FACTBOX: Dow posts third-worst year ever in 2008

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Dow Jones Industrial Average finished 2008 down 33.8 percent, marking its third-worst year in history.

Below is a list of the ten worst years for the index.

Year Pct Change

1931 -52.67

1907 -37.73

2008 -33.84

1930 -33.77

1920 -32.90

1937 -32.82

1914 -30.72

1974 -27.57

1903 -23.61

1932 -23.07

*The stock exchange was closed from July 30, 1914 until December 12, 1914 at the beginning of World War I; from March 3, 1933 until March 15, 1933 due to a mandatory closing of all banks issued by Franklin D. Roosevelt, and from September 10 until September 17, 2001 due to the Sept 11 attack on the World Trade Center.

Source: Dow Jones

(Reporting by Rodrigo Campos, Editing by Chizu Nomiyama)