Today’s negative close follows yesterday’s -.85%.
This large a drop is not common, occurring only 73 times since January 2000 — with the median of all losses being -2.53%.
The largest loss so far in this decade is 6.2%, followed by -5.2%; there are 15 minus 3.99% to minus 3% days, and 54 days between -2% and – 3%.
Until today, this year’s largest losses were 3.60% on February 27; 2.32% on July 26; and 2.07% on March 13.
DJIA – 2.10%
NASDAQ -2.37%