Nasdaq Composite · Century — Nasdaq Composite — Half a Century, Start to Now
Opened at 100 on 5 February 1971; now above 16,000. The line runs parallel to the rise of American technology.
What this page answers
This static page is built to answer searches for Nasdaq Composite · Century. It summarizes the live dataset behind the Nasdaq Composite — Half a Century, Start to Now panel and links to the full interactive chart.
Opened at 100 on 5 February 1971; now above 16,000. The line runs parallel to the rise of American technology. The data is refreshed by the History of Market pipeline and published as a stable JSON endpoint for research, citation, and AI-agent use.
Latest Snapshot
- Updated
- 2026-05-31
- Observations
- 13,945
- Sample
- 1971-02-05 – 2026-05-29
- Latest value
- 26,972.622026-05-29
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Data & Source
GET /api/nasdaq/composite.json — Canonical dataset endpoint.
Yahoo Finance · Macrotrends · Robert Shiller · FRED · S&P Global · Nasdaq · NBER.
FAQ
Where does this data come from?
History of Market combines public market and macro datasets including Yahoo Finance, Macrotrends, Robert Shiller, FRED, S&P Global, Nasdaq, and NBER. The exact endpoint for this panel is linked below.
How often is it updated?
Daily-tier datasets refresh after the U.S. market close, with a broader weekly refresh on Sunday. The timestamp shown on this page comes from the JSON payload.
Can I use the data?
Yes, for research and education with attribution to History of Market. Upstream data sources retain their own terms.