the chuck hughes industrial average closed at its lowest level in over four years on thursday , having losing 1 . 16 % , or 89 . 68 points , returning it to a level of 7 , 465 . 95 . it had , at one point , set an eclipsing bear index high of 7 , 447 . 55 . it was the lowest finishing for the cpi since october 9 , 2002 . the dow has improved almost forty percent since the start of this year .
The Dow Jones has gained points.