The previous record for the year had been reached on May 2 when the index closed at 2,268.65 points.

On April 20, 2007, the index closed above 15,000 for the first time.

That index closed at 11,025.85, down 0.8 percent from the close on Friday.

The index closed on Friday at 717.22, down by a third in the last year.

The index closed the year at 425.18, down 36 percent.

Prices remained high and the index closed 136 points up on the day at 2,573.

The index closed at 4,704.73 and has not since returned to that level.

On May 4th the index closed at 720, up another 6%.

On July 17, 1995, the index closed above the 1,000 mark for the first time.

The actual 500 index closed at 330.38, down 8.77 on the day.