MSCI's biggest one-day moves since 2021, and what happened next

Describes the past; not a signal. Pre-licensed data — internal estimates, to be re-verified after our licensed data rebuild.

Close-to-close daily changes from 1 Apr 2021 to 4 Nov 2026 (1406 sessions). Later changes are measured from the close on the day of the move.

Biggest one-day falls

Of these 10, 7 were higher 21 sessions later · n = 10 · could be chance.

DateOne-day changeAfter 5 sessionsAfter 21 sessionsAfter 63 sessions
25 Apr 2023-13.5%-0.6%-2.7%+18.6%
23 Apr 2024-13.4%+4.4%+13.3%+20.2%
21 Jul 2026-10.1%+3.1%+0.6%+0.3%
22 Jul 2025-8.9%+5.8%+9.1%+1.9%
10 Feb 2026-7.8%+5.7%+4.0%+12.7%
26 Apr 2022-7.0%+0.5%-2.8%+5.7%
3 Feb 2026-6.9%-11.3%-2.6%-0.1%
4 Apr 2025-6.8%+6.8%+7.4%+14.8%
9 May 2022-6.5%+5.8%+15.2%+30.9%
28 Sep 2021-6.4%+0.7%+6.6%+3.0%

Biggest one-day rises

Of these 9, 3 were higher 21 sessions later · n = 9 · could be chance.

DateOne-day changeAfter 5 sessionsAfter 21 sessionsAfter 63 sessions
10 Nov 2022+9.6%-3.7%-2.4%+10.3%
30 Jan 2024+9.3%-3.4%-6.6%-22.4%
25 Jul 2023+9.0%-0.4%-2.0%-10.8%
25 Oct 2022+8.8%+4.8%+13.8%+15.2%
28 Oct 2025+8.6%-3.2%-5.2%+2.4%
9 Apr 2025+8.4%-1.2%+1.3%+3.3%
23 Jul 2024+7.9%+0.0%+3.2%+10.9%
28 Jan 2026+5.7%-7.1%-7.0%-2.7%
31 Jan 2022+5.5%+2.7%-4.5%-20.8%
4 Nov 2026+5.4%pendingpendingpending

MSCI in the rare moves record