Markets in numbers

Stock indices, gold, silver, the two largest cryptocurrencies and the major currency pairs: their average year, best and worst months, every deep fall and how long each recovery took, over all the years our data cover. Updated every day; prices to 15 October 2026.

Stock indices

Market	Since	A year on average	In total	Worst fall	Typical day
S&P 500	1970	+8.1%	+8,200%	−57%	±0.5%
Nasdaq 100	2004	+14.2%	+1,946%	−54%	±0.7%
Dow Jones Industrial Average	2004	+7.3%	+396%	−54%	±0.5%
DAX	2004	+8.4%	+530%	−55%	±0.6%
FTSE 100	2004	+3.9%	+138%	−48%	±0.5%
Nikkei 225	2004	+8.1%	+495%	−61%	±0.7%

Precious metals

Market	Since	A year on average	In total	Worst fall	Typical day
Gold	2004	+10.5%	+868%	−44%	±0.6%
Silver	2004	+10.1%	+791%	−76%	±1.0%

Crypto

Market	Since	A year on average	In total	Worst fall	Typical day
Bitcoin	2014	+53.6%	+17,734%	−83%	±1.4%
Ethereum	2017	+25.4%	+654%	−94%	±2.0%

Currencies

Market	Since	A year on average	In total	Worst fall	Typical day
EUR/USD	1999	−0.2%	−5%	−40%	±0.3%
GBP/USD	1999	−0.8%	−20%	−50%	±0.3%
USD/JPY	1999	+1.2%	+39%	−44%	±0.3%
AUD/USD	1999	+0.4%	+12%	−48%	±0.4%
USD/CAD	1999	−0.3%	−7%	−44%	±0.3%
USD/CHF	1999	−1.8%	−39%	−60%	±0.3%
NZD/USD	1999	+0.2%	+6%	−40%	±0.4%

Index prices without dividends, except the DAX. Gold and silver: the nearest COMEX futures contract. Currencies: the European Central Bank's reference rates, from 1999. Bitcoin's bar runs off the scale. Oil follows once its price file passes our data check.