Black Monday

On October 19, 1987, the S&P 500 lost 20.5%, the Dow Jones lost 22.6% and the NASDAQ lost 11.3%, marking the largest one-day decline in stock market history. One of the major causes of the crash was the use of automated computer program trading. During the rapid decline, the markets were found to be controlled more by computers rather than by investor decisions.
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