2018. This records a decrease from the previous number of 294.830 Unit for Oct 2018. Estonia Share Trading: Nasdaq Tallinn Stock Exchange: Number of Trades: per Business Day data is updated monthly, averaging 223.430 Unit from Jun 2004 (Median) to Nov 2018, with 174 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 1,155.900 Unit in Feb 2007 and a record low of 50.000 Unit in Aug 2004. Estonia Share Trading: Nasdaq Tallinn Stock Exchange: Number of Trades: per Business Day data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Nasdaq Tallinn. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Estonia – Table EE.Z003: Nasdaq Tallinn Stock Exchange: Trading Statistics.

Japan's main stock market index, the JP225, rose to 40151 points on June 27, 2025, gaining 1.43% from the previous session. Over the past month, the index has climbed 6.44% and is up 1.43% compared to the same time last year, according to trading on a contract for difference (CFD) that tracks this benchmark index from Japan. Japan Stock Market Index (JP225) - values, historical data, forecasts and news - updated on June of 2025.

Context

Stock market data can be interesting to analyze and as a further incentive, strong predictive models can have large financial payoff. The amount of financial data on the web is seemingly endless. A large and well structured dataset on a wide array of companies can be hard to come by. Here I provide a dataset with historical stock prices (last 5 years) for all companies currently found on the S&P 500 index.

The script I used to acquire all of these .csv files can be found in this GitHub repository In the future if you wish for a more up to date dataset, this can be used to acquire new versions of the .csv files.

Content

The data is presented in a couple of formats to suit different individual's needs or computational limitations. I have included files containing 5 years of stock data (in the all_stocks_5yr.csv and corresponding folder) and a smaller version of the dataset (all_stocks_1yr.csv) with only the past year's stock data for those wishing to use something more manageable in size.

The folder individual_stocks_5yr contains files of data for individual stocks, labelled by their stock ticker name. The all_stocks_5yr.csv and all_stocks_1yr.csv contain this same data, presented in merged .csv files. Depending on the intended use (graphing, modelling etc.) the user may prefer one of these given formats.

All the files have the following columns: Date - in format: yy-mm-dd Open - price of the stock at market open (this is NYSE data so all in USD) High - Highest price reached in the day Low Close - Lowest price reached in the day Volume - Number of shares traded Name - the stock's ticker name

Acknowledgements

I scraped this data from Google finance using the python library 'pandas_datareader'. Special thanks to Kaggle, Github and The Market.

Inspiration

This dataset lends itself to a some very interesting visualizations. One can look at simple things like how prices change over time, graph an compare multiple stocks at once, or generate and graph new metrics from the data provided. From these data informative stock stats such as volatility and moving averages can be easily calculated. The million dollar question is: can you develop a model that can beat the market and allow you to make statistically informed trades!

Russia's main stock market index, the MOEX, rose to 2847 points on June 30, 2025, gaining 1.47% from the previous session. Over the past month, the index has climbed 0.63%, though it remains 10.62% lower than a year ago, according to trading on a contract for difference (CFD) that tracks this benchmark index from Russia. Russia Stock Market Index MOEX CFD - values, historical data, forecasts and news - updated on July of 2025.

April 9, 2025, saw the largest one-day gain in the history of the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA), follwing Trump's announcement of 90-day delay in the introduction of tariffs imposed on imports from all countries. The second-largest one-day gain occurred on March 24, 2020, with the index increasing 2,112.98 points. This occurred approximately two weeks after the largest one-day point loss occurred on March 9, 2020, which was triggered by the growing panic about the coronavirus outbreak worldwide. Index fluctuations The DJIA is an index of 30 large companies traded on the New York Stock Exchange. It is one of the numbers that financial analysts watch closely, using it as a bellwether for the United States economy. Seeing when these large gains occur, as well as the largest one-day point losses, gives insight to why these fluctuations may occur. The gains in 2009 are likely adjustments after major losses during the Financial Crisis, but those in 2018 are probably signs of high market volatility. Other leading financial indicators While the DJIA is closely watched, it only gives insight on the performance of thirty leading U.S. companies. An index like the S&P 500, tracking 500 companies, can give a more comprehensive overview of the United States economy. Even so, this only reflects investment. Other parts of the economy, such as consumer spending or unemployment rate are not well reflected in stock market indices.

South Africa's main stock market index, the SAALL, rose to 96408 points on June 30, 2025, gaining 0.57% from the previous session. Over the past month, the index has climbed 1.31% and is up 20.73% compared to the same time last year, according to trading on a contract for difference (CFD) that tracks this benchmark index from South Africa. South Africa Stock Market (SAALL) - values, historical data, forecasts and news - updated on June of 2025.

Italy Borsa Italiana: Turnover: Daily Average data was reported at 2,476.700 EUR mn in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 2,438.800 EUR mn for 2016. Italy Borsa Italiana: Turnover: Daily Average data is updated yearly, averaging 392.000 EUR mn from Dec 1975 (Median) to 2017, with 43 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 6,248.400 EUR mn in 2007 and a record low of 2.000 EUR mn in 1977. Italy Borsa Italiana: Turnover: Daily Average data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Italian Stock Exchange. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Italy – Table IT.Z006: Stock Exchange Statistics: Annual.

Canada's main stock market index, the TSX, rose to 26746 points on June 30, 2025, gaining 0.20% from the previous session. Over the past month, the index has climbed 1.35% and is up 21.83% compared to the same time last year, according to trading on a contract for difference (CFD) that tracks this benchmark index from Canada. Canada Stock Market Index (TSX) - values, historical data, forecasts and news - updated on June of 2025.

For the WIG, WIG20 and mWIG40 indices, no day, week or month statistically differs from the average level of the index, which indicates no anomalies. The situation is different only for the index of small companies. In the case of sWIG80, the mean values on Friday, week 5 and 6, and during January, February and June were statistically different at the level of 1%. The second week of the month also turns out to be statistically different at the significance level of 5%. The study of the mean in the case of sWIG80 indicates the same periods as previously indicated during the preliminary comparison of the means in the first part of the study.