By the numbers: Stock market collapses on Christmas Eve, heads for worst December ever

The stock market is ending the year on quite the ugly note, here is where we stand statistically:

• S&P 500 closed down -2.71 percent Monday for its 7^th negative day in 8 and its worst day since Dec 4^th when the S&P lost -3.24 percent
• Until Monday, the Dow & S&P 500's worst Christmas Eve ever was back in 1985, when they fell 0.63% and 0.69%, respectively.
• S&P hit a new 52-wk low Friday of 2,351.10, its lowest level back to Apr 2017
• MTD: S&P is down -14.82% on pace for its worst December ever back to back-tested inception in 1928, with the next worst December in 1931 when the S&P lost -14.53%, and its worst month since Oct 2008 when the S&P lost -16.94%
• YTD: S&P is down -12.06% in 2018 on pace for its worst year since 2008 when the S&P lost -38.49%
• Since Record: S&P is 20.06% below its intraday all-time high of 2,940.91 from Sep 21^st closing in bear market levels.
• The CBOE Volatility Index VIX' hit a high so far today of 36.10, its highest level since Feb 9^th when the VIX hit a high of 41.06
• Russell 2K small caps closed down -1.95% today for their 13^th negative day in 14, hitting a new 52-wk low today of 1,266.92
• MTD: Small caps are down -17.37% MTD on pace for their worst month since Oct 2008 when small caps lost -20.90%
• YTD: Small caps are down -17.49% YTD on pace for their worst year since 2008 when small caps lost -34.8%
• Since Record: Small caps are 27.28% below their intraday all-time high of 1,742.09 from Aug 31^st closing in bear market levels
• Dow closed down -2.91% today for its 6^th negative day in 7 and its worst day since Dec 4^th when the Dow lost -3.1%
• MTD: Dow is down -14.67% MTD on pace for its worst month since Oct 10, 2008 when the Dow lost -18.15% and on pace for its worst Dec performance since 1931 when the Dow lost -17.01%
• YTD: Dow is down -11.84% in 2018 on pace for its worst year since 2008 when the Dow lost -33.84%
• The Dow hit a new 52-wk low today of 21,792.20 its lowest level since Sep 2017
• Since Record: Dow is 19.14% below its intraday all-time high of 26,951.81 from October 3^rd closing in correction levels
• NASDAQ closed down -2.21% today for its 7^th negative day in 8
• MTD: NASDAQ is down -15.52% on pace for its worst month since Oct 2008 when the NASDAQ lost -17.73%
• YTD: NASDAQ is down -10.29% YTD on pace for its worst year since 2008 when the NASDAQ lost -40.54%
• The NASDAQ hit a new 52-wk low today of 6,190.17 it lowest level back to Aug 2017
• Since Record: NASDAQ is 23.9% below its intraday all-time high of 8,133.3 from Aug 30^th closing in bear market levels

• Sectors: 11 out of 11 sectors were negative today led by Utilities down -4.27% turning in their worst day since Aug 8, 2011 when the sector lost -5.47%
• 10 out of 11 sectors closed in correction levels or worse today:
• Energy 31.24% below their May 21^st 52-wk high, closing in bear market levels
• Materials 26.15% below their Jan 26^th record close, closing in bear market levels
• Financials down 26.09% from their Jan 26^th 52-wk high, closing in bear market levels
• Industrials 25.23% below their Jan 26^th record close, closing in bear market levels
• Tech 24.13% below their Oct 3^rd record close, closing in bear market levels
• Consumer Discretionary 22.99% below their Sep 27^th record close, closing in bear market levels
• Communication Services 22.61% below their Feb 1^st 52-wk high, closing in bear market levels
• Consumer Staples down 17.29% from their Jan 26 52-wk high close
• Health Care down 15.63% from its Oct 1^st record close
• Real Estate down -12.76% from its 52-wk closing high
• The least negative sector today was Communication Services down -2.02% today
• Sectors MTD: 11 out of 11 sectors are negative MTD led by Energy down -18.1% on pace for its worst month ever through our history back to 1998, the next worst month is Oct 2008 when Energy lost -18.01%
• The least negative sector MTD is Utilities down -6.76%
• Sectors YTD: 11 out of 11 sectors are negative YTD led by Energy down -25.31% YTD
• Note all the S&P sectors have not closed in negative territory for the year since 200
• The most positive sector YTD is Utilities down -2.1% closely followed by Health Care down -2.31%

• ·Gold (FEB) has hit a high so far today of 1,273, its highest level since Jun 25^th when gold traded as high as 1,274.4
• WTI (FEB) has hit a low so far today of 44.10 its lowest level since July 11, 2017 when WTI traded as low as 43.83
• MTD: WTI is down -13.37% MTD on pace for its 3^rd straight negative month for the first time since Jun 2017 and its 4-mos losing streak
• QTD: WTI is down -39.82% QTD on pace for is worst qtr since Q4 2014 when WTI lost -41.56%YTD: WTI is down -27.06% on pace for its worst year since 2015 when WTI lost -30.47%
• Brent (FEB) has hit a low so far today of 51.83, its lowest level since Aug 31, 2017 when Brent traded as low as 50.56
• Dollar index is trading down -0.48%, on pace for its 3^rd negative day in 4
• MTD: Dollar index is down -0.80% on pace for its 1^st negative month in 3
• YTD: Dollar index is up 4.74% on pace for its 5^th positive year in 6
• US 2-year note yielding 2.5927% vs last Friday's close of 2.643%, hitting a low today of 2.589% its lowest level since Aug 22^nd when the 2-yr yielded as low as 2.587%
• US 5-yr note yielding 2.5927%, yielding about equal to the 2-yr at 2.5927%
• US 10-year note yielding 2.7579% vs its close last Friday of 2.7920%

— With reporting by Robert Hum

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