# When was the last time the Dow Jones finished unchanged for the day?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 10, 2008, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-was-the-last-time-the-dow-jones-finished-unchanged-for-the-day/476599 "2008-12-10T20:03:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2008, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-was-the-last-time-the-dow-jones-finished-unchanged-for-the-day/476599/1 "2008-12-10T20:03:30Z")

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When was the last time the Dow Jones Industrial Average finished unchanged for a normal day’s trading? I have [this cite](http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D0CEFDC143AF933A15754C0A967958260) from July 19, 1991…but is there a more recent example?

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**Author:** ![Hi\_Neighbor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hi_neighbor/32/494_2.png) [@Hi\_Neighbor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hi_Neighbor)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2008, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-was-the-last-time-the-dow-jones-finished-unchanged-for-the-day/476599/2 "2008-12-10T20:23:51Z")

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The Dow Jones closed unchanged at 12479.6 on May 27, 2008.

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**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2008, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-was-the-last-time-the-dow-jones-finished-unchanged-for-the-day/476599/3 "2008-12-10T20:28:40Z")

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Wow, I missed that one. Thank you.