the dow jones industrial average which was the only one of the big 3 stockmarket trackers to have a losing may suffered its worst month in terms of daily gains in 11 years the dow djia lost 118989 points or 349 in may that’s not particularly a bad month as it was the smallest decline during months the dow lost ground since it slipped 332 in january 2022 in between the dow declined in seven of 15 months with an average loss of 520