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The month of October has been a tough one for investors.  Below is a table for the DOW everyday this month with the green representing positive closes and the red negative ones. Overall, we are almost down 2,500 points.

Date
Open
High
Low
Close
Volume

24-Oct-08
8,683.21
8,683.21
8,187.48
8,378.95
335,679,000

23-Oct-08
8,519.77
8,795.99
8,243.55
8,691.25
340,742,000

22-Oct-08
9,027.84
9,027.84
8,335.30
8,519.21
348,838,000

21-Oct-08
9,262.80
9,284.55
9,004.27
9,033.66
231,159,000

20-Oct-08
8,852.30
9,266.63
8,852.22
9,265.43
241,402,000

17-Oct-08
8,975.35
9,281.12
8,718.25
8,852.22
360,603,000

16-Oct-08
8,577.04
9,013.27
8,197.67
8,979.26
422,454,000

15-Oct-08
9,301.91
9,308.76
8,530.12
8,577.91
374,354,000

14-Oct-08
9,388.97
9,794.37
9,085.43
9,310.99
412,743,000

13-Oct-08
8,462.42
9,427.99
8,462.18
9,387.61
399,285,000

10-Oct-08
8,568.67
8,901.28
7,882.51
8,451.19
674,918,000

9-Oct-08
9,261.69
9,448.14
8,579.19
8,579.19
436,744,000

8-Oct-08
9,437.23
9,628.07
9,194.78
9,258.10
479,269,000

7-Oct-08
9,955.42
10,124.03
9,436.67
9,447.11
362,524,000

6-Oct-08
10,322.52
10,322.76
9,525.32
9,955.50
391,457,000

3-Oct-08
10,483.96
10,796.26
10,310.25
10,325.38
299,685,000

2-Oct-08
10,825.54
10,825.54
10,439.52
10,482.85
395,328,000

1-Oct-08
10,847.40
10,882.52
10,631.95
10,831.07
256,670,000

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