Here are the last times the Dow dropped by 1,000 points and what happened next

The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell more than 1,000 points on Wednesday after the Federal Reserve decided to keep interest rates steady while U.S. oil neared $85 per barrel.

In the last five years, the blue-chip index has closed down more than 1,000 points nine times. Typically, the index tends to fall in the week after the large decline, but then performs well in the one-month and three- month periods that follow.

The Dow is flat on a median basis a day after falling 1,000 points in one session. One week after, its performance worsens with a loss of 1.14%. One month after the fact, however, the Dow sees a median gain of nearly 2%. Three months after, that gain balloons to 9.1%.