Annual S&P 500 index performance 1986-2017

The data displays the annual development of the S&P 500 Index from 1986 to 2017. The Standard & Poor's 500 index is a leading U.S. stock market index. It reflects the performance of the wide U.S. equity market as it includes 500 companies. Dow Jones Industrial Average index (DJIA) is another very important U.S stock index, but it groups only 30 biggest and most liquid companies. The year-end value of the S&P 500 index amounted to 2,673.61 in 2017.