Closing milestones of the Nasdaq Composite

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This article is a summary of the closing milestones of the Nasdaq Composite, a United States stock market index. Since first opening at 100.00 on February 5, 1971, the Nasdaq Composite has increased, despite several periods of decline, most recently after the financial crisis.

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Milestone highs and lows

Nasdaq Composite 1970-2012 Nasdaq Composite.png
Nasdaq Composite 1970–2012

Records

CategoryAll-Time HighsAll-Time Lows
Closing17,688.88Friday, June 14, 202454.87Thursday, October 3, 1974
Intraday17,741.80Thursday, June 13, 202454.87Thursday, October 3, 1974

Incremental closing milestones

The following is a list of the milestone closing levels of the Nasdaq Composite. Threshold for milestones is as follows: 10-point increments are used up to the 500-point level; 20 to 1,000; 50 to 3,000; 100 to 10,000; and 200-point increments thereafter. Bold formatting is applied to every 4 or 5 milestones, excluding peaks.

The Early 1970s Bull Market (1971-1972)

MilestoneClosing LevelDate First Achieved
100 1 100.00February 5, 1971
110110.16April 19, 1971
120120.47February 2, 1972
130130.00April 5, 1972

The 1980s Bull Market (1978-1987)

MilestoneClosing LevelDate First Achieved
136.842 137.09September 7, 1978
140140.02July 27, 1979
150150.04August 29, 1979
160160.70January 28, 1980
170170.48July 21, 1980
180181.70August 22, 1980
190191.31September 16, 1980
200200.25November 13, 1980
210210.18March 31, 1981
220220.24May 26, 1981
230230.19November 9, 1982
240240.65December 7, 1982
250251.65February 4, 1983
260261.29February 18, 1983
270270.37March 24, 1983
280281.60April 15, 1983
290290.84April 28, 1983
300301.64May 6, 1983
310311.39May 26, 1983
320320.04June 14, 1983
330330.00January 16, 1986
340340.80February 6, 1986
350350.20February 14, 1986
360362.00March 4, 1986
370370.40March 13, 1986
380380.80April 14, 1986
390390.00April 17, 1986
400400.20May 30, 1986
410411.20July 3, 1986
420421.00February 25, 1987
430431.40March 11, 1987
440440.80August 6, 1987
450451.60August 13, 1987

The 1990s Acceleration Bull Market (1989-2000)

