The share price hit a record of $21.17 on Friday.

The number and value of deals hit a new record in 2010.

Pay growth for workers in Britain hit a record low between 2010 and 2011, according to official data last week.

They hit a previous record of €453bn on Tuesday night.

In the same period, existing home sales hit a record.

The federal budget deficit hit a record of $413 billion in 2004.

It last hit a record on January 11, 1973 when the average closed at 1,051.70.

Farmers' cash income hit a record $57.1 billion, nearly 50 percent higher than in 1984.

Last year batters hit a record 4,458, up 17 percent from the 1986 total of 3,813.

Earlier this month, they hit a record of $21.875 a share; even after yesterday's decline, the price is up 20 percent in 1989.