The Dow has made history, yet again, to start off the new year.
Just 23 sessions after hitting 24,000, the Dow Jones Industrial Average
DJIA, +0.89% on Thursday closed above the 25,000 level.
That’s the fastest 1,000-point advance in the index’s history — by one trading session.
The Dow hit five of these psychologically important 1,000-point milestones in 2017, representing the largest number of such milestones within a calendar year in the benchmark’s 120-plus-year history, according to the WSJ Market Data Group. The Dow notched 71 record closes last year and, yes,
that was a record, topping the 69 record closes that occurred over 1995.
Milestones are just numbers, but they provide an opportunity to reflect, take stock and consider history. To that end, below is a visual history of the Dow and its important milestones, in one cha