Market Index History

Market Index History was created with the goal of providing historical insights related to the performance of the major U.S. stock market indices. The market indices covered are the S&P 500, Dow Jones Industrial Average, Nasdaq Composite, and Russell 2000. Our goal is to summarize historical market trends and to present simple and easily digestible historical insights that facilitate a broad understanding of the full range of market behaviors.

To accomplish this goal, Market Index History uses illustrative charts and graphs to summarize and convey historical performance and trends of market indices (or indexes, if you prefer). Market index data are end-of-day data, and are updated after the close of every trading session.

Below is an example of a market index analysis. Every visit to this page will reveal a randomly selected market analysis insight powered by our own analysis tools. The full complement of our market index analysis tools may be found on our Market Index Analyses page. These analysis tools are freely available to all users.