October 19 1987, “Black Monday” on Wall Street
On October 19, 1987, the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) fell 508.32 points, a decline of 22.61 percent, ending a bull market that had lasted since August 1982. A record volume of 604.33 million shares traded hands that day, three times the daily average. The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) lost more than US$500 billion in market capitalization, its largest loss since the beginning of World War I in 1914. The DJIA’s colla...