| Monthly Price Movements of Dow Jones and WTI in the U.S | |||
| (Monthly Prices, Jan, 2000 - Jan, 2012) | |||
| Source: GFT - Online Futures Trading,
http://futures.tradingcharts.com;
finance.yahoo.com |
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| Year | Month | Dow Jones Index ($) | WTI Crude oil ($/brl) |
| 2000 | 1 | 10,941 | 27.18 |
| 2 | 10,128 | 29.35 | |
| 3 | 10,922 | 29.89 | |
| 4 | 10,734 | 25.74 | |
| 5 | 10,522 | 28.78 | |
| 6 | 10,448 | 31.83 | |
| 7 | 10,522 | 29.77 | |
| 8 | 11,215 | 31.22 | |
| 9 | 10,651 | 33.88 | |
| 10 | 10,971 | 33.08 | |
| 11 | 10,414 | 34.40 | |
| 12 | 10,788 | 28.46 | |
| 2001 | 1 | 10,887 | 29.58 |
| 2 | 10,495 | 29.61 | |
| 3 | 9,879 | 27.24 | |
| 4 | 10,735 | 27.41 | |
| 5 | 10,912 | 28.64 | |
| 6 | 10,502 | 27.60 | |
| 7 | 10,523 | 26.45 | |
| 8 | 9,950 | 27.47 | |
| 9 | 8,848 | 25.88 | |
| 10 | 9,075 | 22.21 | |
| 11 | 9,852 | 19.67 | |
| 12 | 10,022 | 19.33 | |
| 2002 | 1 | 9,920 | 19.67 |
| 2 | 10,106 | 20.74 | |
| 3 | 10,404 | 24.42 | |
| 4 | 9,946 | 26.27 | |
| 5 | 9,925 | 27.02 | |
| 6 | 9,243 | 25.52 | |
| 7 | 8,737 | 26.94 | |
| 8 | 8,664 | 28.38 | |
| 9 | 7,592 | 29.67 | |
| 10 | 8,397 | 28.85 | |
| 11 | 8,896 | 26.27 | |
| 12 | 8,342 | 29.42 | |
| 2003 | 1 | 8,054 | 32.94 |
| 2 | 7,891 | 35.87 | |
| 3 | 7,992 | 33.55 | |
| 4 | 8,480 | 28.25 | |
| 5 | 8,850 | 28.14 | |
| 6 | 8,985 | 30.72 | |
| 7 | 9,234 | 30.76 | |
| 8 | 9,416 | 31.59 | |
| 9 | 9,275 | 28.29 | |
| 10 | 9,801 | 30.33 | |
| 11 | 9,782 | 31.09 | |
| 12 | 10,454 | 32.15 | |
| 2004 | 1 | 10,488 | 34.27 |
| 2 | 10,584 | 34.74 | |
| 3 | 10,358 | 36.76 | |
| 4 | 10,226 | 36.69 | |
| 5 | 10,188 | 40.28 | |
| 6 | 10,435 | 38.02 | |
| 7 | 10,140 | 40.69 | |
| 8 | 10,174 | 44.94 | |
| 9 | 10,080 | 45.95 | |
| 10 | 10,027 | 53.13 | |
| 11 | 10,428 | 48.46 | |
| 12 | 10,783 | 43.33 | |
| 2005 | 1 | 10,490 | 46.84 |
| 2 | 10,766 | 47.97 | |
| 3 | 10,504 | 54.31 | |
| 4 | 10,193 | 53.04 | |
| 5 | 10,467 | 49.83 | |
| 6 | 10,275 | 56.26 | |
| 7 | 10,641 | 58.70 | |
| 8 | 10,482 | 64.97 | |
| 9 | 10,569 | 65.57 | |
| 10 | 10,440 | 62.37 | |
| 11 | 10,806 | 58.30 | |
| 12 | 10,718 | 59.43 | |
| 2006 | 1 | 10,865 | 65.51 |
| 2 | 10,993 | 61.63 | |
| 3 | 11,109 | 62.90 | |
| 4 | 11,367 | 69.69 | |
| 5 | 11,168 | 70.94 | |
| 6 | 11,150 | 70.96 | |
| 7 | 11,186 | 74.41 | |
| 8 | 11,381 | 73.05 | |
| 9 | 11,679 | 63.87 | |
| 10 | 12,081 | 58.88 | |
| 11 | 12,222 | 59.37 | |
| 12 | 12,463 | 62.03 | |
| 2007 | 1 | 12,622 | 54.57 |
| 2 | 12,269 | 59.26 | |
| 3 | 12,354 | 60.56 | |
| 4 | 13,063 | 63.97 | |
| 5 | 13,628 | 63.46 | |
| 6 | 13,409 | 67.48 | |
| 7 | 13,212 | 78.21 | |
| 8 | 13,358 | 74.04 | |
| 9 | 13,896 | 81.66 | |
| 10 | 13,930 | 94.53 | |
| 11 | 13,372 | 88.71 | |
| 12 | 13,265 | 95.98 | |
| 2008 | 1 | 12,650 | 91.75 |
| 2 | 12,266 | 101.84 | |
| 3 | 12,263 | 101.58 | |
| 4 | 12,820 | 113.46 | |
| 5 | 12,638 | 127.35 | |
| 6 | 11,350 | 140.00 | |
| 7 | 11,378 | 124.08 | |
| 8 | 11,544 | 115.46 | |
| 9 | 10,851 | 100.64 | |
| 10 | 9,325 | 67.81 | |
| 11 | 8,829 | 54.43 | |
| 12 | 8,776 | 44.60 | |
| 2009 | 1 | 8,001 | 41.68 |
| 2 | 7,063 | 44.76 | |
| 3 | 7,609 | 49.66 | |
| 4 | 8,168 | 51.12 | |
| 5 | 8,500 | 66.31 | |
| 6 | 8,447 | 69.89 | |
| 7 | 9,172 | 69.45 | |
| 8 | 9,496 | 69.96 | |
| 9 | 9,712 | 70.61 | |
| 10 | 9,713 | 77.00 | |
| 11 | 10,345 | 76.05 | |
| 12 | 10,428 | 79.36 | |
| 2010 | 1 | 10,067 | 72.89 |
| 2 | 10,325 | 79.66 | |
| 3 | 10,857 | 83.76 | |
| 4 | 11,009 | 86.15 | |
| 5 | 10,137 | 73.97 | |
| 6 | 9,774 | 75.63 | |
| 7 | 10,466 | 78.95 | |
| 8 | 10,015 | 71.92 | |
| 9 | 10,788 | 79.97 | |
| 10 | 11,118 | 81.43 | |
| 11 | 11,006 | 84.11 | |
| 12 | 11,578 | 91.38 | |
| 2011 | 1 | 11,892 | 92.19 |
| 2 | 12,226 | 96.97 | |
| 3 | 12,320 | 106.72 | |
| 4 | 12,811 | 113.93 | |
| 5 | 12,570 | 103.27 | |
| 6 | 12,414 | 95.42 | |
| 7 | 12,143 | 95.70 | |
| 8 | 11,614 | 88.81 | |
| 9 | 10,913 | 79.20 | |
| 10 | 11,658 | 93.19 | |
| 11 | 12,046 | 100.36 | |
| 12 | 12,218 | 98.83 | |
| 2012 | 1 | 12,862 | 98.48 |