S&P/TSX – Toronto Stock Exchange Stock Return Calculator and 16 Other S&P/TSX Stock Statistics

What you will find below is an S&P/TSX – Toronto Stock Exchange Return Calculator – this calculator will allow you to enter the start month and year, and end month and year of the time period to calculate, and the calculator will provide your returns (not including dividends) for those periods.

The Toronto Stock Exchange, otherwise known as the S&P/TSX, is the primary stock exchange in Canada, and also happens to be the 9th largest exchange in the world.

How this calculator works:  Enter the start month and year, and the end month and year, and this calculator will calculate the percentage difference in change for the S&P/TSX Composite Index.  The stock return calculator Canada is specifically for the Toronto Exchange. Stock Return Calculator Canada.

Some interesting facts to note about the Toronto Stock Exchange (S&P/TSX)

• The Toronto Stock Exchange dates back to October 25, 1861 when twenty-four brokers met at the Masonic Hall to create the TSE.
• By 1968 the TSE had 18 listings.
• In 1929, when the markets crashed, the index lost 8%, and the following day the index loss a further 20%
• By 1936 the Toronto Stock Exchange grew to become the third-largest in North America
• In April 1997 Toronto closed their trading floor
• In 2000 the TSE became a for-profit company
• In February 2011 the London Stock Exchange announced they were going to buy/merge with the TSE, however, a few months later in June 2011, a rival bid from the Maple Group, comprised of the leading banks and financial institutions in Canada challenged and bested the LSE’s bid.

23 Interesting Statistics of the S&P/TSX Data Composite from the Years 1979 to 2020

Best and Worst 12-Month Period of the S&P/TSX Composite Index from 1979 to 2020

• Best 12-month return of the S&P/TSX index: July 1982 to June 1983 = 76.46%
• Worst 12-month return of the S&P/TSX Index: April 2008 to March 2009 = (40.04%)

Best and Worst 24-Month Period of the S&P/TSX Composite Index from 1979 to 2020

• Best 24-month return of the S&P/TSX index: November 1999 to October 2000 = 88.48%
• Worst 24-month return of the S&P/TSX Index: November 2001 to October 2002= (45.69%)

Best and Worst 60-Month Period of the S&P/TSX Composite Index from 1979 to 2020

• Best 60-month return of the S&P/TSX index: July 1982 to June 1987 = 170.39%
• Worst 60-month return of the S&P/TSX Index: July 2006 to June 2011 =  (18.49%)

Highest and Lowest Close of the S&P/TSX Composite Index from 1979 to 2020

• Highest Close of the S&P/TSX Composite Index from 1979 to 2020 – February 2020 = 17,351
• Lowest Close of the S&P/TSX Composite Index from 1979 to 2020 – July 1979 = 1,558

Best and Worst One-Month Gain of the S&P/TSX Index from 1979 to 2020 (in Index Points)

• Best One-Month Gain of the S&P/TSX Index – April 2020 to May 2020 = 1,596 Points
• 2nd Best One-Month Gain of the S&P/TSX Index – January 2019 to February 2019 = 1,596 Points
• Worst One-Month Loss of the S&P/TSX Index – March 2020 to April 2020 = -3,358 Points
• 2nd Worst One-Month Loss of the S&P/TSX Index – October 2008 to November 2008 = -1,899 Points

Best and Worst One-Month Gain of the S&P/TSX Index from 1979 to 2020 (in Percentage Change)

• Best One-Month Gain of the S&P/TSX Index – October 1998 to November 1998 = 13.46%
• 2nd Best One-Month Gain of the S&P/TSX Index – August 1982 to September 1982 = 13.31%
• Worst One-Month Loss of the S&P/TSX Index – October 1987 to November 1987 = (22.50%)
• 2nd Worst One-Month Loss of the S&P/TSX Index – March 2020 to April 2020 = (20.57%) 

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