S&P/ASX 200 (AXJO)
Benchmark index · Australia · data since 1992-11-23 · last close 2026-07-24
1d
-0.75%
7d
-0.28%
30d
-0.41%
YTD
+0.67%
1y
+0.72%
S&P/ASX 200 (AXJO) monthly returns (%)
| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1.8 | 3.7 | -7.8 | 2.2 | 0.8 | 0.5 | -0.1 | · | · | · | · | · |
| 2025 | 4.6 | -4.2 | -4.0 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 1.3 | 2.4 | 2.6 | -1.4 | 0.4 | -3.0 | 1.2 |
| 2024 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 2.6 | -3.0 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 4.2 | 0.0 | 2.2 | -1.3 | 3.4 | -3.3 |
| 2023 | 6.2 | -2.9 | -1.1 | 1.8 | -3.0 | 1.6 | 2.9 | -1.4 | -3.5 | -3.8 | 4.5 | 7.1 |
| 2022 | -6.3 | 1.1 | 6.4 | -0.9 | -3.0 | -8.9 | 5.7 | 0.6 | -7.3 | 6.0 | 6.1 | -3.4 |
| 2021 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 1.8 | 3.5 | 1.9 | 2.1 | 1.1 | 1.9 | -2.7 | -0.1 | -0.9 | 2.6 |
| 2020 | 5.0 | -8.2 | -21.2 | 8.8 | 4.2 | 2.5 | 0.5 | 2.2 | -4.0 | 1.9 | 10.0 | 1.1 |
| 2019 | 3.9 | 5.2 | 0.2 | 2.3 | 1.1 | 3.5 | 2.9 | -3.1 | 1.3 | -0.4 | 2.7 | -2.4 |
| 2018 | -0.5 | -0.4 | -4.3 | 3.9 | 0.5 | 3.0 | 1.4 | 0.6 | -1.8 | -6.1 | -2.8 | -0.4 |
| 2017 | -0.8 | 1.6 | 2.7 | 1.0 | -3.4 | -0.1 | -0.0 | -0.1 | -0.6 | 4.0 | 1.0 | 1.6 |
| 2016 | -5.5 | -2.5 | 4.1 | 3.3 | 2.4 | -2.7 | 6.3 | -2.3 | 0.1 | -2.2 | 2.3 | 4.1 |
| 2015 | 3.3 | 6.1 | -0.6 | -1.7 | -0.2 | -5.5 | 4.4 | -8.6 | -3.6 | 4.3 | -1.4 | 2.5 |
| 2014 | -3.0 | 4.1 | -0.2 | 1.8 | 0.1 | -1.8 | 4.4 | -0.1 | -5.9 | 4.4 | -3.9 | 1.8 |
| 2013 | 4.9 | 4.6 | -2.7 | 4.5 | -5.1 | -2.5 | 5.2 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 4.0 | -1.9 | 0.6 |
| 2012 | 5.1 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 1.4 | -7.3 | 0.5 | 4.3 | 1.1 | 1.6 | 3.0 | -0.2 | 3.2 |
| 2011 | 0.2 | 1.6 | 0.1 | -0.3 | -2.4 | -2.1 | -4.0 | -2.9 | -6.7 | 7.2 | -4.2 | -1.5 |
| 2010 | -6.2 | 1.5 | 5.1 | -1.4 | -7.9 | -2.9 | 4.5 | -2.0 | 4.1 | 1.7 | -1.7 | 3.5 |
| 2009 | -4.9 | -5.5 | 7.1 | 5.5 | 1.0 | 3.6 | 7.3 | 5.5 | 5.9 | -2.1 | 1.3 | 3.6 |
| 2008 | -10.9 | -1.4 | -3.9 | 4.5 | 1.1 | -7.8 | -4.6 | 3.2 | -10.4 | -12.7 | -6.9 | -0.5 |
| 2007 | 1.8 | 1.0 | 2.8 | 2.9 | 2.4 | -0.6 | -2.1 | 1.7 | 5.1 | 2.8 | -3.3 | -3.0 |
| 2006 | 3.5 | -0.2 | 4.2 | 2.5 | -4.9 | 1.4 | -1.7 | 2.6 | 0.8 | 4.5 | 1.8 | 3.4 |
| 2005 | 1.4 | 1.6 | -1.5 | -3.1 | 3.1 | 4.2 | 2.6 | 1.3 | 4.4 | -3.9 | 3.9 | 2.8 |
| 2004 | -0.8 | 2.7 | 1.6 | -0.4 | 1.8 | 2.1 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 4.0 | 3.0 |
| 2003 | -1.7 | -5.3 | 3.0 | 4.2 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 3.1 | 2.5 | -0.9 | 3.2 | -2.6 | 3.6 |
