The Dow Jones Industrial Average’s lowest closing value during the 2008 financial crisis was 6,547.05.
The Dow reached that close on March 9, 2009, after a prolonged collapse in financial and industrial shares. The level marked a fall of more than half from the index’s record close of 14,164.53 on October 9, 2007. It became the market’s crisis-era closing trough.
The downturn followed the bursting of the U.S. housing bubble and the deterioration of mortgage-related credit. The September 2008 failure of Lehman Brothers, emergency rescues, bank losses, and recession fears helped drive further selling. The market later began a powerful recovery as financial conditions stabilised.
The 2009 figure is a closing value, not the lowest intraday quotation. That distinction matters because an index can briefly trade below its official close before finishing the session at a higher level.