Biggest Daily Falls in Stock Market

October 16th, 2008 | economics -

Using the FTSE 100 share index, we can see October is not a good month for share prices. These are the biggest daily falls presented in both absolute and % terms. It also shows what a turbulent year 2008 has been.

Date	Close Value	Change on Day	% Change on Day
October 20 1987	1801.60	-250.7	-12.22%
October 19 1987	2052.30	-249.6	-10.84%
October 10 2008	3932.10	-381.7	-8.85%
October 6 2008	4589.20	-391.1	-7.85%
October 15 2008	4079.50	-314.7	-7.16%
October 26 1987	1684.10	-111.1	-6.19%
September 11 2001	4745.98	-287.7	-5.72%
October 22 1987	1833.20	-110.6	-5.69%

The FTSE 100 share index was began on 3 January 1984, with a base index of 1000.
The highest level of the FTSE 100 was 6950.6, on 30 December 1999.
The FTSE 100 includes the 100 biggest companies by market capitalisation, it includes the next biggest 250 companies.
The FTSE 350, is an aggregate of both the FTSE 100 and FTSE 250
The FTSE All Share Index includes nearly all companies – about 98% of market share.
The precursor to the FTSE 100 was the FT 30

List of FTSE 100 Companies
Worst days on the FTSE 100 at Guardian