Dow at a glance

• The Dow Jones industrial average closed above 12,000 on Tuesday for the first time since June 19, 2008, before the financial crisis entered its worst phase.

• The Dow’s 84 percent gain from March 9, 2009, when it hit a 12-year low of 6,547, took just 480 trading days.

• The Dow has had four other gains as large that were even faster, but you have to go back to 1933 and earlier to find them:

• Feb. 17, 1933, through July 18, 1933: Up 117 percent in 109 trading days.

• July 8, 1932, through Sept. 7, 1932: Up 94 percent in 51 trading days.

• Nov. 9, 1903, through March 9, 1905: Up 84 percent in 397 trading days.

• March 25, 1898, through Sept. 5, 1899: Up 85 percent in 431 trading days.

Dow Jones Indexes