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FACTBOX: Wall St suffers worst Inauguration Day ever

NEW YORK | Tue Jan 20, 2009 5:00pm EST

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Wall Street ushered in the

Barack Obama presidency with a record Inauguration Day drop on

Tuesday amid fresh signs the global bank crisis was far from

over.

Below are the percentage gains and losses for the Dow and

S&P 500 on Inauguration Day through 1897.

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