Closing milestones of the Nasdaq Composite

This article is a summary of the closing milestones of the Nasdaq Composite, a United States stock market index.

After reaching an intra-day low of 1,108.49 on October 10, 2002, after the bursting of the dot-com bubble, the Nasdaq started to recover until a major setback during the 2007–2008 financial crisis.

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.

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.