At DOW follows FTSE we've compiled DOW and FTSE opening, closing and match data dating way back to 1984. Now that's a heck of a lot of data and probably a little too much too take in all on the one page.

So please, select a year from the dropdown below and we'll display the data for that period.

In 2012 the closing direction of the DOW and FTSE matched 73% of the time

Date	FTSE Close	Change	Direction	DOW Close	Change	Direction	Match?
18th May 2012	5267.62	-70.76		12369.38	-73.11
17th May 2012	5338.38	-66.87		12442.49	-156.06
16th May 2012	5405.25	-32.37		12598.55	-33.45
15th May 2012	5437.62	-27.9		12632.00	-63.35
14th May 2012	5465.52	-110		12695.35	-125.25
11th May 2012	5575.52	31.57		12820.60	-34.44
10th May 2012	5543.95	13.9		12855.04	19.98
9th May 2012	5530.05	-24.5		12835.06	-97.03
8th May 2012	5554.55	-100.51		12932.09	-76.44
7th May 2012	5655.06	-111.49		13008.53	-29.74
4th May 2012	5655.06	-111.49		13038.27	-168.32
3rd May 2012	5766.55	8.44		13206.59	-61.98
2nd May 2012	5758.11	-54.12		13268.57	-10.75
1st May 2012	5812.23	74.45		13279.32	65.69
30th Apr 2012	5737.78	-39.33		13213.63	-14.68
27th Apr 2012	5777.11	28.39		13228.31	23.69
26th Apr 2012	5748.72	29.83		13204.62	113.9
25th Apr 2012	5718.89	9.4		13090.72	89.16
24th Apr 2012	5709.49	43.92		13001.56	74.39
23rd Apr 2012	5665.57	-106.58		12927.17	-102.09
20th Apr 2012	5772.15	27.6		13029.26	65.16
19th Apr 2012	5744.55	-0.74		12964.10	-68.65
18th Apr 2012	5745.29	-21.66		13032.75	-82.79
17th Apr 2012	5766.95	100.67		13115.54	194.13
16th Apr 2012	5666.28	14.49		12921.41	71.82
13th Apr 2012	5651.79	-58.67		12849.59	-136.99
12th Apr 2012	5710.46	75.72		12986.58	181.19
11th Apr 2012	5634.74	39.19		12805.39	89.46
10th Apr 2012	5595.55	-128.12		12715.93	-213.66
9th Apr 2012	5723.67	19.9		12929.59	-130.55
6th Apr 2012	5723.67	19.9		13060.14	-14.61
5th Apr 2012	5723.67	19.9		13060.14	-14.61
4th Apr 2012	5703.77	-134.57		13074.75	-124.8
3rd Apr 2012	5838.34	-36.55		13199.55	-64.94
2nd Apr 2012	5874.89	106.44		13264.49	52.45
30th Mar 2012	5768.45	26.42		13212.04	66.22
29th Mar 2012	5742.03	-66.96		13145.82	19.61
28th Mar 2012	5808.99	-60.56		13126.21	-71.52
27th Mar 2012	5869.55	-33.15		13197.73	-43.9
26th Mar 2012	5902.70	47.81		13241.63	160.9
23rd Mar 2012	5839.47	-6.18		13080.73	34.59
22nd Mar 2012	5843.70	-48.25		13046.14	-78.48
21st Mar 2012	5897.18	5.77		13124.62	-45.57
20th Mar 2012	5894.91	-66.2		13170.19	-68.94
19th Mar 2012	5966.93	1.35		13239.13	6.51
16th Mar 2012	5961.40	20.68		13232.62	-20.14
15th Mar 2012	5931.16	-14.27		13252.76	58.66
14th Mar 2012	5957.29	1.38		13194.10	16.42
13th Mar 2012	5952.03	59.28		13177.68	217.97
12th Mar 2012	5886.15	-1.34		12959.71	37.69
9th Mar 2012	5887.49	27.76		12922.02	14.08
8th Mar 2012	5859.73	68.32		12907.94	70.61
7th Mar 2012	5791.41	25.61		12837.33	78.18
6th Mar 2012	5765.80	-109.02		12759.15	-203.66
5th Mar 2012	5874.82	-36.31		12962.81	-14.76
2nd Mar 2012	5911.13	-20.12		12977.57	-2.73
1st Mar 2012	5931.25	59.74		12980.30	28.23
29th Feb 2012	5871.51	-56.4		12952.07	-53.05
28th Feb 2012	5927.91	12.36		13005.12	23.61
27th Feb 2012	5915.55	-19.58		12981.51	-1.44
24th Feb 2012	5935.13	-2.76		12982.95	-1.74
23rd Feb 2012	5937.89	21.34		12984.69	46.02
22nd Feb 2012	5916.55	-11.65		12938.67	-27.02
21st Feb 2012	5928.20	-17.05		12965.69	15.82
20th Feb 2012	5945.25	40.18		12949.87	45.79
17th Feb 2012	5905.07	19.69		12949.87	45.79
16th Feb 2012	5885.38	-6.78		12904.08	123.13
15th Feb 2012	5892.16	-7.71		12780.95	-97.33
14th Feb 2012	5899.87	-5.83		12878.28	4.24
13th Feb 2012	5905.70	53.31		12874.04	72.81
10th Feb 2012	5852.39	-43.08		12801.23	-89.23
9th Feb 2012	5895.47	19.54		12890.46	6.51
8th Feb 2012	5875.93	-14.33		12883.95	5.75
7th Feb 2012	5890.26	-1.94		12878.20	33.07
6th Feb 2012	5892.20	-8.87		12845.13	-17.1
3rd Feb 2012	5901.07	105		12862.23	156.82
2nd Feb 2012	5796.07	5.35		12705.41	-11.05
1st Feb 2012	5790.72	109.11		12716.46	83.55
31st Jan 2012	5681.61	10.52		12632.91	-20.81
30th Jan 2012	5671.09	-62.36		12653.72	-6.74
27th Jan 2012	5733.45	-61.75		12660.46	-74.17
26th Jan 2012	5795.20	72.2		12734.63	-22.33
25th Jan 2012	5723.00	-28.9		12758.85	83.1
24th Jan 2012	5751.90	-30.66		12675.75	-33.07
23rd Jan 2012	5782.56	54.01		12708.82	-11.66
20th Jan 2012	5728.55	-12.6		12720.48	96.5
19th Jan 2012	5741.15	38.78		12623.98	45.03
18th Jan 2012	5702.37	8.42		12578.95	96.88
17th Jan 2012	5693.95	36.51		12482.07	60.01
16th Jan 2012	5657.44	20.8		12422.06	-48.96
13th Jan 2012	5636.64	-25.78		12422.06	-48.96
12th Jan 2012	5662.42	-8.4		12471.02	21.57
11th Jan 2012	5670.82	-25.88		12449.45	-13.02
10th Jan 2012	5696.70	84.44		12462.47	69.78
9th Jan 2012	5612.26	-37.42		12392.69	32.77
6th Jan 2012	5649.68	25.42		12359.92	-55.78
5th Jan 2012	5624.26	-44.19		12415.70	-2.72
4th Jan 2012	5668.45	-31.46		12418.42	21.04
3rd Jan 2012	5699.91	127.63		12397.38	179.82

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