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The Dow Jones Industrial Average, an American stock index composed of 30 large companies, has changed its components 59 times since its inception, on May 26, 1896. [1] As this is a historical listing, the names here are the full legal name of the corporation on that date, with abbreviations and punctuation according to the corporation's own usage.
First calculated on May 26, 1896, [2] the index is the second-oldest among U.S. market indices, after the Dow Jones Transportation Average. It was created by Charles Dow, co-founder of both The Wall Street Journal and Dow Jones & Company, and named after him and his business associate, statistician Edward Jones.
The largest point drop in history occurred on March 16, 2020, when concerns over the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic engulfed the market, dropping the Dow Jones Industrial Average 2,997 points. The largest point gain (+2,113) occurred on March 24, 2020.
May 26, 1896 - The first index, made up of 12 industrial companies, is published and the Dow opens at 40.94 points. January 12, 1906 - The Dow closes at 100.25, the first close above 100.
Dow Jones Industrial Average: 42,528.36, down 0.42% (-178.20 points) Nasdaq composite : 19,489.68, down 1.89% The losses come after a new set of economic data raised concerns over sticky inflation.
The S&P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average both closed at fresh all-time highs, and the Nasdaq gained 2.5%. The stock rally was led by AI stocks , with shares of Nvidia, Broadcom, ASML, and ...
Companies formerly included in the DJIA are categorized in the category "Former components of the Dow Jones Industrial Average Wikimedia Commons has media related to Companies in the Dow Jones Industrial Average .
The Dow Jones Industrial Average, also known as the Dow, is one of the most popular stock market indexes, along with the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite.The Dow tracks the stock performance of 30 ...