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Nasdaq Composite Year-End Close, 1971 to 2025

The Nasdaq Composite closed 2025 at 23,241.99, and it took until 2013 to end a year above its 1999 dot-com level of 4,069.31.

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  • Nasdaq Composite: 114 in 1971, 23,242 in 2025. Its low point was 60 in 1974.

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The Nasdaq Composite ended 2025 at 23,241.99, having first closed a year above 10,000 in 2020 (12,888.28) and above 20,000 in 2025. The index launched at 100 on February 5, 1971, so 1971 is a partial year, ending at 114.12. It first ended a year above 1,000 in 1995. Values are index points, not dollars.

The dot-com era dominates the history. Year-end 1999 was 4,069.31, followed by 2,470.52 in 2000 and 1,335.51 in 2002, and the index did not close a year above its 1999 level until 2013 (4,176.59). The 2008 close was 1,577.03 and 2009's was 2,269.15. More recently, 2022 fell to 10,466.48 from 15,644.97 in 2021, a drop of about a third.

The data

Source: FRED (Nasdaq OMX Group), NASDAQCOM daily close; last trading-day close of each year. Cross-checked with Yahoo Finance ^IXIC. Retrieved November 4, 2026. Index points, not dollars. Index base is 100 on 5 Feb 1971, so 1971 is a partial year. Series ends at 2025 because 2026 is not yet complete.

Nasdaq Composite Year-End Close, Closing value on last trading day, 1971-2025, 1971–2025
DateNasdaq Composite
1971114
1972134
197392
197460
197578
197698
1977105
1978118
1979151
1980202
1981196
1982232
1983279
1984247
1985325
1986349
1987330
1988381
1989455
1990374
1991586
1992677
1993777
1994752
19951,052
19961,291
19971,570
19982,193
19994,069
20002,471
20011,950
20021,336
20031,997
20042,175
20052,205
20062,415
20072,652
20081,577
20092,269
20102,653
20112,605
20123,020
20134,177
20144,736
20155,007
20165,383
20176,903
20186,635
20198,973
202012,888
202115,645
202210,466
202315,011
202419,311
202523,242

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Where did the Nasdaq close in 2025?

The Nasdaq Composite closed 2025 at 23,241.99, the level on the last trading day of the year. It was the first year-end above 20,000.

How long did the Nasdaq take to recover from the dot-com peak?

On year-end closes, 14 years. The index closed 1999 at 4,069.31 and first ended a year above that in 2013, at 4,176.59. Its lowest year-end in between was 1,335.51 in 2002.

Where does this data come from?

FRED (Nasdaq OMX Group), NASDAQCOM daily close; last trading-day close of each year. Cross-checked with Yahoo Finance ^IXIC. Retrieved November 4, 2026. Index points, not dollars. Index base is 100 on 5 Feb 1971, so 1971 is a partial year. Series ends at 2025 because 2026 is not yet complete. You can download the full table as a CSV from this page.

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