MilestoneClosing LevelDate First Achieved
455.803 456.90August 3, 1989
460461.70August 7, 1989
470471.30September 1, 1989
480480.70October 5, 1989
490491.20April 2, 1991
500501.62April 12, 1991
520521.06August 23, 1991
540540.94October 16, 1991
560565.71December 27, 1991
580586.34December 31, 1991
600602.29January 7, 1992
620625.75January 14, 1992
640644.92February 12, 1992
660661.60December 4, 1992
680681.85January 6, 1993
700700.77January 21, 1993
720726.89August 16, 1993
740742.84August 31, 1993
760763.66September 28, 1993
780785.41October 14, 1993
800800.47January 31, 1994
820822.63March 27, 1995
840840.95April 27, 1995
860863.06May 15, 1995
880882.85June 5, 1995
900902.68June 15, 1995
920922.09June 19, 1995
940940.09June 22, 1995
960969.76July 7, 1995
980988.63July 12, 1995
1,0001,005.89July 17, 1995
1,0501,051.08September 7, 1995
1,1001,117.11February 22, 1996
1,1501,153.70April 22, 1996
1,2001,202.76May 10, 1996
1,2501,250.87October 7, 1996
1,3001,300.37December 3, 1996
1,3501,364.28January 20, 1997
1,4001,409.21May 27, 1997
1,4501,452.43June 24, 1997
1,5001,502.62July 11, 1997
1,5501,580.63July 16, 1997
1,6001,605.45August 4, 1997
1,6501,656.22September 9, 1997
1,7001,702.41October 2, 1997
1,7501,751.76February 23, 1998
1,8001,812.44March 24, 1998
1,8501,852.96April 2, 1998
1,9001,903.87April 21, 1998
1,9501,965.53July 13, 1998
2,0002,000.56July 16, 1998
2,0502,050.42December 9, 1998
2,1002,138.03December 21, 1998
2,1502,172.54December 23, 1998
2,2002,208.05January 4, 1999
2,2502,251.27January 5, 1999
2,3002,320.86January 6, 1999
2,3502,384.59January 11, 1999
2,4002,408.17January 19, 1999
2,4502,505.89January 29, 1999
2,500
2,5502,560.06April 5, 1999
2,6002,652.05April 26, 1999
2,650
2,7002,706.18July 1, 1999
2,7502,771.86July 8, 1999
2,8002,818.13July 14, 1999
2,8502,864.47July 16, 1999
2,9002,915.95October 11, 1999
2,9502,966.42October 29, 1999
3,0003,028.51November 3, 1999
3,1003,102.29November 5, 1999
3,2003,221.15November 12, 1999
3,3003,347.11November 18, 1999
3,4003,420.50November 24, 1999
3,5003,520.63December 3, 1999
3,6003,620.24December 10, 1999
3,7003,715.06December 16, 1999
3,8003,911.15December 21, 1999
3,900
4,0004,041.46December 29, 1999
4,1004,131.15January 3, 2000
4,2004,235.40January 21, 2000
4,3004,321.77February 7, 2000
4,4004,427.50February 8, 2000
4,5004,548.92February 17, 2000
4,6004,617.65February 24, 2000
4,7004,784.08March 1, 2000
4,8004,914.79March 3, 2000
4,900
5,0005,046.86March 9, 2000

Do-Over of the Milestones (2002-2015)

Before the Financial Crisis (2002-2007)

After reaching an intra-day low of 1,108.49 during the Dot-com crash on October 10, 2002, the Nasdaq started to recover with a major setback in the Financial Crisis.

MilestoneClosing LevelDate Achieved Again
1,1501,163.37October 10, 2002
1,2001,210.47October 11, 2002
1,2501,282.44October 15, 2002
1,3001,309.67October 21, 2002
1,3501,360.70November 1, 2002
1,4001,401.17November 5, 2002
1,4501,467.55November 21, 2002
1,5001,502.88May 2, 2003
1,5501,551.38May 15, 2003
1,6001,603.56June 3, 2003
1,6501,653.62June 12, 2003
1,7001,720.71July 7, 2003
1,7501,754.82July 14, 2003
1,8001,800.18August 28, 2003
1,8501,852.90September 3, 2003
1,9001,909.55September 18, 2003
1,9501,950.14October 16, 2003
2,0002,006.48December 29, 2003
2,0502 057.37January 6, 2004
2,1002,100.25January 8, 2004
2,1502,153.83January 26, 2004
2,2002,218.15August 2, 2005
2,2502,253.56November 22, 2005
2,3002,305.62January 6, 2006
2,3502,359.75April 5, 2006
2,4002,406.38November 13, 2006
2,4502,452.72November 20, 2006
2,5002,502.82January 12, 2007
2,5502,554.45April 26, 2007
2,6002,604.52May 31, 2007
2,6502,656.65July 5, 2007
2,7002,701.73July 12, 2007
2,7502,780.32October 5, 2007
2,8002,803.91October 9, 2007
2,8502,859.12October 31, 2007
After the Financial Crisis (2011-2015)

After the Financial Crisis, Nasdaq started another recovery that ultimately led to the all-time closing high setback in 2000.

