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Stock Market Index Charts - Australian and U.S.
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All Ordinaries
These are bar charts with indicators attached.
Only one indicator is shown to maximise the readability of the chart.

Long Term Charts
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The Ords in P&F format - 10 point x 3
Last update: February 3
The Dow - Daily Bar Chart
Last update: January 27
The Nasdaq Daily Bar Chart
Last update: January 27
The S&P 500 Daily Bar Chart
Last update: January 27

The Dow and the Nikkei - P&F format
Last update: January 27
The Dow - Semi-Log Bar Chart - From 1987
Last update: January 27 (Weekly chart)
The Dow - Semi-Log Bar Chart - From 1974
Last update: December 30, 2011 (Monthly chart)

 

The All Ordinaries Index

The All Ordinaries Index is the Australian equivalent of the Dow, the Nikkei Dow, or the FT-100. It is made up of the major stocks on the Australian Stock Exchange - both industrial and resource stocks.

While the Ords goes back many decades, the modern index was instituted on December 31, 1979 at a base of 500 points. Its history since then is as follows.

All numbers are from the "modern" Ords
which began on December 31, 1979.
All Time LowJuly 8, 1982443
1987 HighSeptember 21, 19872305
1987 LowNovember 11, 198750.11% below 1987 high at 1150
All Time High (ATH)November 1, 20076853
Present LevelFebruary 3, 201236.96% below ATH at 4320

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