Seasonality
NDAQ seasonality — Nasdaq, Inc.
Over the last 11 years, NDAQ's strongest month on average has been July (+8.0%) and its weakest September (-4.2%).
Average return by month
Month-by-month statistics
| Month | Avg | Median | Up % | Best | Worst | Yrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | +1.80% | +3.50% | 60% | +8.7% | -14.7% | 10 |
| Feb | -2.82% | -1.46% | 40% | +4.0% | -11.9% | 10 |
| Mar | +0.17% | -2.41% | 40% | +12.3% | -8.4% | 10 |
| Apr | +2.52% | +1.86% | 70% | +15.5% | -11.7% | 10 |
| May | +1.98% | +0.31% | 50% | +9.6% | -1.8% | 10 |
| Jun | -0.04% | +1.47% | 60% | +7.0% | -14.8% | 10 |
| Jul | +7.98% | +6.91% | 100% | +19.5% | +0.1% | 10 |
| Aug | +2.89% | +3.77% | 80% | +6.5% | -1.5% | 10 |
| Sep | -4.20% | -5.71% | 20% | +2.9% | -10.1% | 10 |
| Oct | +2.77% | +1.15% | 70% | +15.4% | -6.3% | 10 |
| Nov | +7.02% | +6.35% | 89% | +12.6% | -3.2% | 9 |
| Dec | -0.59% | +2.77% | 60% | +6.8% | -10.7% | 10 |
Monthly returns heat map — NDAQ
price return, %| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | -0.2 | -9.6 | -3.1 | 8.3 | 0.7 | -14.8 | 19.5 | 4.7 | -6.7 | 15.4 | 0.8 | +10.3% | |
| 2025 | 6.5 | 0.5 | -8.4 | 0.5 | 9.6 | 7.0 | 7.6 | -1.5 | -6.6 | -3.4 | 6.3 | 6.8 | +25.6% |
| 2024 | -0.6 | -2.7 | 12.3 | -5.2 | -1.4 | 2.1 | 12.3 | 6.5 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 12.3 | -6.8 | +33.0% |
| 2023 | -1.9 | -6.9 | -2.5 | 1.3 | -0.0 | -9.9 | 1.3 | 3.9 | -7.4 | 2.1 | 12.6 | 4.1 | -5.2% |
| 2022 | -14.7 | -4.5 | 4.1 | -11.7 | -1.3 | -1.8 | 18.6 | -1.3 | -4.8 | 9.8 | 10.0 | -10.4 | -12.4% |
| 2021 | 1.9 | 2.2 | 6.6 | 9.6 | 3.7 | 5.0 | 6.2 | 4.8 | -1.4 | 8.7 | -3.2 | 3.3 | +58.2% |
| 2020 | 8.7 | -11.9 | -7.4 | 15.5 | 8.0 | 0.8 | 9.9 | 2.4 | -8.7 | -1.4 | 5.8 | 3.7 | +23.9% |
| 2019 | 7.9 | 4.0 | -4.5 | 5.4 | -1.7 | 6.1 | 0.2 | 3.6 | -0.5 | 0.4 | 5.0 | 2.2 | +31.3% |
| 2018 | 5.3 | -0.2 | 6.8 | 2.4 | 4.0 | -0.6 | 0.1 | 4.4 | -10.1 | 1.1 | 5.3 | -10.7 | +6.2% |
| 2017 | 5.1 | 0.8 | -2.3 | -0.8 | -1.8 | 5.7 | 4.0 | 1.4 | 2.9 | -6.3 | 9.0 | -2.9 | +14.5% |
| 2016 | 4.7 |