| 2002 | 1.2 | -1.4 | 0.0 | -1.9 | 0.7 | -4.7 | -4.0 | 1.1 | -4.8 | 2.4 | 0.6 | -1.8 |
| 2001 | 4.2 | -0.5 | -5.4 | 5.8 | 1.5 | 3.3 | -4.8 | -1.5 | -6.9 | 6.6 | 2.7 | 2.5 |
| 2000 | -1.2 | 1.4 | 0.3 | -0.6 | -1.1 | 7.5 | -1.8 | 1.4 | 0.0 | -1.3 | 0.6 | -2.1 |
| 1999 | 2.4 | -0.5 | 3.6 | 5.6 | -6.5 | 2.5 | 1.6 | -2.5 | -2.0 | 0.2 | 5.3 | 5.0 |
| 1998 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 2.3 | 0.9 | -2.0 | -1.3 | 1.6 | -8.7 | 3.3 | 2.1 | 4.8 | 1.2 |
| 1997 | 0.1 | 0.7 | -1.1 | 2.7 | 5.0 | 4.7 | 0.3 | -5.5 | 7.0 | -10.7 | 0.4 | 5.9 |
| 1996 | 3.4 | 0.0 | -2.9 | 3.9 | -2.3 | -1.2 | -2.7 | 3.9 | 1.0 | 3.0 | 1.7 | 1.8 |
| 1995 | -3.9 | 5.4 | -0.7 | 7.5 | -1.3 | -0.0 | 5.2 | 0.5 | -0.1 | -3.0 | 4.1 | 2.0 |
| 1994 | 6.2 | -5.9 | -6.3 | 1.2 | 0.8 | -4.5 | 3.8 | 3.0 | -4.7 | 0.7 | -7.4 | 1.3 |
| 1993 | -1.8 | 5.5 | 3.4 | 0.6 | 3.1 | -0.2 | 5.9 | 6.8 | -2.1 | 7.8 | -5.7 | 8.2 |
| 1992 | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | 0.1 | 7.4 |
| Avg | 0.4 | 0.4 | -0.3 | 2.1 | -0.4 | -0.0 | 1.6 | 0.2 | -0.8 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 1.8 |
Values in %. Current and first-listed months are partial (greyed).
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Seasonality — average by calendar month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | +0.4% | +0.4% | -0.3% | +2.1% | -0.4% | -0.0% | +1.7% | +0.2% | -0.8% | +0.8% | +0.5% | +1.8% |
| Win rate | 62%/34 | 62%/34 | 56%/34 | 74%/34 | 59%/34 | 53%/34 | 73%/33 | 61%/33 | 45%/33 | 64%/33 | 59%/34 | 74%/34 |
Win rate = share of positive months / sample size.
Risk & extremes
Max drawdown
-53.9%
Worst peak-to-trough fall on record
Monthly volatility
±3.8%
Std. dev. of monthly returns
Positive months
62%
Share of completed months in the green
Best month
+9.96%
2020-11
Worst month
-21.18%
2020-03
Longest streaks
11▲ / 6▼
Consecutive up / down months
Drawdown & rolling returns
Percent below the all-time high at each month-end — how far underwater the asset was.
About S&P/ASX 200
S&P/ASX 200 isn't a company — it's the scoreboard: Australia's benchmark index, tracked here like any other asset, because sometimes the market itself is the most interesting ticker — with price history on this site back to 1992. And the long game: $100 at its first close here (1992) would be about $602 today.
Did you know?
- Its best month on record was November 2020 at +9.96%; its worst, March 2020 at -21.18%.
- It has closed April in the green 25 out of 34 times — past performance, future shrug.
Trivia for entertainment — the numbers come from our price data; the jokes don't.