24,503
2026 (thru Aug) (latest)
STOCK MARKET (NASDAQ)
index, annual average of daily closes · 1971–2026 · higher is better · FRED NASDAQCOM
107
1971
24,503
high · 2026
76
low · 1974
+22800%
since 1971
┊ dashed lines mark 1979 Oil shock & inflation peak · 1987 Black Monday crash · 1991 Gulf War recession · 2001 Dot-com bust & 9/11 · 2008 Global financial crisis · 2020 COVID-19 pandemic
Method & caveats. NASDAQ Composite, annual average of daily closing values, nominal and not dividend-adjusted.
Sources
Every value on this page is read from the publisher below. Current and historical source documents:
- https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/NASDAQCOM
- https://github.com/danielmiessler/substrate/tree/main/Data/US-Long-Run-Indicators
Data
| Year | Stock Market (NASDAQ) | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 24,503 | +20% |
| 2025 | 20,502 | +19% |
| 2024 | 17,247 | +33% |
| 2023 | 12,970 | +6% |
| 2022 | 12,231 | −15% |
| 2021 | 14,372 | +41% |
| 2020 | 10,202 | +28% |
| 2019 | 7,940 | +7% |
| 2018 | 7,426 | +19% |
| 2017 | 6,235 | +25% |
| 2016 | 4,988 | +1% |
| 2015 | 4,946 | +13% |
| 2014 | 4,375 | +24% |
| 2013 | 3,541 | +19% |
| 2012 | 2,966 | +11% |
| 2011 | 2,677 | +14% |
| 2010 | 2,350 | +27% |
| 2009 | 1,845 | −15% |
| 2008 | 2,162 | −16% |
| 2007 | 2,578 | +14% |
| 2006 | 2,263 | +8% |
| 2005 | 2,099 | +6% |
| 2004 | 1,986 | +21% |
| 2003 | 1,647 | +7% |
| 2002 | 1,540 | −24% |
| 2001 | 2,035 | −46% |
| 2000 | 3,784 | +39% |
| 1999 | 2,728 | +52% |
| 1998 | 1,795 | +22% |
| 1997 | 1,469 | +26% |
| 1996 | 1,165 | +26% |
| 1995 | 925 | +23% |
| 1994 | 752 | +5% |
| 1993 | 715 | +19% |
| 1992 | 599 | +22% |
| 1991 | 492 | +20% |
| 1990 | 409 | −7% |
| 1989 | 438 | +17% |
| 1988 | 374 | −7% |
| 1987 | 403 | +10% |
| 1986 | 367 | +27% |
| 1985 | 290 | +16% |
| 1984 | 249 | −13% |
| 1983 | 285 | +51% |
| 1982 | 189 | −7% |
| 1981 | 203 | +20% |
| 1980 | 169 | +23% |
| 1979 | 137 | +16% |
| 1978 | 118 | +19% |
| 1977 | 99 | +10% |
| 1976 | 90 | +17% |
| 1975 | 77 | +1% |
| 1974 | 76 | −31% |
| 1973 | 110 | −15% |
| 1972 | 129 | +21% |
| 1971 | 107 | — |
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