All Ordinaries
Established in January 1980, the All Ordinaries (colloquially known as the "All Ords"; also known as the All Ordinaries Index, AOI) is the oldest
History
When established, the All Ords had a base index of 500; this means that if the index is currently at 5000 points, the nominal value of stocks in the All Ords in Australian dollars has increased tenfold since January 1980.
On 3 April 2000, the All Ords was restructured to consist of the 500 largest companies by market capitalisation.[2] This coincided with the introduction of new benchmark indices such as the S&P/ASX 200. The importance of the All Ords has been significantly lessened by the introduction of these new indices.
- On 31 October 2007, the index was at 6873.20, its highest value prior to the Global Financial Crisis, which has since then been surpassed.
- As of 22 January 2008, it had fallen to 5,222.0 points due to turmoil related to the US 2007 subprime mortgage financial crisis, a 24 percent fall.
- On 6 March 2009, it was at a low of 3,111.7 points, in the wake of a worldwide drop in stock values, 54% less than the 1 November 2007 high.
- As of 14 September 2009, the index had rebounded to 4,568.5 points, representing a 46.8 percent increase from the 6 March 2009 low.
- On 5 August 2011, the index fell to 4159 points, with a 4.6% fall in one day, the biggest fall since the subprime mortgage crisis.
- On 13 February 2013, the index rose by 28.4 (0.59%) to 5,010.30, passing 5000 for the first time since the 2008 financial crisis.
- On 1 November 2017, the index rose to 6,005.50, passing 6000 points for the first time since the 2008 financial crisis.
- On 10 January 2020, the index closed above 7000 points for the first time.
- On 1 March 2024, the index closed above 8000 points for the first time.
- On 27 March 2024, the index achieved a record close of 8,153.70.
- On 2 April 2024, the index achieved a record intra-day high of 8,168.00.
Annual returns
The following table shows the annual development of the All Ordinaries since 1966.[3][4]
Year | Closing level | Change in index in points |
Change in index in % |
---|---|---|---|
1963 | 244.80 | ||
1964 | 247.90 | 3.10 | 1.27 |
1965 | 217.20 | −30.70 | −12.38 |
1966 | 224.90 | 7.70 | 3.55 |
1967 | 301.60 | 76.70 | 34.10 |
1968 | 405.50 | 103.90 | 34.45 |
1969 | 441.80 | 36.30 | 8.95 |
1970 | 348.70 | −93.10 | −21.07 |
1971 | 340.80 | −7.90 | −2.27 |
1972 | 408.60 | 67.80 | 19.89 |
1973 | 297.50 | −111.10 | −27.19 |
1974 | 201.60 | −95.90 | −32.24 |
1975 | 299.30 | 97.70 | 48.53 |
1976 | 291.40 | −7.90 | −2.64 |
1977 | 322.30 | 30.90 | 10.60 |
1978 | 366.10 | 43.80 | 13.59 |
1979 | 500.00 | 133.90 | 36.57 |
1980 | 713.50 | 213.50 | 42.70 |
1981 | 595.50 | −118.00 | −16.54 |
1982 | 485.40 | −110.10 | −18.49 |
1983 | 775.30 | 289.90 | 59.72 |
1984 | 726.10 | −49.20 | −6.35 |
1985 | 1,003.80 | 277.70 | 38.25 |
1986 | 1,473.10 | 469.30 | 46.75 |
1987 | 1,320.00 | −153.10 | −10.39 |
1988 | 1,487.40 | 167.40 | 12.68 |
1989 | 1,649.00 | 161.60 | 10.86 |
1990 | 1,279.80 | −369.20 | −22.39 |
1991 | 1,651.40 | 371.60 | 29.04 |
1992 | 1,549.90 | −101.50 | −6.15 |
1993 | 2,173.60 | 623.70 | 40.24 |
1994 | 1,932.80 | −240.80 | −11.08 |
1995 | 2,203.00 | 270.20 | 13.98 |
1996 | 2,424.60 | 221.60 | 10.06 |
1997 | 2,616.50 | 191.90 | 7.91 |
1998 | 2,813.40 | 196.90 | 7.53 |
1999 | 3,152.50 | 339.10 | 12.05 |
2000 | 3,154.70 | 2.20 | 0.07 |
2001 | 3,359.90 | 205.20 | 6.50 |
2002 | 2,975.50 | −384.40 | −11.44 |
2003 | 3,306.00 | 330.50 | 11.11 |
2004 | 4,053.10 | 747.10 | 22.60 |
2005 | 4,708.80 | 655.70 | 16.18 |
2006 | 5,644.30 | 935.50 | 19.87 |
2007 | 6,421.00 | 776.70 | 13.76 |
2008 | 3,659.30 | −2,761.70 | −43.01 |
2009 | 4,882.71 | 1,223.41 | 33.43 |
2010 | 4,846.88 | −35.83 | −0.73 |
2011 | 4,111.04 | −735.84 | −15.18 |
2012 | 4,664.60 | 553.56 | 13.47 |
2013 | 5,353.10 | 688.50 | 14.76 |
2014 | 5,388.60 | 35.50 | 0.66 |
2015 | 5,344.60 | −44.00 | −0.82 |
2016 | 5,719.10 | 374.50 | 7.01 |
2017 | 6,167.30 | 448.20 | 7.84 |
2018 | 5,709.40 | −457.90 | −7.42 |
2019 | 6,802.40 | 1,093.00 | 19.14 |
2020 | 6,850.60 | 48.20 | 0.71 |
2021 | 7,779.20 | 928.60 | 13.56 |
2022 | 7,221.70 | -557.5 | -7.17 |
2023 | 7,829.50 | 607.8 | 8.33 |
See also
References
- ^ "Course 8: Market indices and market sectors". asx.com.au. ASX. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
- ^ ASX.com.au
- ^ "Australian Parliamentary Library - Historical Supplement 1999". 2008-07-30. Archived from the original on 2008-07-30. Retrieved 2020-01-23.
- ^ "Historical data: All Ordinaries Index - Australia (^AOR)".