Terrorist Attack Effects on the Stock Market

The following chart illustrates the Dow Jones Industrial Average before and after several world wide terrorist attacks over the last 30+ years.

Munich 5-Sep-72 DJIA 1 day before 1wk after % change 2wks after % change 1yr after % change
$ 970.05 $ 946.04 -2.48 $ 943.18 -2.77 $ 895.39 -7.70
Tokyo 19-Mar-95 DJIA 1 day before 1wk after % change 2wks after % change 1yr after % change
$ 4,073.65 $ 4,157.34 2.05 $ 4,168.41 2.33 $ 5,669.51 39.18
NY,NY 11-Sep-01 DJIA 1 day before 1wk after % change 2wks after % change 1yr after % change
$ 9,605.51 $ 8,920.70 -7.13 $ 8,603.86 -10.43 $ 8,581.17 -10.66
Madrid 11-Mar-04 DJIA 1 day before 1wk after % change 2wks after % change 1yr after % change
$ 10,296.89 $ 10,300.30 0.03 $ 10,048.23 -2.41 $ 10,774.36 4.64
London 7-Jul-05 DJIA 1 day before 1wk after % change 2wks after % change 1yr after % change
$ 10,302.29 $ 10,628.88 3.17 $ 10,627.77 3.16 N/A N/A
Average -0.87 -2.03