This article is a summary of the closing milestones of the Dow Jones Industrial Average, a United States stock market index. Since first closing at 62.76 on February 16, 1885, the Dow Jones Industrial Average has increased, despite several periods of decline.

Milestone highs and lows

Like most other stock market indices, the Dow undergoes periods of general increase and general declines or stagnation. A bull market is a term denoting a period of price increases, while a bear market denotes a period of declines. Wall Street generally considers a bear market in session when multiple broad market indices have a downturn of 20% or more in value lasting for at least 2 months. There are two types of bull markets. A secular bull market is a period in which the stock market index is continually reaching all-time highs with only brief periods of correction, as during the 1990s, and can last upwards of 15 years. A cyclical bull market is a period in which the stock market index is reaching 52-week or multi-year highs and may briefly peak at all-time highs before a rapid decline, as in the early 1970s. It usually occurs within relatively longer bear markets and lasts about three years. The following are the secular bull and bear markets experienced by the Dow since its inception:

Records

As indicated above, an all-time low was 28.48, on August 8, 1896.

Incremental closing milestones

The following is a list of the milestone closing levels of the Dow Jones Industrial Average. Legend: Bold formatting is applied every 5 milestones.

The Late 19th Century Bull Market (1885–1890)

The Century Turnover Bull Market (1896–1906)

The 1910s Bull Market (1916)

The 1920s Bull Market (1924–1929)

Great Depression/World War II (1929–1954)

During the Great Depression (1929–1937)

After reaching an intra-day low of 40.56 on July 8, 1932, the Dow started to recover with a major setback at the start of World War II.

The Post-World War II Years (1945–1954)

After the end of the second World War, the Dow started another recovery that ultimately led to the all-time closing high set back in 1929.

The Post-World War II Boom Market (1954–1966)

The 1970s Bear Market (1972–1973)

The 1980s Bull Market (1982–1987)

The 1990s Bull Acceleration (1989–2000)

The 2000s Cyclical Bull Market (2006–2007)

The 2010s Bull Market (2013–2020)

The Early 2020s Bull Market (2020–2024)

Complete list of record closes

The following is a list of the record closes of the Dow Jones Industrial Average grouped by year since May 26, 1896.

1896 (7 record closes)

1897 (29 record closes)

1898 (14 record closes)

1899 (34 record closes)

1900 (0 record closes)

1901 (2 record closes)

1902–1904 (0 record closes)

1905 (31 record closes)

1906 (10 record closes)

1907–1915 (0 record closes)

1916 (14 record closes)

1917–1918 (0 record closes)

1919 (11 record closes)

1920–1923 (0 record closes)

1924 (1 record close)

1925 (65 record closes)

1926 (9 record closes)

1927 (48 record closes)

1928 (58 record closes)

1929 (33 record closes)

1930–1953 (0 record closes)

1954 (13 record closes)

1955 (49 record closes)

1956 (15 record closes)

1957 (0 record closes)

1958 (25 record closes)

1959 (39 record closes)

1960 (1 record close)

1961 (19 record closes)

1962 (0 record closes)

1963 (14 record closes)

1964 (62 record closes)

1965 (39 record closes)

1966 (8 record closes)

1967–1971 (0 record closes)

1972 (12 record closes)

1973 (4 record closes)

1974–1981 (0 record closes)

1982 (2 record closes)

1983 (30 record closes)

1984 (0 record closes)

1985 (36 record closes)

1986 (30 record closes)

1987 (55 record closes)

1988 (0 record closes)

1989 (8 record closes)

1990 (15 record closes)

1991 (11 record closes)

1992 (22 record closes)

1993 (33 record closes)

1994 (12 record closes)

1995 (69 record closes)

1996 (44 record closes)

1997 (39 record closes)

1998 (30 record closes)

1999 (35 record closes)

2000 (4 record closes)

2001–2005 (0 record closes)

2006 (22 record closes)

2007 (34 record closes)

2008–2012 (0 record closes)

2013 (52 record closes)

2014 (38 record closes)

2015 (6 record closes)

2016 (26 record closes)

2017 (71 record closes)

2018 (15 record closes)

2019 (22 record closes)

2020 (14 record closes)

2021 (45 record closes)

2022 (2 record closes)

2023 (7 record closes)

2024 (47 record closes)

List of 1,000-point milestones by number of trading days

List of 10,000-point milestones by number of trading days