MilestoneClosing LevelDate Achieved Again
2,859.125 2,869.88April 27, 2011
2,9002,905.66February 3, 2012
2,9502,959.85February 16, 2012
3,0003,039.88March 13, 2012
3,1003,122.57March 26, 2012
3,2003,213.59February 19, 2013
3,3003,300.16April 11, 2013
3,4003,420.50May 8, 2013
3,5003,502.12May 21, 2013
3,6003,600.08July 12, 2013
3,7003,706.18September 9, 2013
3,8003,817.98October 1, 2013
3,9003,914.28October 18, 2013
4,0004,017.75November 26, 2013
4,1004,104.74December 20, 2013
4,2004,214.88January 15, 2014
4,3004,318.93February 27, 2014
4,4004,408.18June 30, 2014
4,5004,508.31August 18, 2014
4,6004,630.74October 31, 2014
4,7004,702.44November 18, 2014
4,8004,806.86December 26, 2014
4,9004,906.36February 18, 2015
5,0005,008.10March 2, 2015

The 2010s Cyclical Bull Market (2015-2020)

MilestoneClosing LevelDate First Achieved
5,048.624 5,056.06April 23, 2015
5,1006 5,106.59May 27, 2015
5,132.527 5,132.95June 18, 2015
5,2005,210.14July 17, 2015
5,218.868 5,221.12August 5, 2016
5,3005,339.52September 22, 2016
5,4009 5,417.36December 8, 2016
5,500 10 5,521.06January 6, 2017
5,6005,600.96January 24, 2017
5,7005,715.18February 9, 2017
5,8005,819.44February 15, 2017
5,9005,904.03March 1, 2017
6,000 11 6,025.49April 25, 2017
6,1006,100.76May 5, 2017
6,2006,205.26May 25, 2017
6,3006,305.80June 2, 2017
6,4006,410.81July 24, 2017
6,5006,516.72October 2, 2017
6,6006,603.55October 11, 2017
6,7006,701.26October 27, 2017
6,8006,862.48November 21, 2017
6,9006,912.36November 28, 2017
7,000 12 7,006.90January 2, 2018
7,1007,136.56January 5, 2018
7,2007,211.78January 11, 2018
7,30013 7,336.38January 19, 2018
7,4007,408.03January 22, 2018
7,5007,505.77January 26, 2018
7,60014 7,606.46June 4, 2018
7,7007,703.79June 12, 2018
7,80015 7,823.92July 12, 2018
7,9007,932.24July 25, 2018
8,0008,017.90August 27, 2018
8,1008,109.69August 29, 2018
8,2008,202.53July 10, 2019
8,3008,321.50July 24, 2019
8,4008,433.20November 4, 2019
8,5008,540.83November 15, 2019
8,6008,632.49November 25, 2019
8,7008,705.18November 27, 2019
8,8008,814.23December 16, 2019
8,9008,924.96December 20, 2019
9,0009,022.39December 26, 2019
9,1009,129.24January 8, 2020
9,2009,203.43January 9, 2020
9,3009,357.13January 16, 2020
9,4009,402.48January 23, 2020
9,5009,508.68February 5, 2020
9,6009,628.39 February 10, 2020
9,7009,725.96 February 12, 2020
9,8009,817.18February 19, 2020

