Stock Market Crash Flash Crash May 6, 2010

Audio from the S P 500 futures pit at the CME during the flash crash of 2010. The May 6, 2010 Flash Crash also known as The Crash of 2:45, the 2010 Flash Crash or just simply, the Flash Crash, was a United States stock market crash on May 6, 2010 in which the Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged about 900 pointsor about nine percentonly to recover those losses within minutes. It was the second largest point swing, points, and the biggest oneday point decline, 998. 5 points, on an intraday basis