Bull Recession of 2020

MilestoneClosing LevelDate First Achieved
9,817.1816 9,924.75June 8, 2020
9,900
10,00010,020.35June 10, 2020
10,20010,207.63July 2, 2020
10,40010,433.65July 6, 2020
10,60010,617.44July 10, 2020
10,80010,902.80August 3, 2020
11,00011,108.07August 6, 2020
11,20011,210.84August 18, 2020
11,40011,466.47August 25, 2020
11,60011,665.06August 26, 2020
11,80011,939.67September 1, 2020
12,00012,056.44September 2, 2020
12,20012,205.85November 27, 2020
12,40012,464.23December 4, 2020
12,60012,658.19December 16, 2020
12,80012,807.92December 22, 2020
13,00013,067.48January 7, 2021
13,20013,201.97January 8, 2021
13,40013,457.25January 20, 2021
13,60013,635.99January 25, 2021
13,80013,856.30February 5, 2021
14,00014,007.70February 9, 2021
14,20014,253.27June 22, 2021
14,40014,500.51June 28, 2021
14,60014,639.33July 2, 2021
14,80014,836.99July 23, 2021
15,00015,019.80August 24, 2021
15,20015,265.89August 30, 2021
15,40015,448.12October 28, 2021
15,60015,649.60November 2, 2021
15,80015,811.58November 3, 2021
16,00016,057.44November 19, 2021
16,20016,274.94March 1, 2024
16,40016,401.84March 21, 2024
16,60016,742.39May 15, 2024
16,80016,832.62May 21, 2024
17,00017,019.88May 28, 2024
17,20017,343.55June 11, 2024
17,40017,608.44June 12, 2024
17,600

List of 1000-point milestones by number of trading days

Milestone [1]
(closing)
Date of Record [1] Trading Days [1]
1,000July 7, 19956,171
2,000July 16, 1998764
3,000November 3, 1999329
4,000December 29, 199938
5,000March 9, 200049
6,000April 25, 20174,308
7,000January 2, 2018174
8,000August 27, 2018164
9,000December 26, 2019335
10,000June 10, 2020114
11,000August 6, 202040
12,000September 2, 202019
13,000January 7, 202187
14,000February 9, 202122
15,000August 24, 2021136
16,000November 19, 202162
17,000May 28, 2024631

See also

Notes

1This was the Nasdaq's very first close on February 5, 1971.
2This was the Nasdaq's close at the peak on January 11, 1973.
3This was the Nasdaq's close at the peak on August 27, 1987.
4This was the Nasdaq's close at the peak on March 10, 2000.
5This was the Nasdaq's close at the peak on October 31, 2007.
6The Nasdaq first traded above 5,100 on March 10, 2000; however, it took over 15 years for the Nasdaq to finally close above 5,100.
7This was the Nasdaq's all-time intraday high on March 10, 2000, which was finally broken on June 18, 2015.
8This was the Nasdaq's close at the peak on July 20, 2015, before the 2015-16 stock market selloff.
9The Nasdaq first traded above 5,400 during the session on Tuesday, November 29, 2016, but dropped below before the closing. Over the next few days, Nasdaq returned its post-election gains; however, the Nasdaq finally closed above 5,400 on Thursday, December 8, 2016.
10The Nasdaq first exceeded 5,500 intraday on Tuesday, December 27, 2016, before falling back below before closing and then retreated for the next two days, throwing away some of its recent gains. However, it took until January 6 of next year when the Nasdaq finally closed above 5,500.
11Since first reaching 5,000 on March 7, 2000, the Nasdaq slowly crawled its way towards 6,000 with major setbacks over the course of 17 years before finally trading above 6,000 (intraday and closing) on April 25, 2017.
12The Nasdaq first hit 7,000 during the trading session on Monday, December 18, 2017, before falling back underneath the millenary milestone at closing time and then flirted with it the next day before retreating. January 2, 2018 the first trading day of 2018 was when the Nasdaq first closed above 7,000.
13Although the Nasdaq first reached 7,300 intraday on Tuesday, January 16, 2018, the COMP has flirted with the milestone all week and then closed above it three days later.
14The Nasdaq first reached 7,600 on Monday, March 12, 2018, before falling back below it for the close. This was repeated the next trading day before another major pullback for the year. It took until Monday, June 4, 2018 (nearly three months) for the Nasdaq to finally close above 7,600.
15The Nasdaq first topped 7,800 on Wednesday, June 20, 2018, before falling back underneath at closing time before another pullback took place. It took until July 12, 2018, to finally close above this milestone.
16After peaking on February 19, 2020, the Nasdaq Composite rapidly fell into correction later that same month and into bear market territory in the next month amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

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